Nov 7th, 2019
You would not know it by the amazing weather we have been having the past 10 days or so but it is winter here in Victoria. With highs around 12 to 14 during the days, clear skies and no wind it hard to believe its winder at all!.
Fishing was very hot, then cooled down after the big wind storm about 10 days ago and is slowly picking back up. There are dozens of Humpback whales just West of Constance bank putting on a show feeding on Herring and krill. The same huge bait balls have the salmon, seals, birds and everything in the deep getting their fill but it is not safe to troll for salmon in this feeding frenzy and hard to keep the distance required from the whales when they are popping up everywhere around you. This feed will be over shortly and then we should have amazing fishing for winter springs that got extra fat with the most baitfish we have seen all year in the area. With herring here now skinny G's, Coyote spoons and similar small herring imitations will be producing the most fish out on the banks with needlefish and small herring spoons and squirts on the waterfront where there are more sandlances. Halibut remains good but hard to find and even harder to get one under 126cm this time of year. the last two trips we got a 157 and a 140 cm fish approx 120lbs and 90lbs that we released looking to find some smaller ones this week. The rest of November after the 13th has good Halibut tides and the entire month of December has great tides as well. Be sure to book your end of season trip soon!
Hope to see you on the water soon.
Tight Lines!
King.
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Captain King.
captain@fishoakbay.com
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