May 23rd, 2022
Finally we had some spectacular weather for the May long weekend, tides were good winds were not bad until Monday and fishing for everything was excellent. Salmon over 20lbs and just under were common both trolling and jigging on the Bank, the waterfront and the Flatts.
Rockfish and Lingcod has been great with these lighter tides you lose a lot less gear on the bottom. Keeper Lings are tough to come by but expect to get a sore arm and shoulder hauling in several dozen just under the keeper size limit to get to your 1 take home fish so its lots and lots of fun. This is something even young kids can do with the right rod and reel combo and they have an absolute ball doing it.
Halibut fishing for me the past few weeks has been spectacular with the biggest legal fish at 133cm weighing in at 77lbs and a bunch of fish over 40lbs on almost every trip.
It seems since the commercial Prawners put their gear in the halibut started moving most likely due to all the new scent down there. 285 feet to 420 feet deep seems to be the key for the Halibut near but not on top of the prawn gear. Be sure to look for both sides of the gear (big orange balls about 1/2 a km apart) and don't anchor on top of it or where you will swing on to it or you risk catching it. This will get you close enough to take advantage of the scent trail put out by the prawning gear.
Cruise ship Clients it is only a 15 minute cab ride over to Oak Bay Marina from the Cruise ship Dock and the fishing is only 2 minutes from the Marina so we can have you out for 4hrs fishing and back in time for the boat and depending on the day and previous bookings I can work with your landing times.
Hope to see you on the water
Captain King.
captain@fishoakbay.com
1-250-507-5500 Cell/text
