09-15-2004, 03:45 AM
Pedder Bay - Vancouver Island - September 12th, 2004
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FISHING: Good
The salmon fishing SLOWED DOWN this past week. Anglers were still catching springs, but not nearly as many, from the high teens up to the high thirties scattered from Pedder Bay to the Bedford Islands. The biggest spring caught this past week came from Church Rock and weighed 36 lbs. In the evenings, near the top of the flood tide, the bay itself has been really hot, full of bait and salmon. Trolling anchovy or herring at 45 or 50 feet has been catching most of bigger fish. For trolling, the Purple Haze, Glow Green and Green Scale were the most popular teaser heads and the O’ki Betsy is the most commonly used flasher. If you want to troll spoons, use Coyotes, Titans, Devil Tails or Gibbs Gators in Green/Silver or Blue/Silver. Hootchies have been really good too and the Irish Mist, Green Galaxy and Green Ghost were the “hot” ones. Jigging has been good from the Deep Hole to the Christopher Point. The needlefish Lucky Jigs or Gibbs Minnows have been good lures to jig. Fin clipped Coho salmon are being caught by anglers fishing the tide lines about 2½ to 3½ miles out in the strait. We’ve been told that boats can get limits of coho up to 9 lbs out there. HALIBUT – This past weekend was SLOW. The 11 Fathom Reef, 27-Fathom Reef and the West Race are all good spots to try. Extra Large Herring and Octopus fished off of a spreader bar with a 2 lb weight is the most successful combination to catch the big flatfish. However, when the dogfish are bad, use Mudrakers or Lucky Jigs.