Salmon
Chinook salmon fishing has been great!
The participants of the Juan De Fuca Derby last year got 80ish fish this year they weighed in 297 Chinook! Fishing has been good in Pedder Bay and out through the pass and out to Church Rock/ Bedfords. I have been having success with a gold and green flasher and a green anchovy head. Others have been using gold heads and UV coloured heads as well.
Hatchery Coho are also been found out there at the time of this report so lots more to come. Remember to turn in your heads to the recovery freezer, one lucky angler won a rod and reel for doing so here at Pedder Bay the head recovery freezer is located down on the fuel dock.
Halibut
The halibut windows are a lot smaller in the summer months.
The following are from the current predictions for East Juan De Fuca:
July
- 1st all day starting at about 9 am
- 2nd 9 to five
- 3rd in the afternoon
- 12th early morning
- 13th a steady slow ebb all day
- 14th a weak and variable tide at 8:15 am going to a slow ebb in the afternoon
- 15th a weak and variable tide at 10:22 and then a slow ebb for the rest of the day
- 16th 8 am through the whole day looks good
- 17th mid morning on the current looks good
- 18 th good in the evening if the wind hasn’t blown you off
- 19th just like the 18th if you get out there and fish the currents
- 27th 0600 the tide turns and floods to a max of .6 knots
- 28th Starting around 7 am and running all through the day
- 29th 8:11 am and on the rest of the day
- 30th from 9 am on looks great
- 31st 9:45 on looks great
Stay tuned…
Sockeye: 6 to 10 million given the great marine survival we have been enjoying and the predicted returns we are all hoping to see the DFO open Sockeye for retention sometime this summer. People are already catching them but they have to release them of course.
Rental boats
The rental fleet is all equipped and ready for the coming season. This year is a Pink year so don’t forget to get the future anglers out there and get them hooked! Also don’t forget the opportunity to get some visiting relatives some salmon to take home.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to call the marina at 250-478-1771. We will be happy to help.
Richard Taggart
Manager
Pedder Bay Marina
250-478-1771
