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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: BwiBwi on December 12, 2016, 03:44:23 PM

Title: Sooke Pedder bay prawning
Post by: BwiBwi on December 12, 2016, 03:44:23 PM

Family will be visiting friends near sooke.  Planning on fishing for some winter springs and may be some prawning and crabbing if it's worth a try. I've searched the internet it seems crabbing can be good in the area but I can't find any info on prawning.  Is it not productive or people just don't talk about it?   Any help is much appreciated. 

Title: Re: Sooke Pedder bay prawning
Post by: bobby b on December 12, 2016, 04:00:49 PM

I believe that Sooke Harbour and Basin as well as Pedder ( area 20 ) are currently closed for most shellfish

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/contamination/biotox/index-eng.html

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/contamination/sani/area-secteur-20/index-eng.html

Title: Re: Sooke Pedder bay prawning
Post by: BwiBwi on December 13, 2016, 02:51:54 AM

Thank you.  However, those are bivalve closures.  Not for prawns.

Title: Re: Sooke Pedder bay prawning
Post by: bobby b on December 13, 2016, 08:26:18 AM

Ahhh...right you are.... I was lumping them altogether as shellfish

Enjoy

Title: Re: Sooke Pedder bay prawning
Post by: fins -n- skins on December 13, 2016, 09:15:12 AM

There's good crabbing in the Sooke Basin and in Beecher Bay. Not sure about Pedder as i don't fish over that way. Not too many people prawning because the currents are to strong and you need a lot of weight as to not lose the traps.