07-01-2004, 02:31 PM
Pedder Bay - Vancouver Island - June 24th, 2004
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FISHING: Good
The salmon fishing was GOOD in local waters, but nothing compared to Sooke. In fract, most of the salmon coming into the marina have been from anglers launching in Pedder Bay but traveling west towards Sooke. Church Rock and Whirl Bay produced some springs into the high 20’s but not lots of fish. Trolling Anchovies is catching most most of the salmon taken. Anglers jigging for springs have also had consistent success while jigging from the Deep Hole to the RCM Blasting sign. For trollers, Green Scale or Glow Green and the new Rhys Davis Purple Haze Anchovy Special are the most productive teaser heads. The needlefish Lucky Jigs or Gibbs Minnows have been good lures to jig. If you want to troll spoons, try #4 Coyotes, #4 Titans or #5 Gibbs Gators in Green/Silver, Blue/Silver or Black/Glow. Good squirts/hootchies to use were the Purple Haze, Mint Tulip, Army Truck, and Jellyfish. HALIBUT – This past weekend was GOOD for halibut. Anglers weighed in halibut up from 39 to 74 pounds on the weekend. The 11 Fathom Reef, 27-Fathom Reef and the West Race were all good spots to fish. Extra Large Herring and Octopus fished off of a spreader bar with a 2 lb weight was the most successful combination to catch the big flatfish.
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FISHING: Good
The salmon fishing was GOOD in local waters, but nothing compared to Sooke. In fract, most of the salmon coming into the marina have been from anglers launching in Pedder Bay but traveling west towards Sooke. Church Rock and Whirl Bay produced some springs into the high 20’s but not lots of fish. Trolling Anchovies is catching most most of the salmon taken. Anglers jigging for springs have also had consistent success while jigging from the Deep Hole to the RCM Blasting sign. For trollers, Green Scale or Glow Green and the new Rhys Davis Purple Haze Anchovy Special are the most productive teaser heads. The needlefish Lucky Jigs or Gibbs Minnows have been good lures to jig. If you want to troll spoons, try #4 Coyotes, #4 Titans or #5 Gibbs Gators in Green/Silver, Blue/Silver or Black/Glow. Good squirts/hootchies to use were the Purple Haze, Mint Tulip, Army Truck, and Jellyfish. HALIBUT – This past weekend was GOOD for halibut. Anglers weighed in halibut up from 39 to 74 pounds on the weekend. The 11 Fathom Reef, 27-Fathom Reef and the West Race were all good spots to fish. Extra Large Herring and Octopus fished off of a spreader bar with a 2 lb weight was the most successful combination to catch the big flatfish.