tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46413125428537846002010-03-23T21:56:21.169-07:00Port Renfrew Fishing ReportWelcome to the Port Renfrew Sport Fishing Adventures fishing report! On this page, we will post regular updates on what's happening with Port Renfrew fishing, Vancouver Island fishing, and other news of interest to our fishing friends around the world.Fishing Port Renfrew Site Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02451552388700425210noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-440420407890565912010-03-23T21:29:00.000-07:002010-03-23T21:56:21.317-07:00March 23 2010 Port Renfrew fishing report<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/Darrells_big_fish-748186.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/Darrells_big_fish-748183.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div>A couple of reports of early season fishing action heating up in Port Renfrew.</div><div><br /></div><div>For salmon, one report had a lucky angler hooking 18 spring salmon, 15-25 pounds off the rockpile at Logan Creek. </div><div><br /></div><div>And Des from <a href="http://www.viciousfishcharters.com/">Vicious Fishing Charters</a> caught a 107 pound halibut. Way to go!</div><div><br /></div><div>Looks like it is game on for fishing in Port Renfrew once again!</div><div><br /></div><div>The photo is from <a href="http://www.choicecharters.ca/">Choice Fishing Charters</a> in summer 2009 ... Darrell showing off his big chinook salmon.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-44042040789056591?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-36017543294710310082010-03-14T13:22:00.000-07:002010-03-14T14:33:00.822-07:00Port Renfrew Fishing Report, March 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/fairylake-796264.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/fairylake-796209.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Spring is springing on the south-west coast of Vancouver Island. Still no solid fishing reports out of Port Renfrew, but there's some signs of life. <br /><br />Trevor from <a href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/nobananas.html">No Bananas Fishing Charters</a> passes on a rumour of some Port Renfrew locals catching some very early season spring salmon off Camper Creek ... limits of high teens to low twenties fish. So the season may be starting sooner than you think!<br /><br />Early season weather is always iffy, with some winter-style storms still marching through. So if you do head out there for some fishing, make sure you check the weather reports carefully. Safety first!<br /><br />The photo is of a little bonsai tree perched in Fairy Lake, partway between Port Renfrew and Cowichan Lake.<br /><br />Good luck out there!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-3601754329471031008?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-71804594456538441722010-02-18T19:45:00.000-08:002010-02-18T19:51:21.098-08:00Victoria Boat ShowNo fishing report this week...still not much fishing going on in Port Renfrew. But the weather is getting warmer, the sun is out, and the cherry blossoms are starting ... that means it is coming soon. Very soon!<br /><br />In the meantime, the <a href="http://www.victoriaboatshow.com/">Victoria Boat Show</a> is this weekend, Feb 19-21. A good chance to replenish the tackle box and look at those big boats you can't afford.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.canwestshows.com/boatshow/Logos/VBF_Logobig.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 106px;" src="http://www.canwestshows.com/boatshow/Logos/VBF_Logobig.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Fishing reports will be posted shortly...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-7180459445653844172?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>Fishing Port Renfrew Site Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02451552388700425210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-55238422104978253202010-01-21T17:22:00.000-08:002010-01-21T17:24:59.180-08:00Halibut re-opening Feb.1After the regular January closure, to allow halibut to spawn, it looks like it is "game on" once again, starting February 1st. The halibut limit is one fish per day, two in possession. <br /><br />There are additional conservation meetings coming up soon, so hopefully this doesn't change....but for now, that's good news!<br /><br /><a href="http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=122362&ID=recreational">Fishery Notice Report</a><br /><br /><pre>DFO has held initial consultations with the Sport Fishing Advisory Board (SFAB)<br />on halibut management options for the 2010 season.<br /><br />As an interim measure DFO will open the fishery February 1 at a daily limit of<br />one (1) and a possession limit of two (2). When Canada's allocation under the<br />International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) is known after the IPHC's<br />annual meeting in late January, DFO will convene meetings with the SFAB to<br />complete management measures for the 2010 season. These measures will be<br />announced as soon as possible.<br /><br /><br />Coastwide<br /><br />Effective at 00:01 hours February 1, 2010 fishing for halibut will be opened<br />coastwide. The daily limit is one (1) per day with a possession limit of two<br />(2).<br /><br />The exceptions to this opening are:<br /><br />Areas 121, 23 and 123:<br />Effective 00:01 hours February 1, 2010 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2010:<br />- No person shall fish for or retain halibut, rockfish and lingcod in Area 121<br />outside the 12 nautical mile limit seaward of a line that begins at 48 degrees<br />34.000 minutes North latitude and 125 degrees 17.386 minutes West longitude and<br />continues south easterly at a bearing of 116 degrees True to a point at 48<br />degrees 28.327 minutes North latitude and 125 degrees 01.687 minutes West<br />longitude.<br />- Electronic licence conditions will be continued as follows:<br />"Only a Canadian resident may fish for or retain halibut under an electronic<br />licence in management Areas 121, 23 and 123."<br /><br />Area 121:<br />A reminder to recreational harvesters, that the waters of Swiftsure Bank,<br />inside a line from 48°34.00'N and 125°06.00'W, thence to 48°34.00'N and 124°<br />54.20'W, thence to 48°29.62'N and 124°43.40'W, thence following the<br />International Boundary between Canada and the U.S. to 48°29.55'N and 124°<br />56.20'W, thence in a straight line to the point of commencement, are closed to<br />all finfish, all year.<br /><br />Note: Rockfish Conservations Areas (RCA's) remain in effect - refer to the<br />following website for descriptions:<br />http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/restricted-restreint/rca-acs-eng.htm<br /><br /><br />FOR MORE INFORMATION:<br /><br />Contact: Devona Adams 604-666-3271 or Tamee Mawani 604-666-9033<br /></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-5523842210497825320?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-23318086267565415322010-01-18T21:23:00.000-08:002010-01-18T21:35:06.253-08:00No fishing to report in Port Renfrew...so how about some youtube surfing.<br /><br />What you don't want to see when attempting to leave the rivermouth heading out to Swiftsure Bank...<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SnBZxJWnOnk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SnBZxJWnOnk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Surf kayakers having some fun.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z053VS1iO20&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z053VS1iO20&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Flight from Port Renfrew to the north...not all that exciting, but a fly-over of the prime summer salmon fishing spots. If you don't know Port Renfrew, gives a sense of the geography.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r2QaRLSrmtQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r2QaRLSrmtQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Send us your interesting links, photos, and videos for Port Renfrew!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-2331808626756541532?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-26830603652155159452010-01-01T20:43:00.000-08:002010-01-01T20:55:41.789-08:00Happy New Year from Port Renfrew!Happy New Year from FishingPortRenfrew.ca!<br /><br />Not much fishing going on in Port Renfrew this time of year, with the west coast of Vancouver Island at is stormiest. But the surfers are happy and the rainforest is lush...nice for a hike (just bring your rain gear!). Looking forward to salmon and halibut fishing adventures soon...<br /><br />Enjoy some photos of a day out in and around Port Renfrew.<br /><br />Best wishes for a fun and productive 2010 year.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewSurf-734688.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewSurf-734686.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewSurf2-734654.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewSurf2-734651.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewWaterfall-705123.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewWaterfall-705077.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewWave-705056.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewWave-705052.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/forestflowers-709931.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/forestflowers-709873.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewBeachTarp-709847.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewBeachTarp-709808.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewFern-770637.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewFern-770592.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewHike-770556.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PortRenfrewHike-770512.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-2683060365215515945?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-81208711826869310902009-12-13T11:12:00.000-08:002009-12-13T11:18:52.046-08:00Port Renfrew fishing videoA video showing some highlights from the 2009 fishing season in Port Renfrew. Salmon and halibut fishing on Vancouver Island's wild west coast, with John Wells of <a href="http://www.hindsightfishing.com/">Hindsight Fishing Charters</a>. Hope you enjoy it! [Note: we are trying out Vimeo for the first time to upload videos. If you have trouble loading the video or can't view it, please use the comments section on this page or email us, <a href="mailto:info@fishingportrenfrew.ca">info@fishingportrenfrew.ca</a>]<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8010938&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8010938&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8010938">Port Renfrew Fishing 2009</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2750962">John Bridal</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-8120871182686931090?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-2977675921997208622009-12-09T17:16:00.000-08:002009-12-13T10:59:56.146-08:00Port Renfrew Fishing updateNo Port Renfrew fishing reports to pass along today...stormy weather, cold temperatures, not many people chasing salmon and halibut out of Port Renfrew this time of year.<br /><br />A couple of videos from the Internet to pass along. First is <a href="http://www.vancouverislandfishing.ca/">Jolly Rogers Fishing Adventures</a>, showing a fun September late season day, catching chinook salmon, coho salmon, halibut, and ling cod out on Swiftsure Bank.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8022694&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8022694&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8022694">September Fishing, Port Renfrew BC</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2755869">John Rogers</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />The second video is some adventurers looking at another part of Port Renfrew that most people never see. Crazy? Maybe. Fun? Definitely.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7993183&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7993183&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7993183">A Weekend in Port Renfrew</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2148070">FVWW</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-297767592199720862?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-73381569494822521292009-11-09T21:36:00.000-08:002009-11-09T21:38:53.701-08:00November Port Renfrew fishing report<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/graniaWS-769233.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/graniaWS-769187.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Fishing is pretty much closed for the season, other than a few diehards that are still out there crabbing or chasing the odd winter spring salmon.<br /><br />For the rest of us, the "gone surfing" sign is up... see you in April. <br /><br />:-)<br /><br />We will continue to post fishing stories of interest over the winter though, with new recipes, videos, photos, or any other fun stuff we come across.<br /><br />Put another log in the woodstove and bundle up, it's rainy and windy out there!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-7338156949482252129?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-13796889834438285852009-10-01T13:13:00.000-07:002009-10-01T18:44:27.968-07:00Coho Derby this weekend<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/renfrewfog-714919.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/renfrewfog-714914.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Reminder that <a href="http://www.portrenfrewmarina.com/report/">Port Renfrew Marina</a>'s coho derby is this weekend, Oct 3-4, 2009. Entry fee is $25.00 with $5.00 from each entry going to the local San Juan Hatchery. This derby is “Winner Take All”.<br /><br />With the excellent coho fishing this year and good weather forecast, it is highly likely there will be a lot more entrants this year, so the prize should be a lot bigger...above $10,000 is probable.<br /><br />Note that the Port Renfrew Marina closes this year on October 12th.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/IMG_0722-740407.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/IMG_0722-740368.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Halibut fishing is excellent right now for biggies -- Des from <a href="http://www.viciousfishcharters.com/report/">Vicious Fishing Charters</a> has been catching some really nice halibut, around 100 pounds and more.<br /><br />Get out there while the weather's still good! Winter waves and wind are coming soon...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-1379688983443828585?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-32050387025135718802009-09-22T12:18:00.000-07:002009-09-22T12:31:21.748-07:00Sep 22 Port Renfrew Fishing Update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/fishsep09-711509.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/fishsep09-711459.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.vancouverislandfishing.ca/">Jolly Rogers Fishing Charters</a> reports another fun day's fishing in San Juan Harbour and out at Swiftsure Bank.<br /><br />Each day is different offshore...lately it has been huge schools of coho and lots of halibut...this day it was lots of big ling cod and feeder spring salmon. Lots of fun, either way.<br /><br />The coho are stacked up in front of the San Juan rivermouth, and there is lots of fun to be had trolling shallow or casting from the boat. They are jumping all over the place, and hooking into a 20 pounder right at the surface is as good as salmon fishing gets!<br /><br />For the next few weeks, as more and more coho arrive, Port Renfrew will offer some of the best salmon fishing on Vancouver Island. Check out <a href="http://www.portrenfrewmarina.com/derby.html">Port Renfrew Marina's coho derby</a> on Oct 3 and 4. $25 to enter, with $5 to salmon enhancement and the rest to the winner....with the great fishing drawing more people in, this year's purse will probably top $10,000.<br /><br />Good times to be had in Port Renfrew!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-3205038702513571880?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-33107809774624654192009-09-18T14:37:00.000-07:002009-09-18T18:19:25.830-07:00Sept 18 Port Renfrew Fishing Report<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/50pounder-773394.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/50pounder-773356.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112);font-family:Verdana;" >Spring salmon fishing in Port Renfrew is slowing down, and most anglers are now targetting coho. That being said, <a href="http://www.portrenfrewmarina.com/report/index.php">Port Renfrew Marina</a> reports Hugh Hamer caught a 40.5 pound tyee at Camper Creek this week....and earlier in the week Troy Halliday of Fishing360charters caught a 50 pounder (and then a 37 pounder the next day)...so there's still a few big spring salmon around!<br /><br />The Marina's big <a href="http://www.portrenfrewmarina.com/derby.html">coho derby</a> is Oct 3 and 4. $25 per rod, with $5 to the hatchery and winner take the rest...jackpots up to $14,000 in prior years....plus the fun is free!<br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112);font-family:Verdana;" >Kelly from <a href="http://www.lastchancefishingadventures.com/">Last Chance Fishing Charters</a> sends in the following report: "Fishing in Port Renfrew is still good, lots of Coho in Juan de Fuca Strait and on Swiftsure Bank. Halibut fishing was good on the anchor on the "dink" reef off of Nitinat, but halibut was slow and small on the bank. [next day] S</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112);font-family:Verdana;" >quid kept grabbing the halibut bait, switching over to smaller plastic and drifting was better today, I gave up on the anchor after getting squidded on my first few pieces of bait."<br /><br />Here's a picture of Dale from Australia with a huge Humboldt squid caught with <a href="http://www.vancouverislandfishing.ca/">Jolly Rogers Fishing Charters</a> He catches them back home, so he knows what to do with them: </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/BIG_SQUID-772342.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/BIG_SQUID-772338.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112);font-family:Verdana;" >"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family:arial;" >Lattice cut it, then cut it into 1 inch pieces and dust it in cajun and flour, salt and pepper. Then wok toss it in butter and garlic, serve with some sweet chilli sauce on the side). Came out well.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family:arial;" >the squid tasted good and was tender</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112);font-family:Verdana;" >". So there you go!<br /><br /><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>As the coho move into the San Juan harbour, fishing close to shore should get better and better. Maurice from the <a href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/sanjuan.html">San Juan Hatchery</a> reports there are lots of coho in the bay, and a significant number have entered the river. For those fresh water inclined, this might be a good weekend to get a small boat and drift the river....big coho + light tackle = big-time fishing fun and adventure.<br /><br />Click <a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/Grab+those+fishing+rods/1994859/story.html">here</a> to read DC Reid's article on Vancouver Island shore fishing. Here's what he says about Port Renfrew: "Port Renfrew is high on the list as it has the largest coho on the Island. Last week there were more than a thousand Chinook in the San Juan System, and the third week in September is the traditional time to fish the estuary below the bridge with spinners and spoons early and late in the day."<br /><br />Have fun out there!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-3310780977462465419?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-28080063702588565712009-09-09T18:47:00.000-07:002009-09-09T20:04:19.186-07:00Port Renfrew fishing report, 2009/09/09<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.vancouverislandfishing.ca/report/uploaded_images/krob-791208.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.vancouverislandfishing.ca/report/uploaded_images/krob-791208.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.vancouverislandfishing.ca/report/index.html">Jolly Rogers Fishing Charters</a> reports: "<span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="">Late summer has provided excellent fishing out of Port Renfrew. We have had good catches of salmon and halibut lately. The photo is Kevin Robinson and crew from Grand <span class="SpellE">Prairie,</span> with a good catch of spring and <span class="SpellE">coho salmon</span>, <span class="SpellE">halibut</span> and ling cod. The Coho salmon are large and plentiful ... fishing should be good well into October this year!</span></span>"<br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:85%;color:midnightblue;"><span class="spnMessageText" id="msg">Kelly from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.lastchancefishingadventures.com">Last Chance Fishing Charters</a> reports that the spring salmon fishing on the beach has slowed, but there are lots of nice big fat coho, plus a lot of feeder spring salmon (10-15 pounds) on the bottom in 70-200 feet off the Harbour mouth. For something different, he reports </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:85%;color:midnightblue;"><span class="spnMessageText" id="msg">a lot of Humboldt Squids around....</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/squid-726697.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 314px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/squid-726681.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:85%;color:midnightblue;"><span class="spnMessageText" id="msg">some guys hooknig 2-3 per day. He took home 3, using the </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:85%;color:midnightblue;"><span class="spnMessageText" id="msg">tentacles for halibut bait, and the mantles for Calamari. "In the event anyone wants to target these things, start in 100 feet of water and troll out slowly with salmon gear (They seem to like spoons), and when you get a dead weight that bounces from time to time, slowly bring it in. Net it and get it in your cooler, if you gaff it, you'll get inked.. Couple guys tried 'em, as long as you remove both layers of skin, they said they were quite good."</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:85%;color:midnightblue;"><span class="spnMessageText" id="msg"><br /></span></span>Mike Soohochoff posted an excellent Port Renfrew fishing trip report:<br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:85%;color:midnightblue;"><span class="spnMessageText" id="msg">"Back from 3 days of fishing Rennie.Springs are almost non existent along the beach but the bank is loaded with coho. Friday on the bank was astounding! Birds by the thousands following a line of krill that stretched for miles.herring feeding on the krill and coho feeding on the herring.Oh, and humpbacks by the dozen. Picked up our limit on coho in about 10 minutes-average one 12lbs largest 16+. Halibut was more difficult and we definitely worked to get our limit. Saturday morning was along the beach from Owen to Logan.No springs save for one jack and only two wild coho. Knocked off two Humboldt squid about 3ft long at Cullite-made for some tasty calimari though.Crab trap was full of females<img src="http://www.sportfishingbc.com/forum/icon_smile_sad.gif" alt="" title="" width="15" align="middle" border="0" height="15" /> Sunday was off Carmanah & Nitinat. Scraped up 2 more hali before we got blown off. Lots of salmon in the estuary when we left. All this rain should spur them on.All in all a decent trip." Thanks for the report, and for the awesome whale photos.<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/P1000757-789704.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/P1000757-789647.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/P1000789-769458.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/P1000789-769454.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/P1000776-769440.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/P1000776-769437.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:85%;color:midnightblue;"><span class="spnMessageText" id="msg"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-2808006370258856571?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-67828375516155834972009-09-01T22:19:00.000-07:002009-09-01T22:39:20.776-07:00Port Renfrew fishing update, Sept 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/aug09_53-760002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/aug09_53-759956.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Port Renfrew's fishing has been hot and cold in the past week. The Swiftsure Bank continues to be on fire, in particular for coho salmon with 20 pounders regularly caught, but also medium size spring salmon and chicken-size halibut.<br /><br />The Beach is not as good as it was 2 weeks ago, but is still bringing in some nice ones. <a href="http://www.portrenfrewmarina.com/">Port Renfrew Marina</a> reports that Mark Thomas caught a 53.75 pound monster at East Point! There were several salmon in the 40s caught on the weekend. So, it is still pretty good, for those hoping to find a big one. <a href="http://www.vancouverislandfishing.ca/">Jolly Rogers Fishing Charters</a> reports the beach was hot all day yesterday. Here's Kevin with his first 30 pounder...way to go!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/kevin30aug09_2-710083.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/kevin30aug09_2-710076.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-6782837551615583497?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-49036243200689085182009-08-26T19:57:00.000-07:002009-08-26T20:07:11.007-07:00August 26 Port Renfrew Fishing Report<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/trevoraug09-786981.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/trevoraug09-786978.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A couple of reports this week out of Port Renfrew.<br /><br />Trevor from <a href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/nobananas.html">No Bananas Fishing Charters </a>reports: "salmon fishing has slowed considerably both the beach and Swiftsure Bank. Halibut is still hot between the Chicken Ranch and the J bouy. The Bank is still producing lots of coho and the odd spring salmon. Logan and East Point are the hotspots for beach fishing although its quite slow. Any real bite has been on the high slack. Here's a pic of a 41 pound spring salmon."<br /><br />Kelly from <a href="http://www.lastchancefishingadventures.com/">Last Chance Fishing Charters</a> reports from last weekend: "<span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Swiftsure Bank is hopping, south side has been good for hatchery coho up to 15 pounds. Small spring salmon on the south side trolling large spoons 50-150 feet, more springs down deep, bigger ones up top. Halibut at J Bouy, bigger halibut east of the bouy on an ebb tide. Salmon fishing spotty along the shore, I suspect it to get better as we wait for the next rain. Good</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><div> colours for me on the beach have been a Chartreuse Krippled Anchovy with Reg/Glow Flasher, and the biggest Anchovies/small herring I could find. Crabbing has been poor".<br /><br />So....sounds like the fishing isn't as good as it has been for the last few weeks, but still some pretty good potential, especially out at Swiftsure Bank. With the halibut limit now 2 per day, it is a good time to get out there and catch some flat fish....out of the ocean, into the fish n chips! <br /><br />Good luck out there.<br /></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-4903624320068908518?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-21128289094331012452009-08-21T22:02:00.001-07:002009-08-21T22:02:27.527-07:00Halibut Limit now two per dayExcellent news for those considering Swiftsure Bank trips...limit increased to two per day.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;color:midnightblue;" ><span class="spnMessageText" id="msg"><span id="quote" style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:78%;" >Subject: FN0648-RECREATIONAL - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon) - Halibut: Change to daily limit<br /><br />Category(s):<br />RECREATIONAL - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon)<br /><br />Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada<br /><br />Subject: FN0648-RECREATIONAL - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon) - Halibut: Change to daily limit<br /><br />DFO has reviewed in-season recreational fishery catch and effort information<br />for halibut and projected catches for the balance of the year. Catch and<br />effort is tracking lower this season and is within the recreational fishery<br />allocation.<br /><br />DFO has consulted with the BC Sport Fishing Advisory Board (SFAB) on this<br />situation and has reviewed options for the balance of the season.<br />Effective August 22, 2009 the daily limit for halibut coastwide will be<br />increased to two (2) fish per day. The possession limit remains at two (2)<br />fish.<br /><br />The following area closures will remain in effect:<br /><br />Areas 121, 23 and 123:<br /><br />Effective to 23:59 hours December 31, 2009:<br />No person shall fish for or retain halibut, rockfish and lingcod in that<br />portion of Area 121 outside the 12nm limit seaward of a line that begins at 48°<br />34.00’N latitude and 125°17.386’W longitude and continues south-easterly at a<br />bearing of 116°True to a point at 48°28.327’N latitude and 125°01.687’W<br />longitude.<br /><br />Electronic licence conditions will be continued as follows:<br />”no person who is not a Canadian resident may fish for or retain halibut under<br />this licence in management Areas 121, 23 and 123.”<br /><br />Area 121:<br /><br />A reminder to recreational harvesters, that the waters of Swiftsure Bank<br />(defined below) are closed to all finfish, all year.<br /><br />Those portions of Subareas 121-1 and 121-2 inside a line that begins at 48°<br />34.00'N and 125°06.00'W, thence true east to 48°34.00'N and 124°54.20'W, thence<br />to 48°29.62'N and 124°43.40'W, thence following the International Boundary<br />between Canada and the U.S.A. to 48°29.55'N and 124°56.20'W, thence in a<br />straight line to the point of commencement.<br /><br />Variation Order 2009-328 is in effect.<br /><br />FOR MORE INFORMATION:<br />Contact: Gary Logan 604-666-9033 or Tamee Mawani 604-666-0912</span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-2112828909433101245?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-47196111172815871782009-08-20T21:38:00.000-07:002009-08-21T12:39:36.229-07:00August 20 Port Renfrew fishing update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/drewhenson-786194.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/drewhenson-786190.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Another update from <a href="http://www.portrenfrewmarina.com/report/index.php">Port Renfrew Marina</a>....all we can say is WOW.<br />Time to get to Port Renfrew for a fish!<br /><br />Here's Drew Henson with a beauty.....36.5 chinook salmon...that's a TYEE!<br /><br />Below is another successful day for Trevor of <a href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/nobananas.html">No Bananas Fishing Charters</a>...32, 36, and 38 pounders.<br /><br />***<br /><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Fishing is nothing short of FANTASTIC at Port Renfrew Marina</span></strong> right now! Chinook fishing is as good as it gets. Limit catches and tyee size salmon are still hitting the docks every day. We are seeing up to <strong>4</strong> springs a day over <strong>40</strong> pounds and this trend should continue well into September. Anchovies in the Purple Flash UV, Chrome Tiger Prawn and Purple Haze teaser heads seem to be the hot lures right now. The weather lately has been close to perfect, very calm seas for the most part and very little of that August fog we usually get. Check out the list of notable catches and it really says it all especially since we couldn’t possibly get them all recorded.</p> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PRM2009-051-763673.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PRM2009-051-763669.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Coho are still out at Swiftsure</span></strong> and are growing larger daily.There should be lots of Coho over the 20 pound mark by next month. Desi Hatchard of viciousfishcharters caught what we believe to be a possible record of a <strong>26 pound hatchery Coho</strong> this past week at the Bank along with a spectacular catch of other salmon and halibut. See pic.</p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><strong>Chicken Halibut are at the J bouy</strong></span> right now. Someone soon will start anchoring for the “barn doors” as they haven’t been targeted for quite a while. Crabbing has slowed down as usual for this time but if you are persistent you will get them.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/trevoraug09-750962.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/trevoraug09-750923.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PRM2009-049-729154.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PRM2009-049-729148.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-4719611117281587178?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-73778380764737848612009-08-16T19:28:00.000-07:002009-08-20T21:38:25.698-07:00August 16 Port Renfrew Fishing Update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PRM2009-050-792475.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/PRM2009-050-792470.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Des from <a href="http://www.viciousfishcharters.com/">Vicious Fishing Charters</a> emailed with a quick report today...he said fishing remains excellent, and today his guest caught a 26 pound hatchery coho. The <a href="http://portrenfrewmarina.com/">Port Renfrew Marina</a> said it's the largest hatchery coho they've ever weighed in, and they wonder if it's a record of some kind. In any case, NICE FISH! It was caught at Swiftsure Bank on a titan spoon. Picture coming soon.<br /><br />The Marina reports a lot of wild coho, including some big ones. LOTS of Chinook salmon over 30 and 4 or 5 over 40 in the last 2 days. Trevor from <a href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/nobananas.html">No Bananas Fishing Charters</a> emailed in a short Blackberry report too, [probably while out there fishing]: "fishing is still red hot...we limited on springs yesterday and today. Yesterdays largest was 42lbs".<br /><br />So...needless to say, the fishing continues to be superb in Port Renfrew! South-west Vancouver Island fishing at its finest....no need to go anywhere else in BC when the good stuff is an hour and a half west of Victoria.<br /><br />****<br /><br />On a more general note, below is an <a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Sports+fishermen+catch+prize+year+Island+waters/1896795/story.html">article from Victoria Times-Colonist</a>, on BC sportsfishing, with a mention of Port Renfrew:<br /><br /><div class="headline"><h1>Sports fishermen catch a prize year</h1></div><div class="clear"> </div><div class="subheadline"><h2>Stay-at-home U.S. tourists miss out on bounty of big salmon off Island</h2></div><div class="clear"> </div><span class="name">By Carla Wilson, Times Colonist</span><span class="timestamp"> August 15, 2009</span><br /><br /><div id="page1"><p>Sports fishermen off Vancouver Island's west coast say they're hauling in heavyweight chinook and coho salmon in one of the best seasons in memory.</p><p>The sports fishing bonanza is happening at the same time that experts puzzle over the disappearance of millions of sockeye from the Fraser River.</p><p>"It's the best I've ever witnessed," said Steve Veloso, a guide and sales and marketing director for Gold River Fishing Lodge. Salmon are biting "any type of gear," he said.</p><p>Five tyees were caught off Gold River this past week, Veloso said. A tyee is a chinook salmon weighing at least 30 pounds and is considered a prize catch. Other recent catches include a 23-pound coho and a 168-pound halibut.</p><p>Off Port Renfrew, Trevor Zboyovsky, owner of No Bananas Fishing Charters, said he's regularly seeing chinook between 20 and 50 pounds, and just about one tyee a day for the last couple of weeks.</p><p>Between 15 and 20 coho are being pulled in daily, he said.</p><p>"Fishing is as good as it's ever been since I've been fishing," said Zboyovsky, who has two decades' experience.</p><p>At the same time, however, the number of returning American tourists appears to be dwindling, Zboyovsky said.</p><p>"I'm pretty steady but a lot of other guys who aren't as established aren't as busy."</p><p>Susan Barcham, Oak Bay Marine Group's director of business development, has noticed the same trend.</p><p>"It's sad that the best fishing we've seen in years is the year where a lot of our long-term guests, particularly from the U.S. markets, just aren't coming."</p><p>Large-sized salmon indicates ocean feeding conditions were good, especially during the final year at sea, when the fish put on much of their bulk, said Jeff Grout, regional resource manager of salmon for Fisheries and Oceans Canada.</p><p>Pink salmon returns to the Campbell and Quinsam rivers are high, with a run of more than 200,000 expected.</p><p>Chinook return estimates for the Nootka Sound-Esperanza Inlet area -- about two thirds of the way up the Island's west coast -- are two to three times above initial expectations of 10,000, Grout said.</p><p>The strength of a run is depends on many factors, including the number of smolts that head to the ocean, survival rates, food supply and ocean conditions.</p><p>Coho and chinook catches off the Island's west coast are running above recent five-year averages, Grout said.</p><p>July's coho-catch numbers -- called a creel survey -- were 76 per cent above the five-year average off the west coast, while chinook is higher by nine per cent, although fishing effort also increased by six per cent, Grout said.</p><p>Sports fishing is one of the pillars of B.C.'s tourism industry, creating annual revenues of more than $860 million, and providing 7,700 jobs, the B.C. government says.</p><div class="copyright">© Copyright (c) The Victoria Times Colonist</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-7377838076473784861?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-86070128571110932672009-08-13T00:42:00.000-07:002009-08-13T10:28:21.527-07:00August 13 Port Renfrew Fishing ReportPort Renfrew's fishing continues to be fantastic...it is absolutely, no question, peak season.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/trevor38-715103.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 247px" alt="" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/trevor38-715103.jpg" border="0" /></a>Trevor from <a href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/nobananas.html">No Bananas Fishing Charters</a> reports "fishing has been unreal for the last week with an average of 15 to 20 hookups a day with it peaking yesterday...we played 20 springs before 11am the largest at 30lbs. Today has slowed down but we have one in the boat close to 40". Here's a picture of Teresa McGiveron with her first ever salmon....38 pound tyee beauty.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.portrenfrewmarina.com/report/">Port Renfrew Marina</a> reports excellent salmon fishing, with an average of 6 salmon per day over 30 pounds and at least one over 40 pounds. Halibut fishing offshore continues to be plentiful, and the coho are getting bigger. All in all, things are really good!<br /><br />Now's the time experience west coast Vancouver Island fishing at its finest. Get out to Port Renfrew and get onto the water!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-8607012857111093267?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-2703174078815102472009-08-05T22:25:00.000-07:002009-08-09T06:37:31.462-07:00Port Renfrew fishing report, August 8thFishing in Port Renfrew is peaking right now....best of the season by far. If you've been thinking of heading out to Port Renfrew for fishing....NOW is the time to stop thinking about it!<br /><br />This report from CBY on <a href="http://www.sportfishingbc.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12305&whichpage=14">sportsfishingbc</a> pretty much sums it up: "Fished Renfrew today. Logan creek it was incredible. Flat calm all day. Got two 30lbers, one 28 lber and one 22 lber and two 5 lb hatchery coho. Fish 6am - noon. Coho were everywhere in 150-170 ft off Camper Creek. Double and triple header. I was using just spoons no flasher. all fish were taken at 37, 47 and 57 feet. The Day was just awesome."<br /><br />Trevor from <a href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/nobananas.html">No Bananas Fishing Charters</a> reports excellent salmon fishing in Port Renfrew: "salmon fishing is on fire the last week from Owen Point all the way to Nitinat with a couple 40 pounders a day being weighed in. Sunday we had 8 springs, with 5 between 32 and 38. Monday there was an all day bite at Logan Creek".<br /><br />Jolly Rogers Fishing Charters also reports excellent fishing and sends the pictures below: "Fishing on The Beach is heating up with the larger salmon being caught around Camper Creek and Logan Creek. With how well things have been going so far, we expect good fishing to continue through the end of September."<br /><br />Check out the <a href="http://www.portrenfrewmarina.com/report/">Port Renfrew Marina fishing report</a> for more pictures and for names and weights of big salmon caught this week.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.vancouverislandfishing.ca/report/uploaded_images/waltdan-712221.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 247px" alt="" src="http://www.vancouverislandfishing.ca/report/uploaded_images/waltdan-712221.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.vancouverislandfishing.ca/report/uploaded_images/troy-zeigler-721160.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 281px" alt="" src="http://www.vancouverislandfishing.ca/report/uploaded_images/troy-zeigler-721160.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-270317407881510247?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-36543090217212909562009-07-30T09:51:00.000-07:002009-07-30T22:14:38.472-07:00July 30 Port Renfrew Fishing Update<a href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/mcgiveron42-787325.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/mcgiveron42-787322.JPG" border="0" /></a>Good news from <a href="http://www.portrenfrewmarina.com/index.html">Port Renfrew Marina</a>! It appears another school of spring salmon are passing through Port Renfrew, and fishing on "the Beach" is excellent. Yesterday saw many 30 pound chinook salmon weighed in, and most boats had their limit from mid-teens into the 20s.<br /><div><div><br />Trevor from <a href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/nobananas.html">No Bananas Fishing Charters</a> sent in this report and photo: "Swiftsure Bank is still very good with limit catches of halibut and spring salmon. The good news is the Beach is finally consistent with many 30-pound plus fish." The photo is Dan McGiveron with a 42 pound Tyee caught Monday. Nice fish!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/trevor42poundspringsalmon-722075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 240px;" alt="" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/trevor42poundspringsalmon-722072.jpg" border="0" /></a>Time to get out to Port Renfrew...the fishing is hot!</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-3654309021721290956?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>Fishing Port Renfrew Site Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02451552388700425210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-35652961529471087822009-07-29T10:30:00.000-07:002009-07-29T10:34:02.937-07:00July 29 Port Renfrew Fishing Report<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/Dwayne3hali-772277.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/Dwayne3hali-772274.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.portrenfrewmarina.com/report/index.php">Port Renfrew Marina</a> posted the following report on the fishing around Port Renfrew and Swiftsure Bank:<br /><br /><p><strong>Port Renfrew Marina</strong> is seeing Chinook fishing starting to improve. This past week there were far more spring salmon hitting the docks than in recent weeks. One problem is keeping your bait in the water without a Coho taking it. It is not uncommon to go through 3 to 5 packages of anchovies a day in order to get the springs.</p> <p><strong>Coho </strong>are getting bigger with the hatchery fish in the 5 to 8 pound range being taken both on shore and at Swiftsure Bank.</p> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/Kemmler30lb-715715.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/Kemmler30lb-715711.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><strong>Halibut </strong>fishing is still great at Swiftsure and are being caught both on the troll and jigging. No barndoors but lots of chickens. The exception is the picture you see on the report on Dwayne’ Issac’s 3 Halibut all over 100 pounds. (see last report for details)</p> <p><strong>Swiftsure</strong> is still the hotspot for Chinook. They are being taken on plugs, spoons and hootchies, the popular colors being in the whites with rainbow shades. They are finding them at a depth of about 170 feet on the downrigger.</p> <p><strong>Please Note: </strong>With the fog lately it is advised that you don’t fish the “Chicken Ranch” without radar as the freighter traffic has been quite heavy.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-3565296152947108782?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-43545871468660417762009-07-23T19:38:00.000-07:002009-07-24T19:16:34.137-07:00Port Renfrew Fishing Report, July 23<div style="text-align: left;">The fishing around Port Renfrew continues to be pretty good. The Beach is spotty, with some nice salmon coming in, but you have to put in the hours.</div><br />Out on Swiftsure Bank, however, the fishing is still excellent, with limits of spring salmon, hatchery coho salmon, halibut, and a ling cod or two thrown in for fish n chips.<br /><br />Des from Vicious Fishing Charters posted a whole bunch of great pictures of fun days fishing from Vancouver Island's wild west coast...come on down and catch some fish!<br /><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.viciousfishcharters.com/uploaded_images/blogger-picts-102-756626.jpg"><img src="http://www.viciousfishcharters.com/uploaded_images/blogger-picts-102-756626.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.viciousfishcharters.com/uploaded_images/blogger-picts-015-703257.jpg"><img src="http://www.viciousfishcharters.com/uploaded_images/blogger-picts-015-703257.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-4354587146866041776?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>Fishing Port Renfrew Site Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02451552388700425210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-63628193618857427802009-07-15T08:21:00.000-07:002009-07-15T11:15:44.969-07:00July 15 Port Renfrew Fishing ReportPort Renfrew's fishing has been amazing this week. Swiftsure Bank has been delivering up the fish, with quick limit catches of halibut and salmon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/Marion41-712668.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/uploaded_images/Marion41-712665.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The spring salmon are deep, 200', and are mostly being caught with white plugs and hootchies -- up to 20-30 pounds. Coho and pinks are shallower and will bite on pretty much anything...once you're into a school of them, it is non-stop action. In a trip on Sunday, we couldn't keep the gear in the water more than 5 minutes without a bite...double headers common.<br /><br />The halibut were small chickens, up to 25 pounds, many caught using the regular jigging with a PowerBait grub or large spoon, but most caught while trolling for salmon deep. <a href="http://portrenfrewmarina.com/">Port Renfrew Marina</a> reports that large halibut have been caught lately too, up to 160 pounds. They are out there if you want to chase them.<br /><br />Closer in to shore at "The Beach", it has been off and on for the big spring salmon. Persistence is the key, with reports of long days trolling, but with success...many fish in the 30s caught this weekend and a few in the 40 pound class. Camper Creek and East Point are the current hot spots.<br /><br />Come on out to Port Renfrew and get fishing!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-6362819361885742780?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641312542853784600.post-37105948329783860702009-07-03T14:45:00.000-07:002009-07-04T17:47:22.712-07:00Port Renfrew fishing report, July 3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://01f1c01.netsolhost.com/report/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/prm2009_005-300x263.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 263px;" src="http://01f1c01.netsolhost.com/report/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/prm2009_005-300x263.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Pretty good Port Renfrew Fishing to report. <a href="http://www.portrenfrewmarina.com/report/index.php">Port Renfrew Marina</a> reports a few big salmon and halibut catches, and improving fishing all around. Here's a photo of Des from <a href="http://www.viciousfishcharters.com/">Vicious Fishing Charters </a>at the end of a pretty fun day...6 Red Snapper, 9 spring salmon, 4 Halibut one 99 pounds. <br /><br />Trevor from <a href="http://www.fishingportrenfrew.ca/nobananas.html">No Bananas Fishing Charter</a>s reports: "The fish are back boys, salmon on The Beach was fairly decent yesterday and the day before. Camper Creek is the hot spot and both trollers and cutpluggers were geting them but the cutpluggers were getting far better fish with quite a few in the 30's coming back to the dock. Swiftsure Bank is now in full swing with so many coho it's almost impossible to get down for springs. On Tues I could not get my downriggers below 100ft without it popping off for at least 2 hours -- while fun it's a tad frustrating when trying to fish for springs. Eventualy the coho slowed and we found a steady bite for springs up to 25lbs. Oh ya huge water out on the bank the last couple of days but it should come down every day now."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://01f1c01.netsolhost.com/report/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/prm2009006-231x300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 300px;" src="http://01f1c01.netsolhost.com/report/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/prm2009006-231x300.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.vancouverislandfishing.ca/">Jolly Rogers Fishing Charters</a> says that earlier in the week The Beach was spotty, but Swiftsure Bank has been really really....huge schools of coho and spring salmon to 25 pounds. There are halibut around too, not fast and furious action, but if you look for them, you can find some.<br /><br />Come on out to Port Renfrew and get your fun in gear.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4641312542853784600-3710594832978386070?l=www.fishingportrenfrew.ca%2Freport/' alt='' /></div>John Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645402194127921386noreply@blogger.com0