Wow, what a summer. That was some tough fishing. This September fishing has seen a marked improvement. Lots of feeder Springs are being found with the odd big’un thrown into the mix. Kelly N. got himself a 42 lb. Chinook off the Bedfords on Sunday the 14th evening and Laurence got a beauty 27 pounder in the bay last night. Halibut fishing has been great this year and we all hope it continues.
Most of the fish being landed are the small feeders and the feed they have in them is 3” herring. It would be worth fishing a cop car coyote or a green ghost hootchie. Flashers that have been working have been the green coloured ones. Try the Gold Betsy and the green hazer flashers. If you are going to target the feeders pick your speed up a bit and you will be in the market for Chinook and Coho.
Speaking of Coho, Justin Wilson of Tailspin Charters released an nice 18 lb. wild Coho today. This is not the first I have heard of some nice sized Coho in the area so don’t neglect the opportunity.
As mentioned the halibut fishery has been very good to us this year. Lets hope we some continued production. Opportunities for hali fishing in the future are as follows.
JDF east tide predictions show that the following times might be a good time to go for some flatties:
September
- 19th during the afternoon
- 21st 12:55 pm there is a tide change going to a weak and variable
- 22nd 1:55 pm and again small current headed for a weak and variable
- 23rd 2:51 pm same pattern again
October
- 2nd 15:19 the tide changes to a 1 kn flood
- 3rd 16 :19 the tide changes to a .6kn flood
- 4th 11:30 am a change to a 1.2 kn Ebb
- 5th 12:23 a nice change to an ebb of 1.2
- 6th 13:13 a change to an Ebb of 1 kn
- 7th 14:05 ebb 1 kn
- 8th 14:55 ebb of 1.2 kn
- 9th 15:33 ebb of 1.3 kn
- 16th 14:41 flood of 1 kn
- 17th 15:38 flood of .8 kn
- 18th 16:44 flood of .5 kn
- 27th 12:21 flood of 1.1 kn
- 28th 13:15 fllod of .9 kn
- 29th 14:07 flood of .7 kn
- 30th 14:59 flood of .5 kn
- 31st the afternoon will have week and variable tides.
Tight lines everyone thanks for checking in, Remember to check the regulations as this is the season where fluctuations occur.
Richard Taggart
Manager
Pedder Bay Marina
250-478-1771
