Captain
Roy Tanami

Member since September 2020 Vancouver, Canada
Background
I was born and raised in a commercial fishing family on the west coast of BC, so sportfishing was just a natural progression for me. Now, I've been lucky enough to fish and guide all over the world.
Techniques
For Salmon in the ocean, I will use all methods - primarily trolling, but I will also mooch from time to time, and even jig - depending on the location and efficacy and sometimes the preference of the client.

Hey, I'm Captain Roy Tanami

Vancouver, Canada
Background
I was born and raised in a commercial fishing family on the west coast of BC, so sportfishing was just a natural progression for me. Now, I've been lucky enough to fish and guide all over the world.
Techniques
For Salmon in the ocean, I will use all methods - primarily trolling, but I will also mooch from time to time, and even jig - depending on the location and efficacy and sometimes the preference of the client.
Anglers Choice
96
Reviews
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Fishing Reports
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My Charter Listing

Roy's Fishing Charters

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(96 reviews)
Angler's choice
Vancouver
 Last booking: 4 days ago
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Trips from US $548

Fishing Reports

'24 Salmon Forecast is off the charts!
'24 Salmon Forecast is off the charts!
Feb 9, 2024 Vancouver
The โ€˜2024 Salmon season is shaping up to be nothing short of spectacular!!! In 2023, salmon anglers around Vancouver and southern BC waters enjoyed numbers of fish that havenโ€™t been seen in years. And in fact, Canadaโ€™s Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans recently released their statistics which reflects this historical abundance of salmon. Some highlights: * in the immediate Vancouver area, summer return chinook salmon (stock 4.1) to the Fraser River in 2023 were estimated at an astounding 627,000 fish - which is about 6 times the average annual return for the past decade! In addition, another indicator stock for the fall return chinook salmon to the same river was also over twice the escapement goal. * in the southern Georgia Strait, another indicator stock from the Cowichan River was estimated to be over three times the escapement goal, and has been well over this goal for the past several years. In short, most of the runs of chinook salmon on the south coast of BC are very healthy and at high levels of abundance. In addition, last year also saw a great abundance of coho (silver) salmon, and huge numbers of pink salmon as well. Bottom line - 2024 is shaping up to be another one for the record books, so if salmon fishing is on your to-do list, conditions couldnโ€™t be much better! Be sure to book your spot early, and letโ€™s go fishing!
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Winter Chinook Fishing is in full swing!
Winter Chinook Fishing is in full swing!
Jan 7, 2024 Vancouver
Winter in Vancouver has been unseasonably warm so far, and the fishing for our scrappy, chrome-bright Winter chinook salmon has already been better than in most years! Good fishing and not having to shovel snow out of the boat has sure been a welcome change this winter! Our 2023 summer and fall salmon fishery was one for the record books, and luckily this abundance of fish seems to have carried over to this yearโ€™s winter fishery as well! Dropping traps for spot prawns and dungeness crabs is a fun, added bonus of the Winter Special charters only, and catches of both this year have also been strong! Uncrowded waters, and the spectacular scenery of the snow-capped west coast mountains surrounding Howe Sound make the winter fishing season one of our favorite times of the year to be out on the water. And so far this winter, the water and the fishing have been just fine!
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It's Big Chinook Season!
It's Big Chinook Season!
Aug 21, 2023 Vancouver
The salmon season in Vancouver has been spectacular all summer! Good numbers of chinook, coho, and huge numbers of pink salmon have kept the action consistent, and often, hot and heavy! We are now coming into the time of year we catch our biggest chinook of the season! Last September/October was terrific, and with the great season we've had so far, this year promises to be just as good, if not better! Weather has been the only wild card, with many days too windy to get out - but other than that, this has already been a season to remember!
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Spring '23 - We're off and running!
Spring '23 - We're off and running!
Jun 19, 2023 Vancouver
Although we are lucky enough in Vancouver to be able to fish for chinook salmon year round, Spring marks the beginning of our main salmon season, as migrating fish also begin to show up in local waters. And for weather and fishing, Spring came in like a lion this year! May saw hot, summer-like weather, virtually no rain, and the chinook salmon fishing was on fire! In fact, on a lot of days its seemed like double-headers were more common than catching single fish! June has been more seasonable, and the first coho of the year showed up in numbers, adding to the already great chinook fishing! Vancouver area waters will also see a big run of Pink salmon soon, as they are on a two year cycle. This year, Pinks will arrive in the millions starting in July and they always provide lots of action and good fun. Add it all up and weโ€™ve already enjoyed a great start to what promises to be a terrific salmon season this year! Letโ€™s go fishing!
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Winter Fishing is Heating Up!
Winter Fishing is Heating Up!
Jan 21, 2022 Vancouver
As we finally get a break from torrential rainstorms, then snow and freezing temperatures, both the weather and the winter Chinook salmon fishing around Vancouver is heating up! Over the past week, we've been getting good action on spoons and hootchies trolled right off the bottom, behind green or black flashers. Winter or "feeder" chinook around Vancouver range about 8-12 pounds, are scrappy and very good eating! In our area, these fish need to be 62cm to be legal, and over the past week, our ratio of undersized to keepers was about 3 to 1, but they are all great fun when the bite comes on (see video). Catches of delectable spot prawns have also been good - a staple part of our winter fishing program! After almost two months of really bad weather, it is nice to get back out on the water and find good fishing!
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"Opening day" did not disappoint!
Sep 1, 2021 Vancouver
September started well with three chinook to the boat today on a half-day, morning charter, on the first day of the chinook regulations allowing 2 fish a day, per angler in Area 29, outside of the mouth of the Fraser River. Green flashers with anchovies in various teaser heads were the ticket for us this morning. The chrome army truck and green glow splatterback teaser heads produced for us today, fishing fairly shallow - no deeper than 60 feet all morning. The pink salmon also continue to provide good action in the local area, and we also released one wild coho. With glassy calm waters and solid sunshine, all in all it was a great start to September! Lets go fishing!
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 96 reviews
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Roy works like a dog to catch you fish!
Roy works like a dog to catch you fish!
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
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Appropriate for children
94%
Satisfied with the boat
99%
Caught fish
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William N.
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Great day on the water!

VERIFIED   NEW  5 Hour Trip (AM) on June 14, 2025
We had a marvellous time with Royโ€™s fishing charter.ย  Our half-day tour started out with a double-header not five minutes...
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Sheila T.
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Great Captain, awesome day!!!!

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (AM) on July 16, 2024
We had an unforgettable fishing trip in Vancouver with Captain Roy, who truly exceeded our expectations. My son and I had an...
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Omer N.
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Delicious salmon

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (PM) on July 25, 2024
Roy was a very personable and customer-friendly captain. He was very quick to respond to my messages and provided all of the...
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Matthew T.
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Great Charter All Around

VERIFIED   NEW  5 Hour Trip (PM) on June 15, 2025
Roy was great, put us on a couple of really active bait balls, and we got lots of bites and fish! Would recommend.
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Mike K.
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Roy works like a dog to catch you fish!

VERIFIED   8hr Winter Special on March 25, 2025
We caught a couple of small fish right away. And was slow for the rest of the fishing time. He worked endlessly to get us hooked...
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