Vancouver Saltwater Fishing

The Pinks are in and fishing is Hot.

We were out today up Howe sound chasing pink salmon. It was a bit breezy but we were able to find a large school of pinks that kept us busy for hours. We caught and released several fish and kept a few for the BBQ. It was a great day for the young kids we had out today on there first salmon fishing trip. I think they are hooked.

The pinks we hooked today are some of the biggest pinks we have seen in years which shows the ocean conditions have been very favourable over the last 2 years. The Fraser stocks showing up soon should be as fat as these. We ended the day trolling the West Van area for an hour before we picked up the crab traps. We noticed some sockeye jumping in the outer reaches of the harbour on our run back to the dock.

West Vancouver is also producing some nice Coho and Chinook, we saw several large fish landed this week and fishing should only improve as summer fishing heats up.

Our ocean charters are out daily but we do have a few spots available for next week. Please call or e-mail us for availability

Fraser Sturgeon

Sturgeon fishing has been challenging this past week. We have had some great fish but just not the numbers we come to expect. The average 6 hour trip have been yielding 4 to 6 fish with 1 or 2 over 5 ft, yesterday I had my best day this week with 10 fish and 3 over 5 ft. Although there is fresh sockeye in the river, fish seem to want Lamprey more than anything. At least for me that was the bait that worked best.

I did pick up a stinky old Chinook and it also worked well with a couple large fish coming to the boat.

Vedder River

Lots of Sockeye still moving through, a few jack springs as well. I heard of a few Pinks caught so they are slowly moving in. The Vedder will slow down for a few weeks then you will start seeing the Pinks and a few Coho move in. Water conditions are prefect so great time to fish this river.

Overall fishing is starting to really take off, over the next 3 months we will experience our best fishing for salmon and trout. October is one of our best months so be sure you book a day with us during this great fishing period.

Here is a big hawg we caught this week, 7 ft 9 and man was he fat.

Hope to see you on the water.

Vic Carrao

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Vancouver Salmon Fishing

Well the fishing has remained good over on the Eastern side of the Island with some great catches the last week off Gabriola and further north in the Nanaimo area. Not all days are spectacular but the fishing is by far the most consistent as the local scene in the harbour and Fraser mouth has been slow. There are some indications that this is changing as some coho have started to show up off the Capilano mouth and some Chinook starting to be hooked in the outer reaches of the harbour. We landed 2 Coho Today and are starting to see some Pinks As well.

We have hooked 10 fish in two trips and have been very lucky to get 7 of them to the boat. A few very healthy Coho have been mixed in with the Chinook which is very cool. We landed the biggest fish of the year last night at Thrasher weighing in at 33lbs. We also landed another around 12lbs. Fishing was a bit slow but it sure was nice to end the day with this beauty. We are in full summer swing right now with tonnes of opportunity to get out on the water with us either on the Fraser or the ocean for salmon, trout or sturgeon.

Fraser Sturgeon

Water is still very high on the Fraser but the last two days we have seen a substantial drop. Sturgeon fishing has been fair to good but you really have to work for your fish. Yesterday we have a group out that landed 8 fish with all over 5 feet except 2. The larges was 7ft 7 and a 6ft 8 which are both great fish.

Vedder River Salmon

The Vedder has been producing some great Chinook Fishing this past week. One of our guides has been fishing it daily with excellent results. Most of the Chinook are now starting to color a bit but yesterday we landed a chrome 13 lb Chinook that was on the dinner table tonight. There are quite a few Jacks in the river as well so make sure you clearly identify before killing it as there is also a tone of Sockeye heading up to Chilliwack lake. All of our fish have been caught on prawns and the sockeye are just swallowing those things.

Pitt River Trout

Fishing on the Pitt remains steady. We never know what to expect with water this year but over all the July fishery was good. With late run off I think we will see some good August fishing for Trout and salmon on both fly and gear. We are not available for trips on the Pitt early next week but by Thursday our schedule starts to open up.

We are on the water daily, fishing Salmon out of Vancouver, Sturgeon on the Fraser and Vedder and Trout fishing on the Pitt. If your looking to get out on the water, please call or e-mail us for availability.

Tight lines

Vic Carrao

STS Guiding Service

www.guidebc.com

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Local 1-604-671-3474

Toll free- 1-855-223-5453

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Check out our Saltwater Fishing Site @ http://www.fishingvancouver.com

Fraser Valley fishing report July 10

The fishing in the valley is getting going, the Fraser river is dropping nicely with decent catches of 5-10 sturgeon a day right now, with the river dropping our daily numbers will be going with better fish every day, this past week we landed a beautiful 8”4 fish with a few more 6 footers in between

We have also been fishing the Upper Pitt almost daily, the water is dropping and the fish are filing in here are couple from this past week.

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