Chinook MSF—What Does The Reference Data Say?
A mid-summer Conuma River Hatchery Chinook caught in Nootka Sound (Photo: Luke MacLaurin) If you participate in the southern BC recreational fishery, you may have ...
Guide to Catching Pink Salmon on the BC Mainland
Rod Toth Pink Salmon Jig Fraser River BC With predictions of over 27 million pink salmon returning to the South Coast rivers of British Columbia ...
Historic Fraser River Sockeye Run of 2025 Far Exceeds Forecasts
The Fraser River is experiencing a sockeye salmon run of historic proportions.
BC Saltwater Fly Fishing: Targets and Techniques
Black Rockfish "Black Bomber" fly fishing (Photo: Joel Unickow) Many anglers on the west coast of BC are familiar with trolling fly gear from a ...
The Art of Cut Plugging
One of the best-known fishing techniques developed on the West Coast is the classic art of cut plugging. It emerged out of necessity back when ...
The Nootka Sound Watershed Society: It’s All About The Fish
Nootka Sound and Esperanza Inlet are near the mid-point of Vancouver Island’s west coast. The region contains six significant inlets— Muchalat, Tlupana, Tahsis, Zeballos, Espinosa, ...
6PPD-Q: The Other Coho Killer
Coho fry smolt trap (photo: Danny Swainson) There has been a lot of discussion lately about a recently identified toxicant, commonly referred to as 6PPD-Quinone ...
Seasickness Solved!
Fishing the West Coast of Vancouver Island, BC (Photo: Joel Unickow) The bite is on, the salmon are running, and the halibut are hitting hard. ...
Creature Feature: Pink Salmon
Male "humpy" pink salmon in the Quinsam River near Campbell River, BC (Photo: Eiko Jones Photography) Scientific name: Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: ...
2025 BC Salmon Forecast: South Coast
Pink Salmon (Photo: Eiko Jones Photography) Despite the extensive Chinook non-retention zones and times—and, to a lesser extent, the inability to retain wild coho for ...
