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Fishing BC Online Charters Fishing Report for August 31st
With September approaching, the annual return of salmon to our local rivers is well under way. There is already good numbers of Chinooks around the Big and Little Qualicum Rivers, with the Puntledge run following close behind. The majority of the returning fish hanging around the Areas 13 and 14 has been providing some great fishing again this summer. The waters north of Campbell River have been teaming with millions of Sockeye for the last three weeks or so. Sockeye are being landed in almost all areas north of Campbell River and the Georgia Strait south of Campbell River. Anglers are limiting out as far south as Hornby Island. Early August was great around the “green can” with most fish hanging around the 100 to 120 ft mark. When the bite went off the 200 ft -350 ft shelf the runs from Francisco point to the green can was the best spot to be. The bait was down deep and having 400 ft of line on your downriggers was a bonus as many fish we landed were well over 20lbs and hooked at between 290 and 350 on the downriggers. The Tribune Bay, Whaling Station, the Kitty Coleman hump, as well as Flora Isle areas have been rewarding many anglers in the past few weeks with some nice Chinooks. Many having good results using the Kermit Coyote Spoon (out of production) and the Purple Haze Flasher and some amazing results with large Chinooks when using the 6” Gibbs Wonder Spoons in Chrome and the nickel/brass combo. The Qualicum River and Puntledge Chinooks should provide some great angling down around the river mouths with the late night high tides this time of year and very busy cleaning tables with many anglers taking home limits of nice Chinooks between 20 and 40 lbs. For those who want to try their luck we would recommend using a MP 15 pink squirt trolled behind a purple haze flasher. The most important factor seems to be leader length, which should not exceed 32” Fishing can be extremely busy at times so be sure to give boats with a fish on plenty of room as most fish are in the 25-30 lb range and can be a real handful. Just a quick note on DFO’s forecasting of both the Port Alberni and Fraser Sockeye runs. It’s become blatantly clear that DFO has little or no idea what is going on with our salmon stocks with pre season predictions of 330,000 and 3,000,000 sockeye respectively. This annual over sight gives us just a glimpse at how out of touch DFO is with what is really going on in the waters of BC’s coast. A major over haul of the entire DFO Pacific Region is what is needed and some major funding increases to hatcheries and enhancement is 20 years over due. Ottawa needs to start funnelling funds into what is one of the major engines that drives BC’s economy and finally realize how important salmon is to all of us………. for charter or angling info

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