Barkley Adventure Station – Fishing Blog

Fishing ethics are important to us. Nile Creek Salmon Enhancement Society is working to restore Vancouver Island streams, and fortunately for all of us they’ve been quite successful.

The Nile Creek Salmon Enhancement Society has a  website of their own to raise awareness. In support their efforts, we’ve posted this video clip that Ken Kirkby and the group have produced.

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The “Winter Spring” fishing is excellent in Ucluelet right now. Limits if chinook salmon are being caught using 3.5 inch spoons at 75-125 ft green and silver or blue and silver right outside Ucluelet’s harbour.

Call today for a great winter rate to catch some of the big fish.
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Everyone is fishing full tilt boogey off the west coast of Vancouver Island, BC. Ucluelet has been the hot destination for boat limits of Tyees! We are consistently coming in with between 4 and 6 30 lb plus chinook salmon for the past two weeks. The Southwest corner has absolutly been on fire. 6 inch spoons and 7 inch plugs in the top 100 feet has been producing like crazy. Anything with blue or green patterns.

Due to extremely good fishing, this popular package has been held over! Skipper Dave says it’s his best west coast salmon and halibut fishing vacation package yet:

Special Four Fishing Day Package for $1095.00 per person 10 Hour Trips

Guaranteed limits of fish (Halibut and Chinook Salmon) for a four day booking.

Spend Four days Salmon Fishing and Halibut Fishing aboard a 38 ft custom fishing yacht. Light meals are included; breakfast and lunch, and you are on the hook for your own dinner. The best part is your catch is guaranteed!

(restrictions do apply; based on weather and a minimum of four guests and a maximum of six persons for the boat, offshore trips)

Your catch will be processed, flash frozen and vacuum sealed for your trip home.

Cost is $1095 per person

*specials must be booked prior to Sept 1st, 2009 but can be scheduled for any available date this season…inquire

We have been lucky enough to catch limits of nice chinook salmon and boat limits of nice Halibut while fishing off Long Beach approx 12 miles west of Ucluelet Along Vancouver Islands West coast.

The Bait of Choice are 6 inch Tomic Plugs, 700 pattern, 252, and the 500 were all working quite well. And it kept the shakers to a minimum.

Work through the big tides and you will get your fish, both Salmon and Halibut.

Good Luck on your next fishing trip.

Skipper Dave

The Salmon fishing off BC’s west coast is still on fire.
Anywhere on the inside banks, South Bank, Long Beach, Lighthouse Bank, and Portland Point are Great spots to catch your limit of Chinook Salmon withing an hour. You have to come try it, you won’t believe how great the fishing is!!!
6 and 7 inch spoons with no flasher are working great for 25-30 lb chinook salmon.

If you don’t believe me… grab your boat, or give me a call, and come fishing.

Don’t have a boat? Don’t worry , we have 2 fantastic 38′ yachts, book your fishing charter today.
Skipper Dave

The Salmon are here in Hoards and the Halibut has blown up!

The Salmon Fishing is still the best I have seen it off the west coast of ucluelet with south bank and Great bear producing limits of 15 thru 30 lb chinook.

Halibut Fishing is starting to get real hot at La Perouse Bank 18 miles south of the BC coast. The Rats nose and the Gullies are the hottest spots.

Green Pattern Hootchies in the Cuttle fish Size, (the bigger ones) for Halibut Trolled off the bottom are producing consistent catches, and Single 6-7 inch coyote spoons in the water with no flasher in the Green/Silver, and blue/silver as well as the watermelon pattern are the lures of choice for big chinook salmon.

Check back next week for another BC Salmon and Halibut Fishing Report

Nice Fish Doc

Wow the Salmon Fishing of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, BC is the best I have seen it in over a decade!

The fishing has been crazy, we have been out 6 of the last 7 days with limits of chinook salmon being caught within an hour. My best day was June 12 when we had a group of 7 guests, Dr. Obrien and friends, and we have 14 chinook salmon all over 20 lbs. (We were also back at the dock by noon.)
The Salmon Fishing Video will be posted by weeks end, we have a little editing to do.

Coyote spoons are the bait of choice in 3,4, and 5 inch sizes with the blue and silver and green and silver colour patterns.

Right now its Catching Salmon, not Fishing Salmon in Ucluelet, BC. If you don’t believe me book a charter and I’ll show you.

Thanks,
Skipper Dave

Our New Gallery Page

Nice Salmon Jeanette

Now that the fishing season is in Full swing I will try and post a weekly Salmon and Halibut Fishing report with catch rates, location, and gear used.

If you have never fished off the west coast of Vancouver Island, you have to try it.

The catch rate and fun factor rival fishing at BC fishing Resorts in the Queen Charlotte Islands, or Alaska for about one third the price.

Look us Up !
Skipper Dave