May can be hit and miss for salmon fishing in Sooke as the juvenile Chinook salmon pass through on their migration north to the feeding grounds, Mature Large Chinook salmon migrate south to their native rivers to spawn. We are just starting to see some large chinook in our waters now. Salmon fishing from here on in is going be great with july/aug at the peak right into Oct.

Jan 10, a flat calm sea full of salmon. In the winter chinook salmon range from 5-16lbs and are very aggressive as they are in their feeding stage of life. These fish should be around in good numbers well into the spring April/May, when we start to see returning mature fish at that time. If you want a fun action packed trip target these aggressive fish! Our crab traps were stacked full of Dungeness crab as well.