Based on the fishing results The Volunteer Enhancement efforts are certainly WORKING!! The 10 th Annual Salmon Enhancement Derby is Friday August 23 rd & Saturday August 24 th. is producing the best.įor more up to date reports and GPS coordinates for off shore “HOT SPOTS” stop by Westview Marina & Lodge TACKLE SHOP in Tahsis. are HOT fishery for Coho/Silvers and under 77cm/30in Chinook/Kings Setting lines at 42ft. Fishing with a spreader bar and extra-large herring is producing the best results. While you are out there, after fishing for salmon, drop down your Halibut gear they are in the same areas. The magic depth is in and around 145ft to set your downrigger lines at. Glow Green Chartreuse Coyote spoon are all working well. Fish with 5½ in anchovy, Hoochie Hook/Tailwagger spoons “Green Spatter-Cream” or a 5in. Esperanza (Four Mile) Reef & the Highway are all producing BIG Chinook/Kings (25-38lbs) in good numbers. ![]() If you have a white or glow oil slick hoochie try it you will like the resultsĮSPERANZA- The Pinnacles are on FIRE. Anchovies, or your favorite Hoochie, are working best. Further into the sound 50ft seems to be the depth to set the lines. At Bajo fish deep 100-150ft right off the bottom not only will you catch salmon but you will hook Halibut & Lingcod. Large schools of Chinook/King & Coho/Silvers are feeding on needle fish off every point & structure from outer Bajo Reef all the way in to Coopte Pt./ Hoiss Pt. NOOTKA- Conuma River hatchery fish have showed up in good numbers. JULY 15 Changes in Salmon Regulation HELPED move boats around in Area 25/125 CATCHING remains strong. At the end of Muchalet Inlet, a roughly 25 km run, we turn right into Hanna Channel and work our way up Tahis Inlet, on the east side of Nootka Island.FISHISHING REPORT "The Fishing Just Keeps Getting BETTER" On the way we make our first stop at a fish farm to off load fish food and supplies. We depart Gold River at 7 in the morning heading down Muchalet Inlet. They are blocked and secured so they don’t roll around if we hit rough seas off the west coast. Our kayaks, we carry on and stow on deck. The Uchuck III – Gold River to KyuquotĪfter checking in with Get West Adventures, we load all of our gear into a large wooden crate that will be lifted onto the Uchuck. The only Spanish settlement ever established in Canada, was maintained near here between 17 and Bligh Island, the largest island in the sound, is named after the much maligned British Naval Captain who was here with Captain Cook in 1778. This is where Captain James Cook became the first European to set foot on British Columbia soil in March of 1778. There is a lot of history in this part of Nootka Sound. ![]() In the past, as a summer home of Muchalat people, it housed approximately 1500 natives in 20 traditional longhouses. The Uchuck IIĪt the other end of our trip is Friendly Cove or Yuquot with a population of about 25 people. Thirdly and best of all, we get to ride a very cool and historic coastal freighter on a working freight run through some incredible west coast scenery. Secondly, we avoid the long inlet paddle from Fair Harbour to Kyuquot and the very long run from Friendly Cove, up Muchalat Inlet, back to Gold River. This has a three-fold advantage first, we eliminate a daunting two car shuttle, leaving one vehicle at the dock in Gold River and the other one in Fair Harbour almost 5 hours away. This is what makes this particular trip very unique, we used an antique coastal freighter, the Uchuck III, to access and depart the coast. The trouble is, locations like this are very remote and there is no road access to them without long runs down inlets, which don’t make for interesting paddling. The Uchuck III – A Great Way to Get You & Your Kayak to the West Coast I have been to Kyuquot Sound off the central coast of Vancouver Island a few times, but when my good friend and paddling buddy, Dugald, suggested we do a one way trip leaving from Kyuquot and take out in Nootka Sound, I jumped at the chance. The Uchuck III Kayaking From Kyuquot to Nootka Sound
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