Sept 30th
Well the Covid summer of 2020 is now behind us and as we all feel the second wave approaching the second wave of Coho salmon are starting to fill the strait of juan de fuca!
We finished the summer with a bang with one of the best Septembers for KingSize adventures ever!
That was a nice contrast to the zero business we had in spring and a very slow summer but thanks to all of the "Staycationers" and the Alberta travel group we were able to possibly rescue what could have been a disastrous season.
The big King/Spring salmon left the area early this year due to early rainfalls in August that had them scatter to the river mouths not found in Victoria. The Rockfish and Lingcod really stepped up to the plate to make days on the water fun and some nice fillets to take home.
Halibut has remained slow and sketchy all summer some days we would get 3 or 4 then 4 trips in a row without a single bite. There is also a lot more people fishing for Halibut now with the Salmon restrictions so trying to get on a good spot is difficult without a group of boats already parked there at daybreak.
But now it is fall and the Coho run is expected to be one of the best in over a decade and there are lots of Big fish around and as of Oct 1st the rumour it that we can keep 1 Wild fish per person in Area 19/20 and in area 20 we can keep 4 coho each total (3 hatchery 1 wild) and in Area 19 a total of 2 per person 1 wild one hatchery. Still waiting for the official release of this but we will not get that until the 1st of October or maybe the evening of the 29th the DFO does not like any one to be able to make plans around the salmon fishing regulations.
I now have the ability to purchase E-Gift cards online (see link above top centre of page just below the top picture) October is fairly open right now with some great tides starting Oct 1 to the 15th
Thank you again for a great season and see you on the water soon.
Captain King.
captain@fishoakbay.com
1-250-507-5500 Cell/text
