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Derby

2018 Sproat Loggers Winter Spring Derby

The 30-year anniversary of the Sproat Loggers Winter Spring Derby was held March 3 and 4. Don Deforest founded the derby with a few friends back in 1988 and has been the driving force behind this fun-for-all tournament.

Tips

Hawaiian Snap
Tips

What is a Hawaiian Snap?

Here’s a rock-solid solution favoured by many Vancouver Island guides. Pre-tie your leaders with a Hawaiian snap. Simply pinch the snap together and put on your favourite lure.

Winter Chinook with Prairie Spoon Trick
Tips

Old-School Prairie Spoon Trick

On those days where you mark fish on the sounder and just can’t get them to bite your spoon, why not try this old-school prairie spoon trick. Make a hybrid by tying a fly on the hook of your spoon.

Corkscrew Connector
Tips

Quick Change – Corkscrew

Take your setup to a pro level and use a corkscrew connector (#5 in the image) for quick and easy changes. This is my favourite terminal for all my saltwater rods.

How To

Halibut Basics: Bait

When choosing fresh bait to dredge along the bottom for deep-water species like halibut, lingcod and yelloweye rockfish, you should consider the findings of the US National Marine Fisheries Service.

Winter Fly Fishing
Island Fly

Winter Fly Fishing

Every year I plan the flies for Fly of the Month for the year. One of the things I hear when I am on the water is what are you using. This year I will share with you my flies that I use, and how to fish them. Enjoy!

Central Island, Nanoose

Nanoose Area Report

Find out what’s working and what’s not when fishing in the Nanoose area on Central Vancouver Island. Tips, best practices, places and the go-to lures are just a sample of what you’ll find in our Area Reports.

Winter Chinooks
How To

Winter Chinooks

By October, most salmon anglers have put their saltwater tackle away for the winter. With the exception of chum salmon and scattered schools of late-running coho, migratory stocks have long since entered the rivers to spawn.

Bamfield
Bamfield, Pacific Rim

Bamfield Area Report

Find out what’s working and what’s not when fishing in the Bamfield area on Vancouver Island’s Pacific Rim. Tips, best practices, places and the go-to lures are just a sample of what you’ll find in our Area Reports.

Brag Board

Check out the latest and greatest catch photos from around Vancouver Island!

Roger Smolnicky lands a Ling cod from Port Hardy on 2017-08-03
Great trip. I actually had this on my line right until the surface. Then it shook the hook. My son's line immediately went down. He reeled it up again and this time we got it!
Sabastian Chik lands a King salmon from Buoy 10 Columbia River on 2003-12-08
2017 opening day at Buoy 10 on the Columbia River.
Derek Bond lands a Halibut from Victoria on 2018-04-18
Wife and I got our limit of ocean gold. Great day on the water.
Vancouver Island fishing
Father's Day Gift - Robert Bouchard lands a Halibut from Victoria on 2017-06-18
What a wonderful Father's Day with my daughter and what a great gift, my largest halibut on my boat ever it was all of 53lbs. My daughter Leia was just as excited as myself when we saw it at the boat.
Vancouver Island fishing
Alex Kruger lands a 26lb Chinook from Barkley Sound just outside Poett Nook on 2017-09-09
Alex Kruger in Mid-September 2017 with a 26lb Spring caught just outside Poett Nook in lovely Barkley Sound.
Vancouver Island fishing
Brad lands a Chinook from Barkley Sound on 2018-03-10
Winter Chinook - Caught with a 3.5” coyote spoon at 100 feet
Vancouver Island fishing
Brad lands a Chinook from French Creek on 2017-08-12
Was so big it didn’t fit in the net!
Vancouver Island fishing
Mitch Hamilton lands a Chinook Salmon from Swale Rock Bamfield on 2017-08-21
Good Times at Swale - Mitch Hamilton with the last fish of the day fishing over at Swale Rock on a beautiful August day in Bamfield BC
Vancouver Island fishing
Jake Randall lands a Spring salmon from Cape Lazo on 2017-09-07
Pulled up this nice 14.5lb all on my own all the way to the boat with my mom and dad cheering me on.
Vancouver Island fishing
Georgia Coles lands a Chinook Salmon from North Arm of the Fraser River on 2017-09-01
Georgia Tyee - A great day testing some spoons with my daughter Georgia. We picked up this 32lb Chinook on a double header. After we caught the fish, we named the spoon Georgia Tyee. Lots of laughs and great memories.
Vancouver Island fishing
Heather Randall lands a Spring Salmon from Cape Lazo on 2017-05-28
Jigged her up with a MAC deep from about 180 feet… 33lbs of a whole lot of fun bringing her up
Vancouver Island fishing
Natalie Wesnoski lands a Cutthroat from Port Alberni on 2018-02-05
Natalie Wesnoski with another trophy cutthroat caught mid-island on a flatfish

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