In the last week we have seen the last of the Pinks go up the South arm off the Fraser River. The fishing in English Bay the last week has picked up at the Bell Buoy and the West Van shoreline to the Capilano River. We’re generally fishing the flood tide near the Capilano and on the ebb tide out toward the Bell Buoy. We’ve done well fishing the flood tide near the capilano getting quite a few Jack Springs, and our biggest Spring being 31lbs. There have also been the odd Coho taken and early in the week a couple Pinks. The Bell Buoy has been hit or miss with some boats doing well with the biggest Spring that has been confirmed has been 36lbs. In the next few weeks this is the time of year you have your real chance at a tyee. Until next time good luck hope to see you out there. The best time to do a charter at this time of year is in the week if possible it really helps staying away from the crowds on the weekend. Crabbing remains great with lots of 7 inch dungeness

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It has been another nice couple of days fishing in Vancouver. It looks as though the last of the Pinks have disappeared from up Howe Sound and headed toward the Squamish River. We have had a great couple of weeks fishing for Pinks while using our light tackle. The Spring salmon has started to show up off of the Fraser river and also in English Bay. We have seen some Pinks, Sockeye, and Springs produced at the Bell Buoy in English Bay as well. Furthermore, there have been a couple of Springs caught off of the West Van shoreline on the flood tide. Moreover, there have been sightings of some Springs and Pinks off of the Fraser River from t10 to the South arm. We had a great day on the water Monday morning, where we ended up with a 30lb and 16lb Spring. That same day, we lost a Spring in the mid 20’s and released one that was just short of being considered legal size. It was near the end of august of last year when the late run of Spring salmon arrived. Fishing looks good so far, and should only get better over the course of the next week or so. We can only hope that the killer whales stay away. As always, crabbing remains a success!

Wow, was it ever a rainy day on the water! I had a group of guys that wanted to brave the rain so off we headed up Howe Sound to Camp Potlatch. We fished for 3 hours in the downpour and with a little luck we caught a Pink. We also lost one and had another hit. We then got a call that there were a little school of Pinks off of Furry creek. We got there and fished for about 15 minutes and limited out. They then disappeared. The Pinks are starting to hump up and are definately moving up towards Squamish river. In the harbour there were a few Springs taken for those who braved the rain. Friday was alot nicer of a day. We headed up the Sound in the afternoon. The people that fished the morning in English Bay at the Bell Buoy, had a few Springs and an odd Pink. We went and looked at Furry and saw nothing, so we headed up to Potlatch. At first we saw nothing, however, just before we left, we saw a little school of Pinks off of the creek. We ended up with 6 Pinks and we released a couple again. Some of them had very big roe in them already. They are definately headed up to the Squamish river. The next fishery should be very soon if we don`t get any more fresh Pinks up Howe Sound. There are still the Fraser Pinks to come also, and then we have our Springs still to come. These should be showing up at the Bell Buoy and then the Capilano Springs. Alot off great fishing ahead still just need things to dry up for us.

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Well the rain came and was it ever a downpour. For the few brave people that went fishing today up the Howe Sound, were they ever rewarded. There were Pink salmon everywhere! The 4 boats that I saw at the Spot where I was fishing, all limited out very quickly. We all released a alot of salmon as well. Today, we kept our 8 Pinks and released over 20 more in the morning. Hopefully this fishing continues!

It has been another great day on the water in Vancouver. The morning was a bit slow on the West Van shoreline. There were a few Springs, Coho, and Pink Salmon which were caught, however, when the ebb tide really started to move, the fish got sucked out of there. The killer whales spent alot of the day off of the Fraser River between the North arm and the South arm. Some boats did rather well off of the afternoon flood tide. Our boat, in particular, caught a Pink and lost one. We also got a 7lb wild coho and released it, and lost another one. Furthermore, we lost a 10 to 12lb Spring and kept another that was 22lbs. We had a couple of other hits as well. Clearly, not a bad afternoon on the water. I saw a few more boats catch some nice Spring, Pinks, and Coho. The biggest of the day was a 31lb Spring. Crabbing still remains excellent to date! The fishing should continue to be a success from here on in while we continue to wait for the main run of pinks.

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Great day on the water today in vancouver waters. We left the dock in Horeshoe bay at 7 oclock in the morning flat calm and sunny. We baited the crab traps on the way out we already had a few in there from the day before so a great start to the day. A nice 15 minute boat ride down the West van shoreline looking at all the multi million dollar homes as we have our morning coffee. We started fishing off Ambleside beach we had 3 hits in the next hour or so landing 1 nice Coho. Then we moved down the shorline more off Dundarave and had a chance at 4 more coho only landing 1 more. Not the best ratio but coho are like that some times 2 for 7 it should only get better if it does not rain each flood tide should bring a few more coho in with some springs in there as well. A boat beside us got about a 12lbs spring. We trolled the West van shoreline till about 1130 then cruised back to the crab traps picked up a few more crab and back to the dock. Not a bad day on the water great people, a bunch of crab, quite abit of action salmon wise, and 2 nice hatchery coho for the barbeque. If  possible fish this area during the week, it is better than the weekend to stay away from the crowds. The Gulf islands have still been ok some boats have been in the right spot at the right time and have done very well while a boat half a mile away gets nothing we’d still love to see the fish move inshore more so it’s in a more consentrated area. T10 there has been a few Springs taken which is off the middle arm of the Fraser river. Till next time cheers Mark

Another great day on the water today sunny warm and calm. The North West was supposed to come up but didn’t. The weather change to warm weather might of made the Spring salmon go off the bite the last few days; although there still were some nice salmon caught. Grace which is of the south west side of Gambier has produced a few nice fish with the biggest one I know weighing 23lbs. The far side of the Strait of Georgia, of Thrasher Rock and Five fingers off Nanaimo slowed down a bit from the torrid pace it had last week but still good numbers hopefully the fish move inshore more, near some structure where it’s easier to pinpoint them and when they do move in there the Spring salmon fishing will be good till the end of July if not longer. With the weather looking like it’s going to be sunny and warm for the next week the fishing should heat back up again. Until next time cheers Mark call (604)816-8944 if you have any questions or want to book a Father’s day fishing trip.

Great day on the water today. On the way out into Howe sound we checked the crab traps and kept our limit of 12 big Dungeness crab a great way to start the day. We started salmon fishing in Tunstall Bay on the west side of Bowen island. It did not take long and we had our first spring salmon on we got it to the boat it was 19.5lbs a great way to start. We had a chance at one more spring in the next 2hrs but never got a chance to land it. We then moved to 3rd marker again on the west side of Bowen island it did not take long we just got all our rods down and off screamed a rod, a real nice Spring salmon again 18.5 lbs we had a chance at one more nice fish not a bad morning leaving the dock at 9 in the morning. All of this within 15minutes of the dock. The Gulf island were good again today with some fish taken a few miles of Thrasher rock. There also have been quite a few Spring salmon taken at Hole in the wall less than 2 minutes from the marina. Another great day on the water the fishing should just keep getting better and the feed is sticking around both the Springs we kept today were full of herring a very good sign for the next few weeks.

Not out on the waters of Vancouver today myself. The waters are rough today the North west is blowing right down the Straight of Georgia the only place to fish is in Howe sound. Looks like a couple days of wind in the strait. Some good reports about fish in Howe sound which should just get better in the next month or so. The gulf islands are still very good with the guys still doing very well when calm enough and by mid week we’ll be over there ourselves when the wind dies down.

Great news calm and warm of the south end of Bowen island. Most charter boats did well today with one boat i know landing 5 Spring salmon between 14 and 17lbs real nice fresh fish. Crabbing was good looks like it’s going to be a great weekend. I am out all weekend so should have great reports stay tuned for those.