Captain
Daniel MacLeod

Member since May 2017 Richmond, Canada

Background: I have been avidly fishing local waters around Vancouver and Vancouver Island since I was a little boy. I still feel like that little boy when I am out on the water chasing Salmon. I just love sharing, teaching, and guiding anglers of all experience levels. I feel lucky to get the opportunity to share the beauty of our local area as well as the bounty of our Salmon and Crab fishing with guests from all around the globe. I enjoy watching the big smiles of kids of all ages hook into and fight a wild Pacific Salmon. I am an airline pilot by profession but my passion is fishing and in particular Salmon fishing on the ocean. You are in great hands with me or one of my professional guides. Pursuit Sport Fishing has been in operation since 2012.
Techniques: We mainly troll with downriggers with artificial and frozen bait. We will also cast light tackle to schooling salmon seasonally as the runs permit.

Hey, I'm Captain Daniel MacLeod

Richmond, Canada

Background: I have been avidly fishing local waters around Vancouver and Vancouver Island since I was a little boy. I still feel like that little boy when I am out on the water chasing Salmon. I just love sharing, teaching, and guiding anglers of all experience levels. I feel lucky to get the opportunity to share the beauty of our local area as well as the bounty of our Salmon and Crab fishing with guests from all around the globe. I enjoy watching the big smiles of kids of all ages hook into and fight a wild Pacific Salmon. I am an airline pilot by profession but my passion is fishing and in particular Salmon fishing on the ocean. You are in great hands with me or one of my professional guides. Pursuit Sport Fishing has been in operation since 2012.
Techniques: We mainly troll with downriggers with artificial and frozen bait. We will also cast light tackle to schooling salmon seasonally as the runs permit.

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Pursuit Sport Fishing Charters

4.7 / 5

(31 reviews)

4.7 / 5

(31 reviews)

Richmond • 25 ft • 5 persons

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Fishing Reports

Excellent Chinook fishing

Jan 2, 2024 Richmond

We’ve been experiencing excellent Chinook salmon for months with anticipation of an excellent spring ahead. Great size so far.

Excellent salmon fishing now!

Jun 21, 2023 Richmond

We are enjoying excellent salmon fishing for chinook and coho salmon now. Chinook salmon are catch and release until August 1 but retention of coho salmon is available. Crab fishing has been slow. Book now while as we are filling up fast.

Excellent Chinook fishing

May 4, 2023 Richmond

Currently, the chinook fishing is exceptional. Although it is catch and release only we are having amazing catches of chinook salmon. Crab fishing has been decent. This is a great opportunity to create memories. Take some great photos and have a wonderful day perhaps doing something you’ve never done before.

Good chinook bite lately

Mar 22, 2023 Richmond

We’ve been having some very good chinook fishing the last month here in local waters around Vancouver. Trolling a variety of artificial spoons and squid patterns have been producing on the Tide changes. Crab fishing has been average and prawn fishing has been good.

Winter Fishing

Nov 9, 2019 Richmond

We are off to a good start in November. Typically it is a very slow month for chinook fishing but we are already seeing good numbers of feeders in the area. This is a great sign for the winter months ahead. We have started to drop crab traps again which is a great bonus catch to a charter. Book your winter chinook fishing charter now.

Fishing is picking up

Aug 9, 2017 Richmond

Our local half day trips have been a wee bit slow lately but this will pick up over the next few weeks. Our full day charters have been alot better as we are able to get over to fish more productive areas and fish 2 tide changes. Some big Chinook salmon are arriving daily and the huge run of pink salmon should be here in a week or so and last through mid September. Book now as this is prime time in Vancouver.

Customer reviews

Rating summary

4.7 / 5

out of 5 stars from 31 reviews

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Boat

4.7 / 5

Crew

4.8 / 5

Experience

4.5 / 5

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Half Day booked day before for father & son

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Anglers claimed

Good experience
	88%
Friendly captain
	96%
Recommend this charter
	94%
Appropriate for children
	88%
Satisfied with the boat
	100%
Caught fish
	72%

Appropriate for children
	88%
Satisfied with the boat
	100%
Caught fish
	72%

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Chun K. S.

Burnaby, British Columbia

4.7 / 5

Experience:

4.0 / 5

Boat

5.0 / 5

Crew

5.0 / 5

Overall

April fishing trip

VERIFIED 6 Hour Trip on April 16, 2022

Chun K. S.

Burnaby, British Columbia

4.7 / 5

Apr 16, 2022

6 Hour Trip

April fishing trip

VERIFIED

A nice trip with big salmons caught. Dan is a good captain and keep searching good fishing points to make your trip fun.

Chun K. S. recommends Pursuit Sport Fishing Charters

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Daniel MacLeod (The Captain)

Replied on April 19, 2022

Thank you for the review. I had just as much fun out there fishing with you. I hope to see you again this summer. Till then! Thanks for choosing Pursuit Sport Fishing.

Daniel MacLeod (The Captain)

Replied on April 19, 2022

Thank you for the review. I had just as much fun out there fishing with you. I hope to see you again this summer. Till then!

Thanks for choosing Pursuit Sport Fishing.

Captain replied

Heidi H.

Mississauga, Ontario

4.3 / 5

Experience:

5.0 / 5

Boat

5.0 / 5

Crew

3.0 / 5

Overall

Great captain but person booking trip stretched the facts in a way that we didn’t get the full experience

VERIFIED 6 Hour Trip on July 19, 2022

Heidi H.

Mississauga, Ontario

4.3 / 5

Jul 19, 2022

6 Hour Trip

Great captain but person booking trip stretched the facts in a way that we didn’t get the full experience

VERIFIED

We booked with Dan and his claim was set crab traps on the way out and fish and check traps on the way in. Captain stated that it was commercial crab fishing season and it would be hard to catch any crabs in the trap. He decided we wouldn’t set traps. The trip was to crab fish and salmon fish. We were there for the crab. Very disappointed in this operation. Captain tried to catch salmon and we did. We caught 3. None we could keep.

We booked with Dan and his claim was set crab traps on the way out and fish and check traps on the way in. Captain stated that...

Heidi H. does not recommend Pursuit Sport Fishing Charters

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Daniel MacLeod (The Captain)

Replied on July 21, 2022

Hi Heidi, Thank you very much for your feedback I do sincerely appreciate it. It does very clearly state on our charter information on FishBooker that crab traps will be dropped during winter and spring charters only. Currently there is a commercial crab season upon us and the crab fishing has been very slow as well as theft of our traps very high. We have chosen to stop all crab fishing until the fall as we very clearly describe in our basic information. I’m sorry you were disappointed.

Daniel MacLeod (The Captain)

Replied on July 21, 2022

Hi Heidi,

Thank you very much for your feedback I do sincerely appreciate it. It does very clearly state on our charter information on FishBooker that crab traps will be dropped during winter and spring charters only. Currently there is a commercial crab season upon us and the crab fishing has been very slow as well as theft of our traps very high.
We have chosen to stop all crab fishing until the fall as we very clearly describe in our basic information. I’m sorry you were disappointed.

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Andrew M.

Chicago, IL

5.0 / 5

Experience:

5.0 / 5

Boat

5.0 / 5

Crew

5.0 / 5

Overall

Salmon Fishing with Ken

VERIFIED Half Day Trip on August 3, 2019

Andrew M.

Chicago, IL

5.0 / 5

Aug 3, 2019

Half Day Trip

Salmon Fishing with Ken

VERIFIED

My 12 yr old son and I had a great experience with fishing guide/captain Ken on our Pursuit Fishing Charter this weekend. Would highly recommend this charter….it was one of the best we’ve ever been on!!!! We loved the conversation and stories with our guide just as much as we loved catching the three King salmon. We definitely plan on using them again on our next trip to Vancouver!!!

My 12 yr old son and I had a great experience with fishing guide/captain Ken on our Pursuit Fishing Charter this weekend. Would...

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Daniel MacLeod (The Captain)

Replied on August 5, 2019

Thank you Andrew. It was our pleasure to have you aboard. We look forward to seeing you both again. Thanks for the great photos.

Daniel MacLeod (The Captain)

Replied on August 5, 2019

Thank you Andrew. It was our pleasure to have you aboard. We look forward to seeing you both again. Thanks for the great photos.

Captain replied

Gary L.

Cambridge, ON

5.0 / 5

Experience:

5.0 / 5

Boat

5.0 / 5

Crew

5.0 / 5

Overall

Half day trip with caption Dan

VERIFIED 6 Hour Trip on July 26, 2021

Gary L.

Cambridge, ON

5.0 / 5

Jul 26, 2021

6 Hour Trip

Half day trip with caption Dan

VERIFIED

The four of us had a great day. Will be calling him again

Gary L. recommends Pursuit Sport Fishing Charters

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Daniel MacLeod (The Captain)

Replied on August 15, 2021

Thank you Gary. Let’s do it again soon.

Daniel MacLeod (The Captain)

Replied on August 15, 2021

Thank you Gary. Let’s do it again soon.

Captain replied

Mark M.

Vancouver, BC

4.3 / 5

Experience:

5.0 / 5

Boat

5.0 / 5

Crew

3.0 / 5

Overall

Fishing with Tom

VERIFIED Half Day Trip on September 6, 2020

Mark M.

Vancouver, BC

4.3 / 5

Sep 6, 2020

Half Day Trip

Fishing with Tom

VERIFIED

Everything went as expected except the dam salmon didn’t cooperate. One fish on line and apparently it tasted great according to the seal the ate it!! Tom was our guide and make every effort to make our trip enjoyable but that can be a challenge with no fish. I would book again but only if the salmon are in on it.

Everything went as expected except the dam salmon didn’t cooperate. One fish on line and apparently it tasted great according...

Mark M. recommends Pursuit Sport Fishing Charters

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Daniel MacLeod (The Captain)

Replied on September 9, 2020

It was a slow week of fishing after the killer whales rolled through so it did not help that the seals were a problem too. We appreciate your business Mark. We look forward to the next time.

Daniel MacLeod (The Captain)

Replied on September 9, 2020

It was a slow week of fishing after the killer whales rolled through so it did not help that the seals were a problem too.
We appreciate your business Mark. We look forward to the next time.

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April fishing trip

April fishing trip

Great captain but person booking trip stretched the facts in a way that we didn’t get the full experience

Great captain but person booking trip stretched the facts in a way that we didn’t get the full experience

Salmon Fishing with Ken

Salmon Fishing with Ken

Half day trip with caption Dan

Half day trip with caption Dan

Fishing with Tom

Fishing with Tom

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