July 7, 2010

     Currently around the Vancouver area, fishing has been met with some good results. After a very good early June Coho fishery, we are waiting for the next big wave of fish along the North & West Vancouver shoreline. Some Coho are present, but not quite in the numbers we saw at various times in June. With the hot weather we have been having, the fish can’t migrate up stream, thus continuing to build around in and around the North & West Vancouver shoreline. Usually this area is best fished on a incoming tide, but this year has produced ‘a bite’ at varying times throughout the outgoing tide as well.  The ‘brunt of the run’ should be showing shortly along the shoreline providing an exceptional fishery! These fish react very well to artificial lures, in particular lighter colored hootchies in various sizes when they first arrive. After the Coho have been milling around for a week or two, bait is usually the lure of choice. Also the odd nice Chinook has also been thrown into the mix.

     Howe sound has been producing some nice Chinook to the mid 20’s & some Coho, generally taken on anchovy (bait) but artificial lures (spoons & hootchies) are worth a try. Depths range from 30 to 90 feet plus or minus.

     As this year has provided exceptional springtime and early June fisheries around the Vancouver area, our summer and fall fisheries should follow suit making this year one of the best in quite a while!