Vancouver BC Fishing Charters

Fishing has picked up off the Fraser River Mouth. Good numbers of decent sized chinook salmon in the 15-30 pound range have been hooked over the last few days. These fish are a combination of mature and feeder chinook salmon. Also in the mix have been some good numbers of jacks and undersize fish. Nice to see some good activity locally after a slow couple weeks. The reports from Sooke and Comox have been fantastic so we should see some of those fish soon. Crabbing has continued to be great in the harbour.

A couple of beauty chinook salmon caught this week

Well it looks like things are starting to heat up along the West Van shoreline for hatchery coho. Increasing numbers of coho are being hooked every day. These fish are not exceptionally large but they are great table fare and pretty scrappy fish. Mixed in with the coho there has been the odd legal and undersized chinook. This fishery should continue to gather steam this month. The key to catching these coho is to speed up your trolling speed. The Gulf Islands have started to show some more life after a tough stretch of fishing mid week. The chinooks that have been hooked on that side have been towards the Five Fingers. Fishing should start to pick up with the passing of the full moon and the continued build up of coho in West Van and the Big Squamish Chinook that will be showing soon.

Things are looking promising for this years coho fishery! Over the last couple days there have been some coho showing and getting hooked in Vancouver Harbour and off the south side of Bowen Island. There is not many being caught yet, but it is very encouraging to see them showing this early. The local coho fishery typically really gets going in late June but we might get lucky this year and have a good showing in the next week or two. In 2000 and 2001 a good bump of coho came into the harbour in early to mid June. There has been some chinook being caught off of Spanish Banks, the QB, West Vancouver, and the Gulf Islands this week. As June progresses we should see more chinook and coho of off West Vancouver. The West Vancouver fishery is a convenient fishery for us as it is minutes from our docks at the Westin Bayshore in downtown Vancouver. Crabbing has continued to be excellent in the harbour with limit catches the norm.

This summer weather has made for some amazing days on the water!! Just have to make sure that you pack some sunscreen as the rays our pretty intense. This warm weather has expectedly put the Fraser River in full freshet. This has put a damper on the fishing in local waters over the last 10 days. Bites were at times tough to come by. HOWEVER,the Gulf Islands like usual from May to July have continued to fish very well. Yesterday, May 31, there was a great bite off the east side of Gabriola Island. The boats that were there all hooked a good number of fish in a short period of time. The fish that have been getting picked up in the Gulf Islands have been nice ones in the 12-25 pound range. The key to success over on the far side is to have reasonably light winds. So far this May we been successful bringing Chinook salmon back to the dock on every Gulf Island trip. The Gulf Islands will our number one choice for the next couple weeks. More options open up locally with the arrival of the big Squamish chinooks and the West Vancouver coho and chinook in coming weeks..
Areas that have been producing on the east side of Gabriola Island have been the Grande, Thrasher Rock, the Flat Tops, and further north towards Entrance Island. A lot of the fish have been offshore a little more than normal. However, yesterday there were indications that the fish may have moved into the beach where they usually are. The fish we have picked up have been quite deep down 90-190 feet on the riggers. Anchovies have been the best for us, but some guys are doing well on spoons and hootchies
Locally fishing has been a little tougher with the odd fish taken off the Bell Buoy, Hole in the Wall, Tunstall/3rd marker and Grace Islands.
Soon our summer season will be upon us and early indications look like it should be a good one. The pre season forecasts look good for sockeye (12 million returning to the local waters), pinks(15 million returning to local waters) , coho, and summer and fall Chinook.
We have done some re shuffling down on the docks down at the Westin Bayshore. We now have 3 Grady Whites from 23-27 feet and a 38 Uniflite moored and ready for charter at our dock location at the Ocean Adventure Center. Jason Tonelli , the owner of Pacific Angler has joined us at the Westin with his 27 foot Grady White Sailfish and his years of fresh and saltwater fishing experience. A great addition to the dock!!!
We also welcome our new neighbours , Prince of Whales .They will be offering high speed eco tours out of the Westin Bayshore on their speedy 12 person zodiacs. Sounds like a great way to spend a couple hours. www.princeofwhales.com
Please call or email us to book a Vancouver fishing charter. The Gulf Islands are at their best right now! We have 4 boats ready to go at our docks now that are perfect for larger corporate groups and derbies. We will also be offering our boats for charter during the Symphony of Fire in late July and early August.

TIGHT LINES JEFF AND JASON
www.bonchovy.com info@bonchovy.com 604.763.5460

This summer weather has made for some amazing days on the water!! Just have to make sure that you pack some sunscreen as the rays our pretty intense. This warm weather has expectedly put the Fraser River in full freshet. This has put a damper on the fishing in local waters over the last 10 days. Bites were at times tough to come by. HOWEVER,the Gulf Islands like usual from May to July have continued to fish very well. Yesterday, May 31, there was a great bite off the east side of Gabriola Island. The boats that were there all hooked a good number of fish in a short period of time. The fish that have been getting picked up in the Gulf Islands have been nice ones in the 12-25 pound range. The key to success over on the far side is to have reasonably light winds. So far this May we been successful bringing Chinook salmon back to the dock on every Gulf Island trip. The Gulf Islands will our number one choice for the next couple weeks. More options open up locally with the arrival of the big Squamish chinooks and the West Vancouver coho and chinook in coming weeks..
Areas that have been producing on the east side of Gabriola Island have been the Grande, Thrasher Rock, the Flat Tops, and further north towards Entrance Island. A lot of the fish have been offshore a little more than normal. However, yesterday there were indications that the fish may have moved into the beach where they usually are. The fish we have picked up have been quite deep down 90-190 feet on the riggers. Anchovies have been the best for us, but some guys are doing well on spoons and hootchies
Locally fishing has been a little tougher with the odd fish taken off the Bell Buoy, Hole in the Wall, Tunstall/3rd marker and Grace Islands.
Soon our summer season will be upon us and early indications look like it should be a good one. The pre season forecasts look good for sockeye (12 million returning to the local waters), pinks(15 million returning to local waters) , coho, and summer and fall Chinook.
We have done some re shuffling down on the docks down at the Westin Bayshore. We now have 3 Grady Whites from 23-27 feet and a 38 Uniflite moored and ready for charter at our dock location at the Ocean Adventure Center. Jason Tonelli , the owner of Pacific Angler has joined us at the Westin with his 27 foot Grady White Sailfish and his years of fresh and saltwater fishing experience. A great addition to the dock!!!
We also welcome our new neighbours , Prince of Whales .They will be offering high speed eco tours out of the Westin Bayshore on their speedy 12 person zodiacs. Sounds like a great way to spend a couple hours. www.princeofwhales.com
Please call or email us to book a Vancouver fishing charter. The Gulf Islands are at their best right now! We have 4 boats ready to go at our docks now that are perfect for larger corporate groups and derbies. We will also be offering our boats for charter during the Symphony of Fire in late July and early August.

TIGHT LINES JEFF AND JASON
www.bonchovy.com info@bonchovy.com 604.763.5460

The good fishing continued on Saturday off the South side of Bowen Island. The bite was not as good as Friday but there were reports of fish coming from almost all the boats out thre. The fishing conditions were a little tough with a stiff NW breeze making things a little uncormfotable We had both both boats out and each boat got into some fish. Bon Chovy brought a nice 21 pound chinook back to the dock and Van Herring had a solid 15 pound chinook. A few fish were lost and couple undersize were boated as well. Pics to follow

Well after a tough week of rain and persistent winds today was the day that we were waiting for. Light winds and calm water made for ideal fishing conditions off the south end of Bowen Island. We had a family of 5 take both of our boats out this morning. It definately paid off with 7 chinook landed between 13-18.5 pounds. The day was highlighted by a triple header and a double header. Fishing was most active between 8:30am and 11am this morning. There was also some very good reports over towards the Gulf Islands as well this morning. The Gulf Islands usually start really fishing well from now until July. Should be some solid fishing coming up locally and over on the Gulf Islands. Crabbing was solid as per usual in the harbour.

A bit of a blustery day locally today. Too bad, because there has been some really good action of the south side of Bowen Island this week. Instead of fighting the chop and the wind, we decided to head up into Howe Sound and fish some flat water. Things started off well hooking a real solid fish on our first pass. Unfortunately, the leader snapped when the fish was just behind the boat. An hour later a decent fish hit one of the anchovies and after a good scrap of nice chinook was boated. We heard some good reports of some decent action off the south side of Bowen despite the nasty weather. We pulled the gear late morning as the wind dropped and did a long tack of the slash. We missed the bite and did not hit anything before calling it a day. Crabbing was awesome as usual in harbour. Should be a good couple weeks of fishing coming up. Hopefully the Northwesterly winds back off a bit to make things a little more comfortable out there.

Had a solid day up in Howe Sound today. Fishing was not fast and furious but the bites we got we capitalized on and ended up landed 3 chinook salmon, including a beautiful 19 pounder. We picked the fish up on anchovies down deep between 140-160 feet. We had most of our success a couple hours before the low slack tide today. We fished the end of the flood at the Cap with no bites. Crabbing was excellent as usual in the harbour.

BON CHOVY FISHING REPORT, MARCH 3/09

The local saltchuck has had some nice quality fish around. Unfortunately, you have to put your time in to get them. The good bump of winter chinook that came into Vancouver Harbour and Howe Sound in January and early February have dispersed and now some days require a lot of searching. This past weekend there was a few nice fish taken in Howe Sound and a few nice fish taken in the outer reaches of Vancouver Harbour. The fish that have been getting picked up have been on the standard winter chinook gear. Coyote spoons (green, white and chrome), anchovies, and hootchies (white,glow,purple haze,splatterbacks) are all good bets this time of year. The bulk of the chinook are being caught in the bottom third of the water column like usual. As the water warms and the clarity decreases more and more chinook salmon will suspend in the mid water.

As we progress into the spring we should see the action pick up in the Strait of Georgia and the Gulf Islands. The springtime angling in Vancouver can be some of the best of the year for chinook salmon. The Gulf Island are typically really good in May,June,andJuly.

We are now booking overnight trips to the Gulf Islands! The Gulf Islands fishing package is one of the most convenient and affordable fishing packages in BC right now. Included is 2 full days of fishing and accomodation at a seaside cabin! Packages start at $485 US/$579 Cdn per person!
Click here for more info http://www.bonchovy.com/Gulf_Islands_Fishing_Package.php

Call us to book a day charter or an overnight package! Ask about our great winter rates!

TIGHT LINES!!

JEFF AND JASON

info@bonchovy.com
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