It’s been a good week for fishing in the Vancouver/Fraser Valley area, we did well for Sturgeon, Salmon & our first trip of the year over at Quatsino Sound for Salmon and Halibut went really well with some great catches.

Some nice Chinook, Coho, Halibut & Ling Cod over at Whales Reach Lodge this past weekend.

West Coast Salmon and Halibut fishing was excellent this past weekend, our first trip of the season was completed and we are happy with the results. Grant is now over at the lodge full time so if you are looking to do a day trip or weekend getaway, let us know and we can hook you up with some great fishing. We will be moving our 28ft Kingfisher over to the lodge in early July so we will have 2 boats ready to go. We still have some space for 3rd week in July if you are looking for some great fishing.

17 lb Chinook caught at Thrasher Rock this past weekend, some nice Coho as well.

Vancouver Salmon fishing was good this weekend with some nice Coho and Chinook being caught. Most of our fish were taken over at Thrasher Rock trolling with flasher and spoons. We really like the new Gibbs G-Force Spoons, lots of great colors to choose from, we are running 6 to 7 ft leader with 40 lb test.

Fraser Sturgeon fishing has been fair to good, some nice fish in the 4 to 6 ft range caught this week and we heard of a few larger ones as well. I fished one day down in the lower river between Mapler Ridge and Surrey and did quite well landing 5 fish in just 5 hours of fishing. Most of our fish have been caught using Eulichon but we also caught a few on lamprey and salmon eggs.

We are expecting rain for most of this week but that should keep the wind down and make for calm seas for our Gulf Island Salmon trips. If you are looking for salmon this is your best bet if you don’t have time to take a few days and head over to the Island. Locally the Fraser will no open for salmon fishing until July 16 and even then i am not sure how good it will be.

Our canyon fishing trips are now being sold, we are very busy for August but still have a few weekday dates available. We still have some seats available for our Hope to Hells Gate Trips for July 27,28, August 3 & 6, we are also offering afternoon trips to Sailor Bar, please call or e-mail us for more information.

New Hells Gate Tour website is now up and running – http://www.hellsgatejetboattours.com/index.asp

We had a few father/son trips out today for Fathers Day and the Sturgeon didn’t disappoint us.

 

June 15 Fishing Report

First I would like to wish all you Fathers a Happy Fathers Day, yesterday was my special day as a father as I got to witness my oldest daughter receive her Bachelor of Science degree, very proud moment for us a parent. I hope all you fathers have a great day on June 16.

This past week has been good for both salmon and sturgeon in the Vancouver area, the Fraser has risen again due to warm weather and the salmon fishing continues to produce good results. See below for detailed report.

Sturgeon fishing has been fair to good in the Mission area, mostly fish under 6ft but we have heard of a few larger ones being caught as well. The area between Chilliwack and Hope has fished well this past week and a few good sized fish coming from this area. Best baits have been lamprey and salmon eggs but this is a good time to start trying some local sqaw or cray fish.

Salmon Fishing

We were out on the water yesterday fishing for Chinook Salmon, we managed to hook 6 undersized and 1 nice keeper in the 12-13lb range. We did well with the Gibbs G-Force Spoon ( Irish Cream ) these are new and will be soon available at local tackle stores. Right now if you are wanting salmon the Gulf Island trip is your best bet. We offer daily trips departing from the Vancouver Delta Airport Hotel location.

Our guest visiting from Ireland landed his first ever salmon, nice job Kevin.

New Gibbs G-Force Spoons are going to do well in this region, this one is called ” Irish Cream”

Trout Fishing

Over the next 6 weeks we will be fishing the Upper Pitt River as often as possible,this river provides anglers a great opporuntity to fish a quality water system right here in our back yard. This fishery is one of our favorites and offers some excellent fishing for both sea-trout and salmon. The river is in great shape and there are some beauties being caught. Give us a call and lets go fish’n.

Most of the smaller local rivers are high and will remain high for the next 2 to 3 weeks but we are expecxting some good summer sockeye and pink runs so August/September should be excellent fishing for both salmon and sturgeon.

Hells Gate Tours

We still have a few seats available for July 27 & 28 tours to Hells Gate, we are also offer daily tours on the Harrison River for $69. August is already sold out for all weekend trips but if you can put your own group together we can fit you in on a Friday or late afternoon trip.

If you would like more information on our tours, please give us a call.

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