Fall Fishing Report for Vancouver and Sidney

April is one of the better months of the year for numbers of chinook salmon in Vancouver waters. You have to read the regulations carefully as some areas go to catch and release only for chinook salmon and some areas go to no fishing for chinook. We have some good opportunities to get out on the water for catch and release options for chinook salmon in Vancouver during the months of April and May. From our Sidney location, we are open to the retention of hatchery chinook in most of the areas we fish. If you are looking at keeping salmon, please ask us about our Sidney fishing trips!

Bon Chovy Fishing Charters will be operating 2 boats out of the Port Sidney Marina this spring to take adavantage of the Mark Selective Chinook Salmon Fishery that will be open this spring!! Peak months are in April and May for retaining hatchery chinook. There is retention opportunites for hatchery chinook in June and July as well. Come check out the most convenient chinook retention fishery to Vancouver! We have some great package options that include fishing and accomodations. It is an easy ferry ride away from the Lower Mainland!!

Now is the time to get out on the water to do some winter salmon fishing in Vancouver or Sidney! The temperatures are warming up and there has been decent numbers of chinook salmon around.

Only a few more days until Christmas! The weather over the last month has been warmer and calmer than normal. This has meant that we have been on the water a lot and been able to target winter chinook salmon with ease. The fishing has been solid in Vancouver with good numbers of winter chinook in Howe Sound and Vancouver Harbour. Our Sidney salmon charters on Vancouver Island have also been successful with some nice fish coming from Haro Strait! Good sign for the coming months!

The fall rains have started and we have now switched gears to targeting winter chinook salmon in Vancouver, the Southern Gulf Island's and Sidney. Looking back at August and September, we were happy with the fishing, with good numbers of chinook around as well as lots of pinks and some coho. During September, we saw some very large fish off the Fraser River Mouth with more fish over 30 pounds landed than we have seen in recent years