May 29th, 2026
LingCod, Halibut and Salmon fishing has all been productive this past few weeks
With only a few days left in the salmon retention for area 19 that we fish in (closes for retention on June 1st until Aug 1st) there has been a full court press on to get salmon into the boat to then go into the freezer but along with great salmon fishing that slowed down with the weather changes the past few days, lingcod and halibut have filled in the salmon down times. We can still catch and release salmon over the next few months and if any coho show up we can retain 2 hatchery marked fish per person but they do not tend to show up here in area 19 until later in the summer.
The first week of June is fully booked, and then there is a smattering of days available after that in June and July, August only has 27,28,29,30,31 open for full days and only a couple of days with 1/2 day afternoons or evenings available in the rest of the month. Windy conditions Today and Tomorrow will make it tough to get on the water but Sunday looks great and so does the beginning of June so get out and enjoy the great fishing we are having. Sandlance imitations are what is working best for salmon right now so squirts, wee-Gee, Coho Killer small spoons and skinny-G's
For Rockfish be sure to get some Smart Bait Swimming Jesse swim baits on a 3 or 4 oz Gibbs white jig head (Rite Angle Marine has the jig heads)
I encourage you to secure your preferred date soon so you don’t miss out on this fantastic fishery.
I look forward to welcoming you aboard and getting you into some great fish.
Captain King
📧 captain@fishoakbay.com
📞 250-507-5500 (call or text to book)
