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Bon Chovy Fishing Report, April 28Over the past 5 days we have had some of the best fishing we have experienced so far this spring. There has been good numbers of chinook salmon hooked off the South Side of Bowen Island and around the QA marker. There was a couple times last weekend that you could see numerous boats hooked up at the same time. The best action definately has been coming in the morning! We have been running spoons, chovies, and hootchies from 50 to 140 feet. We have hooked anywhere from 3-8 salmon per charter over the last week. The keepers averaged around 11 pounds with a few reaching the mid to high teens. Hopefully this good fishing continues. There has been some fish in the harbour as well. We fished the harbour on April 30 and May 1 with good results. Crabbing has remained strong in the harbour! Traps are dropped on every charter! Call or email us to book a charter! Jason/Jeff Bon Chovy Fishing Charters Report April 6/2008The fishing has rebounded locally after a real slow spell in mid to late March. The harbour has fished quite well over the last 5 or 6 days with some nice chinook salmon hooked. There is lots of bait in the harbour again and the salmon are chasing it around! We have been hooking 3-5 chinook salmon per charter over the last week in the 9-14 pound. The size of the legal fish we have been landing is noticeably larger than the ones we were hooking in the winter. The bulk of our success has come in the middle of the harbour in the freighters. We hit a couple nice fish off of West Van on Thursday evening as well. Productive depths have been from 60-110 feet on the riggers. We have been running green glow, cop car, and army truck coyotes as well as anchovies! We ran over to the Gulf Islands for the first time this year this week with disappointing results. There was a lack of bait and subsequently no fish to be found. The Gulf Islands are usually really good in the spring time. As soon as some bait shows up it should pick up over on that side. Crabbing is still really good in the harbour and traps are being dropped on every charter! Give us a call to book a salmon charter. The local chinook fishery is generally quite strong in April. Good Luck Bon Chovy Fishing Charters Report, March 13The local fishery has still been productive over the last ten days. However, some days require a little more searching to locate feeding chinook salmon. The really consistent fishing we had off the West Vancouver shoreline during January and February has tapered right off over the last few days. There is still the odd fish being picked up, but the chinooks definately a little harder to come by off West Van. We have been having the bulk of our success in English Bay wherever we can find schools of baitfish. Yesterday, March 12 we found a few nice fish and were able to land an 11 pounder and a 13 pounder. My guest Richard kindly released the larger fish yesterday which is always nice to see! We have been averaging 3-6 hook ups a charter in the 5-18 pound range! We have been hitting fish from 55 feet to 130 feet. Now that springtime is drawing near the fish will suspend more and more off the bottom. Over the last week we have had numerous hits around the 70 foot mark. Coyote spoons have been our lures of choice behind flashers. The winter and spring chinook fishing should continue to be consistent for the next couple months. This is the time of the year that the Gulf Islands start heating up. The fishing for chinooks is often really good from April thru July. Gulf Island trip require at least an 8 hour to make up for the travel time and fuel costs. There have already been some reports of some good quality fish over there. Including a 31 pounder last week. Crabbing in the harbour remains strong in 40-100 feet. Chicken and salmon carcasses seduce crabs quite nicely! Give us a call to book a charter! We have some great winter rates until April 1! Call us to find out more! Tight Lines Bon Chovy Fishing Report Feb 19/2008Fishing for winter chinook has still been productive in English Bay. Particularly along the West Van shoreline and around the QB marker. Fishing was really good last weekend, Saturday the 9th in particular. (4 keepers, 3 undersized to the boat). The fishing remained productive throughout the week The fishing dropped off a little bit over the last 2 days. We got nice keepers on both days but we only managed 3 hook ups on each charter. We expect the fishing to pick back up after this full moon this week. We have been running anchovies, coyote spoons, and hootchies between 90 and 120 feet. The ratio of keepers to undersize is now 1 to 1 on most days. Keepers are ranging in the 7-16 pound range. There is still a number of clipped hatchery fish around. If you do catch an adipose fin clipped hatchery fish please drop the head of at a salmon head depot. It helps the DFO with local chinook management. Crabbing is also really good in the harbour and we are dropping traps on every charter! The days are getting longer and spring is in the air. Call us to book a winter chinook salmon charter. Ask about our great winter rates! Tight Lines Vancouver Saltwater Report, Feb 06/08The local saltwater salmon fishing has continued to be consistent over the last couple weeks. There is still herring around the harbour and the winter springs are still feeding on them. Over the last couple weeks it seems like there is a greater percentage of legal chinook versus undersize chinook, which is nice to see. The keepers have been ranging in size from just legal to 31 inches. (6-15 pounds) There has been some hatchery chinook around as well. If you catch one, you are encouraged to drop the head off at a DFO head depot. It helps the chinook management in our area! We have been having most of our success working the bottom contours off West Vancouver. We have been running coyote spoons behind our flashers. Spoons in green, chartreuse, and burgandy have been our favourites over the last week. There has been reports of fish being taken around the QB, Spanish Banks, Hutt Island, and Tunstall as well. Winter chinook salmon fishing is at its finest right now locally. You can expect to hook 4-8 chinook salmon per charter in protected waters. The good local fishing should continue into early April. In April we will shift our focus over to the Gulf Islands and the south side of Bowen Island. We are dropping crab traps on every charter as well with good success! Call or email us for our great winter rates! BON CHOVY FISHING REPORT, JANUARY 23/2008WINTER CHINOOKS There is nothing is really new to report lately. Fishing has continued to be really consistent in the harbour for winter chinooks over the last couple weeks. The continued concentration of small herring in English Bay could be the reason for the good fishing. The usual spots like the QB marker, Jericho, West Vancouver, and up into Howe Sound are all producing fish! We have been hooking 4-8 fish a charter recently. The ratio of keepers to undersize is now close to 1 to 1. There has been some nice keepers around as well, some into the mid teens. There was a 24 pounder caught off Ambelside last weekend as well. Productive depths have ranged from 80-140 feet on the downriggers. Coyote Spoons and anchovies have been our favourite lures behind flashers. We have been trying to follow the bottom contours quite closely to pick up the feeder chinook. We have also had some success on cut plug herring off the downriggers recently. Crabbing has also been real good as well in the harbour. We are finding them in 40-80 feet of water in English Bay! Call us to book a winter chinook charters! Ask us about our great winter rates! Good Luck Jeff/Jason BON CHOVY REPORT JAN 7/2008Happy New Year!!!!!! The local winter chinook fishing has continued to be consistent over the last few weeks. The usual haunts in English Bay and Howe Sound have been producing chinook. We have had our success around the QB marker in 100-130 feet of water. We have been trolling coyote spoons, anchovies, and army truck hootchies with the bulk of our hits coming within 10 feet of the bottom. We have had real good luck on the 4.0 Army Truck Coyote behind a flasher this past week! The salmon are actively feeding on the small 3-4 inch herring that are in English Bay. We have had a couple good days off Ambelside and the Capilano Mouth this past week as well. Quite often there is some real nice quality off the Capilano Mouth in the winter, especially from January to March. Hutt Island and Tunstall Bay have also been producing some nice chinook over the last few weeks. We have not been up that way as we have been having good fishing 10 minutes from our dock location at the Westin Bayshore. Crabbing has picked up as well and will continue to improve into spring!!! Call us to book a winter chinook charter! Ask us about our great winter rates!!! Tight Lines Jeff/Jason |
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