Trolling Spoons for Chinook Salmon I found a hot bite getting into 4 Chinook Salmon in about 45 minutes fishing off Nanoose Bay and the Strait of Georgia. I’m creating this journal to note the details of the tide, lunar timing and the gear I fished that morning....
Trolling Salmon Spoons, Hoochies, Colors and Leader Lengths This article details foundational information when it comes to trolling for Salmon with Spoons and Hoochies. I’ll cover gear for trolling in shallower gear (< 50 feet) and deeper gear (> 50 feet),...
How to Catch Lingcod via Habitat and Gear In this article I’ll outline my favorite ways to catch Lingcod. These toothy predator fish are highly aggressive and come in a variety of different patterns and colors. And when you do hook them, they put up a pretty...
It’s July and we’re in the middle of summer and the heat of the Salmon fishing season here on Vancouver Island. Here in Pacific Northwest you can target salmon all year round but the ideal fishing season is May to September. The hottest fishing is...
It’s the first week of April and my buddy Roy has a beautiful 24′ Kingfisher and calls for an early season fishing trip to Port Hardy. We got 4 guys on this trip, 2 are new friends that are long time Nanaimo boys and both have lots of water and fishing...
How to make Chinook Salmon Gravlax I’ve got a ton of Salmon in the freezer from last seasons run. I’ve been making all types of dishes and recently saw a video on how to make Salmon Gravlax, so I wanted to try it out. The results were fantastic that I had...
