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WINTER CHINOOK CHARTER SPECIAL!!! $409.00

Jason — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:34:57 +0000

FROM FEBRUARY 1ST TO MARCH 15th. WE ARE OFFERING FULLY GUIDED WINTER CHINOOK SALMON CHARTERS FOR $409.00 PLUS TAXES AND LICENCES. THIS PRICE IS FOR A 5 HOUR CHARTER AND IS GOOD FOR UP TO 4 ANGLERS. WE ARE FISHING VERY CLOSE TO OUR DOCK LOCATION AT THE WESTIN BAYSHORE IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER. SO…..THERE IS LOTS OF TIME WITH THE RODS IN THE WATER!! FEBRUARY AND MARCH ARE TYPICALLY THE BEST MONTHS TO FISH FOR WINTER CHINOOK SALMON IN VANCOUVER HARBOUR! IN ADDITION, CRAB TRAPS WILL BE FOR DUNGENESS CRABS ON THE WAY OUT TO THE FISHING GROUNDS! GIVE US A CALL OR AN EMAIL IF YOU WANT TO HEAD OUT ON THE WATER FOR THIS GREAT WINTER RATE! BELOW ARE A FEW PICS OF SOME FISH THAT WERE CAUGHT LAST WINTER!!!

COME EXPERIENCE VANCOUVER’S BEST WINTER FISHING!!!!!

TIGHT LINES

JEFF AND JASON

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Jan 15th Report

Jason — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:36:04 +0000

Jeff was out on Van Herring this morning. Was definately a little on the nippy side. They had 4 or 5 bites in Vancouver Harbour… managed to land a couple undersize fish. Another boat fishing the same area did well land was able to land couple legal fish. We have been a bit unlucky landing legal fish the last few times out…..hopefully things change this week!

Looks like we are going to get a blast of winter this week! Good winter spring weather. We are going to be out this week. The tides look good this week so hopefully the weather cooperates.

Vancouver Fishing Pictures of 2011!

Jason — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:58:36 +0000

Have a look at our best Vancouver Fishing Pics of 2011!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HNeOHCwwg&context=C355560aADOEgsToPDskKL6FPeRnaRPkqv556iGQCx

Fishing has remained the same in the harbour. There are reasonable numbers of chinook of undersize and legal chinook in the harbour. We have been getting 3-8 hits a trip. Crabbing is starting too get quite good!

JANUARY 7TH REPORT

Jason — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:21:16 +0000

We had a couple trips out over the last few days and found some decent action a little further out into Vancouver Harbour. The fish ranged in size from 18inches up to 12 pounds. We got a little unlucky with some of the larger fish, but landed quite a few larger undersize. We were out today and had a pretty active morning with 7 or 8 hook ups. Despite the rain, the seas were calm and the bites were reasonably frequent to keep things interesting. We just ran 2 rods close to bottoms with 3.5 inch spoons behind flashers. There has been an incredible amount of bait in the top part of the water column for the last few days. So much so, that it has attracted hundreds of diving birds and harbour porpoise into Vancouver Harbour. It is the type of bird of activity that you would see in the Queen Charlottes. Nice to see it in Vancouver Harbour!

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DECEMBER 30TH REPORT

Jason — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:57:05 +0000

Jeff had a charter on Van Herring today! The day started off pretty smooth with light winds and calm seas. Unfortunately the wind picked up around noon and they decided pick up the prawn and crab traps and come in early. They got unlucky on a couple legal fish with a harbour seal getting one of them and the other one spitting the hooks. A few smaller shakers were landed, but nothing substantial. The guys went home with 4 nice dungeness and a good feed of spot prawns!

DECEMBER 28TH REPORT

Jason — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:42:32 +0000

We have had a handful of trips out over the last 10 days! Fishing has been ok with a mix of legal and undersize fish in the inner reaches of Vancouver Harbour. We have been averaging 2 to 6 hook ups a trip. We are looking forward to things getting even better as per usual around the New Year. Crabbing has been quite good and we are dropping traps on all our charters!

We have been having our best success running coyote, silver horde, and gypsy spoons right off the bottom. The QB, the Freighters, and West Vancouver have all had fish. Howe Sound has been very quiet with not much of anything going on there recently.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

DECEMBER 15 REPORT! WINTER CHINOOK!!!!

Jason — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:57:17 +0000

After being off the water for a couple weeks, I decided to take a solo trip into Vancouver Harbour to see what was happening out there….Turned out to be a VERY good call! Made it out at the crack of 930am and landed a double header of legal chinook within the first 15 minutes. Decided to release one of them and kept on fishing… Good start to the day. Over the next 90 minutes I hooked 4 more legal chinook. I wrapped things up for the morning around 1145 after going 4 for 6 on legal sized chinook. Pretty good morning and even kept my 2 for a Christmas party tomorrow night! Andrew was working on the Seastar at dock when I got in….So,ee decided to go give the harbour another couple hours in the afternoon. The tide was moving pretty strong and the fishing tapered off. We did hook a couple decent fish, but they fell off shortly after being hooked up.

Check our facebook page for a few pics….can’t seem to upload today…

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December 8th Fishing Update

Jason — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:42:07 +0000

Things are starting to perk up locally for winter chinook! We have not been out much over the last 10 days so we don’t have any first hand reports, but we have had some better reports from our buddies. Howe Sound and the Gulf Islands were decent this past weekend. There were some nice fish up to 15 pounds landed as well as some undersize. It is now that time where Vancouver Harbour will start to produce. We started having good success during the middle of December last year. We have a few charters coming up over the next week or two so we should have a good grasp on what is happening out there. Vancouver salmon fishing is unique in that there is something going on year round.

Give us a call if you want to head out do a fishing charter during the Christmas Holidays!

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November 19 Update

Jason — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:48:32 +0000

EARLY WINTER FISHING REPORT

Well,the fall rains have come and have pushed the last of the big migratory chinook salmon back into local rivers! This past fall was hands down the best big chinook fishing we have had in at least 6 or 7 years. A BIG reason for the great fishing was the hard work by our local guides association! Every spring we get 100,000 chinook salmon fry from the Capilano Hatchery. When we recieve them from the hatchery, members from our association (www.bcsfga.ca) feed them on a daily basis in our net pens till they reach a size where they are larger and stronger then there counterparts that are released into the Capilano River. So….this means better survival rates and MUCH bigger returns! Over the last couple years we are seeing the results of this relatively new program. It is awesome to see a world class chinook fishery minutes from downtown Vancouver every fall. The program will continue in coming years for everyone to enjoy this amazing fishery. A special thanks to Phil Grassi and John Barton (Bites On Fishing Charter) and the rest of our guides in our local guides association for their hard work to get this program off the ground over the last 4 or 5 years.

Here is a sample of a great day off the Capilano Mouth in early October. http://www.worldfishingnetwork.com/v…da-141913.aspx
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Now to what is happening now in local waters! Mid November marks the start of our winter chinook season.
Winter chinook are typically 2 to 4 year old salmon that are drawn into Vancouver Harbour and Howe Sound by the overwintering schools of baitfish. These fish are not the largest of the year, but they are eager to bite and quite scrappy for their size. The key to finding consistent numbers of winter chinook is typically a little bit of structure and the presence of bait. Areas that are good bets for winter chinook include the West Side of Bowen Island, Jericho, the freighter anchorages in Vancouver Harbour, and the West Vancouver shoreline. Winter chinook hug the bottom so be sure to be your gear within 10-20 feet of bottom for the best success. In the winter months spoons and hootchies are the way to go. Coyote spoon, silver horde and Gibbs Gypsy spoons are what we have our best success on!

In November and December there can be quite a few shakers or small chinook salmon in the middle part of Vancouver Harbour. These little guys are typically between 8 to 14 inches. If you are hooking quite a few of them it is a good idea to move or run larger lures in order to minimize any mortality. There are areas that have very few shakers and better quality legal fish. Howe Sound and the West Vancouver shoreline being good examples of better producers of larger winter fish.

Crabbing will start to get quite good by the end of this month now that the commercial crabbing season is almost over. Spanish Banks, the inner freighters, and the West Vancouver shoreline are all good bets for dungeness crabs!!! Salmon heads and chicken backs work great in 40-80 feet. Prawning has been excellent in Howe Sound as well in 250-325 feet of water. Cat food and prawn pellets have been the ticket as per usual!!!

We are open throughout the winter!! Give us a call to get out and experience some great winter salmon fishing! Our boats, including the freshly repowered 38 foot Uniflite are ready to go now and during the Christmas holidays. Grab a few a few friends or family and come experience some good salmon fishing and crabbing minutes from downtown Vancouver!

Tight lines

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November 2nd Vancouver Fishing Update

Jason — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:13:01 +0000

Well it is safe to say that most of this seasons migratory fish have made it into local rivers by now. There is the odd chum and late running chinook still around in Vancouver Harbour and off the Fraser River Mouth. Looking back we had a stellar summer and fall fishing season with lots of chinook, sockeye, and pink salmon!

Now, we have switched our focus to winter chinook salmon, one of our favourite fisheries of the year. We had our first full day winter chinook charter on the weekend and definately found some fish! Most of the fish were in the 19-24 inch range, but we did hook a couple legal fish as well! Once we found the fish, we hooked 15 winter chinook in just under 3 hours! It definately looks like we are going a good winter of angling!

Give us a call if you would like to head out and chase some winter chinook!