Halibut fishing has been strong. On our last outing we boated 24, 54, 55, 109 and 114 pound halibut.

Wild coho have been coming through in large numbers, on a recent trip we limited out in two hours. Hatchery coho have not been as plentiful but have been in the 10 to 14 pound range when caught.

Fishing for Chinook Salmon continues to afford good catch opportunities. The Pink Salmon run continues to move though the Strait and are later than most Pink runs. Large Northern Coho are beginning to show up and should provide excellent fishing into mid October. Wild Coho cannot be retained until October 01st.

Halibut fishing has been strong all season and now that the Dogsharks have moved on fishing opportunities are excellent. Over the past week we had three halibut trips. We had success on each trip, catching a total of eight halibut ranging in size from 33 lbs to 72 lbs. On one trip the total catch weight was 220 lbs.

Salmon fishing continues to be strong into mid August. We have had good success with Chinook Salmon and the large run of Pink Salmon continues to provide continuous rod action. Significant numbers of Chinook Salmon should contunue to be available into mid September.

While DFO is still predicting that the Fraser River Sockeye run will be below normal, a large run of Sockeye has been moving through the Strait of Juan De Fuca this past week and will not doubt show up at the mouth of the Fraser river unexpected. It appears that this is becoming an annual event.

Large number of dog sharks have been making Halibut fishing very challenging, however on our one trip this past week we were able to catch four halibut to 48 lbs.

Over the past week the Pinks have arrived in large numbers. There are also a siginficant number of Coho, both wild and hatchery. The Chinook run continues and should be strong until the second week of September or so. I has become more difficult to fish effectively for Chinooks with the number of Pinks and Coho, but persistence did pay off on my trips this past week.

Chinook salmon fishing continues to be strong as we work into July. We caught a number of Chinook’s in the low twenty to mid thirty pound range over this period while hooking up on numerous others that now continue their long journey to their spawning grounds.

Pink salmon are beginning their run and should be coming through in large numbers in the next couple of weeks.

Halibut fishing has been consistently strong with success over the past week.

Other fishers have reported large numbers of hatchery coho being caught a couple of miles off shore.

This weekend was awesome halibut fishing, over two days we had five halibut for a total weight of 270 lbs. I was out fishing chinook salmon today, the killer whales have been keeping considerable pressure on the salmon of late, but were still able to pick up one that weighed 32 lbs.

Chinook salmon are now showing up in reasonable numbers between Victoria and Sooke, with several fish weighing in the 40 lb range. With the Juan De Fuca fishing derby approaching, this run of large Chinooks is just arriving in time.  The seasonal run of mature Chinooks will continue into mid September.

Halibut season is in full swing with catches of lunkers up to 175 lbs over the past few weeks. Halibut fishing will continue into October.