What amazing weather on this last trip out! In all of my years fishing the Vancouver Island coast, I have never seen such clear, warm and calm conditions. You could see all the way to Cape Flattery, WA from the La Perouse bank out from Barkley sound. Our crew of Leif Desler, Jim "James" Fowler, and myself took advantage of the great conditions and got after the chinook, halibut, dungeness crab and even a few tasty spot prawns. Leif managed his first ever spring chinook on this trip, a 21 pound chromer! Jimmy added to the load with 3 of his own, with his largest coming in at just over 20 pounds. Overall the salmon fishing was a little spotty, although the average size was much better and the fighting ability of these fish was incredible! We managed to scratch out 8 really nice chinook and only had about 45 minutes on our second day to Halibut fish before it was time to head home. We made good use of those 45 minutes with a quick hali double, both nice eating size. The fresh dungeness crab and spotted prawns were as always, a great bonus. Looking forward to the next trip, as fishing should really heat up from mid-July to mid-August when the runs of large chinook converge with the coho!
A special thanks to our friends from the north, Cory and Johnny!
