Fishing Update
This weekend has certainly been a good one. Fishing has been great off of Beachy Head and the Trap Shack.
Chinook have certainly shown up and the bites have been at first light and then again about mid morning. Anchovies and spoons have been the trick for the Springs.
Sockeye have been found right in the same areas as the Chinook have been found. If you want to zero in on the Sockeye exclusively troll out from shore until you are surrounded by jumping sockeye. Fish your pink gear slow straight and simple. If you don’t have any luck in one direction change your bearing and try again. Depths from 35 to 70 feet have produced the tasty “Reds”. A tip for when you get the fish is being ready with a fish tub and put the fish not on the deck but straight into a tub. These guys are SLIMMY you could end up on your but in the boat or worse if you are not careful. Also rinse out your net immediately after landing any fish especially a sockeye. This will stop the net from degrading and stinking to high heaven as it dries out.
Good luck out there, remember to come in and let us know how you have done out there.
Coffee House, RV & Marina Update
The Coffee house is now a Proudly Serving Starbucks and opened its doors on July 30th. The new and improved front desk and coffee service is a beautiful new addition to the Pedder Bay Facility. Come on down and have a coffee or even a cappuccino. We have the full range of coffee house drinks available for your morning wake-up. We also stock soups, sandwiches, sausage rolls and a variety of other pastries and cookies for your outing.
For all of you die hard fishermen, Pedder Bay Marina has a good stock of top quality 5 1\2 inch Rhys Davis anchovies available. Due to the huge demand for these great fish catchers, we are currently limiting purchases to 3 packs per customer.
Our tackle shop and marine chandlery are now fully back in business. The shelves are stocked with all the gear you really need at competitive prices.
The RV Resort has been offering convenient, first class camping opportunities for many of our fishing guests this season. The convenience of a full service RV resort overlooking a full service marina complete with store and coffee house is certainly attracting some attention, and the consensus from our guests is that it’s a real hit!
For those of you that don’t have boats, but still want to have a great day on the water, don’t forget our fleet of 16 ft rental boats. These fishing machines are powered by brand new 40 hp and 50 hp 4 stroke Yamaha motors, and we have tackle, rods and downriggers for rent as well if you need to be fully equipped.
We have some great combo packages out there for those seeking a complete weekend adventure. For a great weekend getaway we can offer a night in our RV resort or campground, plus a four hour boat rental for a total price starting at $69.00 plus tax! Now that’s a great deal for summer weekend fun…
We hope to see you down at the RV resort and Marina this August, fishing reports are looking good for the next month (see below) so come on down and joining us for a few hours or a weekend.
Fishing Reports:
Salmon
Sockeye are opening as of Thursday the 5th of August. This is great news for local anglers, as the forecast is looking excellent for these tasty fish. Please remember the general rules for sockeye fishing. Using red or pink flashers and small mini-plankton hoochies (available in our tackle shop), find the right speed and direction and stick with the school of fish. Leader length can vary from 18 to 36 inches. Once you catch a fish, note your water speed and your direction and depth and repeat it. Go slow, and avoid sharp turns. Try to have as much gear in the water as possible by stacking rods and using dummy flashers off your downriggers. Sockeye are schooling fish, and creating lots of flash definitely draws more fish to your hooks. You should do well by these tricks.
Chinook fishing has been slower than last year, but for those that are hunting springs, it’s interesting to note that the folks that are jigging have been doing much better than the trollers, especially right in Pedder Bay. A fair number of fish up to 25 lbs have been taken in Pedder Bay over the last few days jigging. If jigging is not your thing you might want to try cut plugging near the kelp and rocks or trolling spoons and plugs with weights. A shallow run down rigger with some of the usual might do the trick as well.
The usual spots like Church Rock, Beechey Head and the Trap Shack are starting to produce a few more fish now, and we anticipate the action will heat up nicely over the next week or so as our summer and late run Fraser Chinook start to appear.
Halibut
Halibut fishing has been consistently good but as usual, success for halibut is pretty closely connected with fishing the right tide. Baits like octopus, sardine and large herring have been the lure of choice unless dogfish become a problem at which time successful anglers have been switching to Mud Rakers, Jig-a-loos, and other large jigs.
Here’s the good halibut tides for August:
- 5th good all day
- 6th good in the afternoon
- 13th first thing in the morning
- 14th First thing in the morning
- 15th 5:30 until late morning
- 16th all morning and half the afternoon
- 17th all day
- 18th afternoon fishery
- 19th mid afternoon
- 20th a short opportunity in the afternoon
- 21st short opportunity in the afternoon
- 28th all morning until mid afternoon
- 29th all day
- 30th all day
- 31st all day
Hope to see you out here soon.
Tight lines and safe boating everyone.
~Richard, Martin and the Crew at Pedder Bay
