Vancouver Saltwater Report:
Fishing was a little slower to very slow this week off W. Van and up Howe Sound. There were some fish caught in both locations but most boats had little to no success. There was no shortage of bait around, in particular there were some great bait balls off W. Van, but not too many fish to be had. This can change as quickly as one tide as these fish move around a lot. They are literally here one day and gone the next. Check out the picture of this bait ball off W. Van.
We are coming up to the full moon and this will sometimes provide better fishing activity as long as the skies aren’t too clear. If the skies are clear the fish will feed at night if they have sufficient light provided by a full moon and clear skies. The long term forecast is for overcast skies and rain until Feb 1st so it doesn’t look like we have to worry about clear skies for at least one more week. I have noticed the same pattern while steelhead fishing. The steelheading seems to pick up around a full moon as the big tides push fish in and the fish already in the river seem to liven up a bit. Again, if the skies are clear and it is very bright out at night, it seems to be pretty tough in the morning on the rivers, not much of a first light bite because it has been so bright out all night long. Interesting stuff to say the least, but don’t get me wrong, the best time to go is when you have time. Don’t over analyze, go out and put your time in and it will happen. You can’t catch them on the couch! Check out this picture of Jason H. who went out mid week despite the slow reports from the weekend and was rewarded with a nice fish! Way to go Jay.
There seems to be good to extremely good numbers of fish around on the other side of the Strait. We have heard of good reports from a variety of sources from Campbell River down to Nanaimo, as well as Gabriola to Galliano. There are a limited number of anglers fishing these areas but those that are had some good fishing this week. Much like our areas, the fish are there one day and gone the next, but it will be interesting to see how things shape up over the next few weeks. Overall this is encouraging and perhaps some of these fish will migrate over to our side of the tracks! The truth is nobody truly knows the exact migratory patterns of these fish and likely never will unless we do a radio telemetry study on these fish. I can tell you right now this is not going to happen with the kind of funding that is available to the DFO! So in the meantime we can keep theorizing on when and where these fish will show up next and head out on the water in search of the next hot spot.
Eddie will be out guiding on Sunday so our next report will be early to mid next week.
On behalf of the Pacific Angler staff we wish you the best in your fishing endeavors and we hope to see you either at the shop or on the water. To check out the latest Pacific Angler news view the Pacific Angler Facebook page.
Happy fishing,
Jason, Matt, Dave, Dimitri, Andre, Ron
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