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Sooke Salmon Charters Ltd
Sooke, Canada
50+ reviews
I have fished our local waters since the late 60's and owned my own boat and fished alone since I was 13 years old. My family has owned a beachfront cabin since 1958. in front of the best fishing grounds and my grandfather gave me the fishing bug. We still have the cabin today. I started my full time guiding career in 1986. and have since enjoyed the company of people from all over the world. I'm also on the board of a couple of non profit society's that do Salmon enhancement projects in our local waters. One since 2001 and the other for the past 6-7 years.
Charter
Rating
4.7
89 reviews
4.7
Boat & Equipment
4.6
Captain & Crew
4.7
Fishing Experience
Anglers' gallery (50)
What anglers say
90%
Good experience
93%
Friendly captain
94%
Recommend this charter
79%
Appropriate for children
97%
Satisfied with the boat
93%
Caught fish
All reviews (89)
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Tanja Ramming
California, US•Member since 20265.0VerifiedCaptain Rollie is experienced and funny!
Half Day Trip – Salmon (AM) • 4 adults • 2 childrenWe had a great time cruising the waters, taking in the scenery and enjoying the stories. Fishing was slow going at first, but we hit a couple big ones near the end and scores a bucket full of crab- making for a very gourmet camp site dinner that night! Thank you to Captain Rollie for this special family memory and first ocean fishing trip with our boys!!!
Reported catch:
Response from CaptainI’m happy my plan for the day worked and that you enjoyed your fresh salmon dinner. Still embarressed about the little mess up back at the cleaning table!!! First time and last time.😊
Paul Mcginnis
Alberta, Canada•Member since 20265.0VerifiedNEWgreat fishing caught our limit
Full Day Trip – Salmon • 4 adultsCaught our limit of salmon , Coho & Chinook . Captain was very knowledgeable and hap lots of tips . Will recommend him to all my friends .
Response from CaptainThanks Paul it was a good and fun day. Hope to see you again. Rollie
Phil SwiftCalgary, AB, Canada•Member since 20265.0VerifiedBest fishing trip experience we’ve had
1/2 Day Trip – Salmon • 2 adultsWe must have caught 40’salmon. Mostly Chinook and catch and release. Kept a coho and and a pink. Extraordinary day
- Tom McintoshRepeat anglerBritish Columbia, Canada•Member since 2026•2 trips5.0Verified
great trip, captain was exceptional
1/2 Day Trip – Salmon • 4 adultsWent fishing Coho. Captain worked at it until he had it dialed in. Then within no time we caught our limit.
Response from CaptainThanks Tom, it was nice to meet everyone and spend the morning on the water with you. I hope to see you again. Rollie
Adam MillsRepeat anglerBritish Columbia, Canada•Member since 2023•2 trips5.0VerifiedJuly fishing trip
1/2 Day Trip – Salmon • 2 adults
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What's biting with Sooke Salmon Charters in Sooke
In some years, the Halibut and Lingcod fishing might start slowing down the end of September. But this is still a great time to fish for Salmon, or to find out what's biting in Sooke River.
Top catches for September
Fishing reports
Constant Action At This Time
Jul 15, 2026 • Sooke
For the past week the salmon fishing has been very good. Limits of Coho on board and many Chinook played and released as required until August 1st. This summer we are expecting Sockeye to open up as it is the dominent and famous Adams River cycle year. We won’t know exact dates until DFO makes an announcement. We hope it will be in late July or 1st week of August. Sorry I was just to busy on this trip to take any pics so attached one from a previous trip.
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A Couple Of Nice Chinook Today
May 14, 2026 • Sooke
Today's wind forecast wasn't good for fishing where I Ideally would have fished today. And with a young family with 2 young boys who had no boat time on the ocean I decided to meet them in Sidney. The waters there are protected and normally water ski able flat calm. Today was no exception and they enjoyed the calm water while we waited for tide change and a bite to start. We released a couple of undersize Chinook prior to tide change. Around noon the quick 1/2 hour bite started. They landed these two nice hatchery Chinook that went 80 and 85 cm. The bigger fish even performed a water clearing jump half way through the battle. Mission accomplished they got fish for dinner ( and a few more) and enjoyed their trip without worry of anyone getting seasick. The advantages of keeping the boat on the trailer and being mobile at this time of the season.
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2024 Fall Coho Salmon
Oct 11, 2024 • Sooke
The 2024 fall Coho salmon fishery has been stellar. Bigger fish than average and lots of them. Daily trips have been consistent so far just like today's trip. Our guests enjoyed constant action with multiple doubleheaders and one triple. We played over 40 salmon today that were between 6 and 10 pounds We kept our limit of 4 wild Coho and another 7 hatchery Coho. We also kept 4 nice crab from our traps...crabbing has been good all summer and fall as well.. There should be another week to 10 days of decent Coho fishing left before most move on towards fresh water and the spawning beds.
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Decent Day After A Slow Start
Oct 14, 2023 • Sooke
Today with 4 guests from L.A. for the 1st of two mornings of fishing this weekend. The morning started quiet for about 90 minutes. Nice calm water, watched a couple of Humpback whales around us and then between 9:30 and 10 am fish started to bite. We ended up with 5 nice Coho salmon, lost a couple more and a couple of Jack Mackerel. Three nice Dungeness crab in the traps finished the morning off. Left the traps in overnight today so hopefully more will be in them tomorrow morning.
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Coho & Mackerel
Oct 11, 2023 • Sooke
Todays catch 4 Coho salmon and 13 Jack Mackerel.
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Fall Coho Salmon Fishing
Oct 8, 2023 • Sooke
Our fall Coho salmon fishery is in full swing and they will be in local waters until the end of October. Most are in the 7-12 pound range but my Sooke waters record went 23 pounds. For the balance of the Coho run your daily limit is 1 wild and 3 hatchery fish per person. There is also the possibility of hooking into a few winter Chinook as well. In the past week there have been big schools of Jack Mackerel around and when we hit a school of them it is fast action. Apparently they are excellent on the barbecue. I’ll have to take my customers word for it because I never get to take any home for myself. Come enjoy the remaining weeks/days left of the summer fishing season. The boat is dry and heated!!
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