Vancouver BC Fishing Charters

The brilliant weather has made for spring like fishing conditions over the last week. We managed to get on the water yesterday and today. On Thursday, Feb 19 we decided to make the run over to the Gulf Islands to do some winter chinook fishing and some prawning. There were a couple good reports from the Gulf Islands on Wednesday. The weather forecast looked good with light NW winds forecasted and reported Unfortunately, halfway across the Strait the wind puffed up to 25 knots and things got a little lumpy. We dropped the prawn traps of the Flat Top islands and ran up to the northeastern tip of Gabriola to make a long tack down the shoreline. The wind proved to be annoying so it cut our Gulf Island trip short. We pulled the prawn traps after a short soak (got some nice prawns) and headed back to Vancouver Harbour to fish for a few hours. Unfortunately nothing but a couple little guys hit our lines. We did end up with a limit of dungeness crab though. There were some fish hooked on the West Side of Bowen yesterday.
Today was a beauty of a day as well. The fishing was tough though with nothing but a few little guys to show for our efforts. Until another wave of fish hits the harbour we will likely be heading up to the backside of Bowen Island on our charters. The reports have been decent that way for the last week. There should be some fish in the harbour again soon as this time of year is usually solid for winter chinook.