Captain
Rollie Rose

Member since July 2021 Sooke, Canada
Background
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.
Techniques
We troll very light tackle from downriggers for salmon. I normally target larger Chinook salmon unless they are not available or out of season. I have always tried to provide the lightest and most fun tackle for my guests. Halibut fishing is done by anchoring up in one spot and dropping baits to the bottom and waiting for them to track us down by the scent our baits produce in the water column.

Hey, I'm Captain Rollie Rose

Sooke, Canada
Background
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.
Techniques
We troll very light tackle from downriggers for salmon. I normally target larger Chinook salmon unless they are not available or out of season. I have always tried to provide the lightest and most fun tackle for my guests. Halibut fishing is done by anchoring up in one spot and dropping baits to the bottom and waiting for them to track us down by the scent our baits produce in the water column.
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Great Fishing , Seas and Weather
Great Fishing , Seas and Weather
May 31, 2023 Sooke
Yesterday was the last day of May and we finished off the month with a 6 hour morning trip in Sidney waters which is a 1/2 hour drive from downtown Victoria. We kept 15 and 12 pound hatchery Chinook and lost 4 others which out smarted us. The beautiful summer weather continues and we have enjoyed the protected calm lake like waters fishing among the Gulf Island near Sidney. I will be shifting my efforts back to the Sooke area waters for the next upcoming trips and hope to see similar results. As of June 1st to July 31st all Chinook must be released unless DFO announces otherwise.
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May Madness In Sidney
May Madness In Sidney
May 25, 2023 Sooke
I've been fishing the waters off Sidney just 1/2 hour from downtown Victoria all of the month of May. The fishing is typically good here in May and because you are on the east side of the Island and among the Gulf Islands the waters are sheltered and often lake like calm. The fishing has been very good most of the month with only a couple of stinker trips during a week of bad tides. Yesterday with awesome afternoon tides we played 15 Chinook up to 24 1/2 pounds. We kept our 3 person limit of 3 hatchery Chinook that went **hidden content** and 10 pounds. Released 5 wild Chinook that went **hidden content**,and 5 pounds. Released 4 more hatchery Chinook because we had our limit and lost 3 more far from the boat. Lots of action for a 4 hour trip and we were the only boat there for all but the last 15 minutes of the trip.
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Late Fall Coho Salmon Fishing Still Hot!
Late Fall Coho Salmon Fishing Still Hot!
Oct 17, 2022 Sooke
Our late fall Coho salmon fishery is still producing limit catch potential on every trip out this week. Average hook ups per 4 hour trip is around 20 fish right now. Fish are between 5-12 pounds. The weather continues to be summer like warm and the waters calm. These Coho will remain here until significant rainfall gets creeks and streams flowing so these fish can enter to spawn. We are also watching dozens of Humpback Whales feeding around us as we fish. Today they were everywhere you looked and we had to maneuver around to stay out of their way. Customers got some great videos and pics througout the morning.
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Great Coho Action
Great Coho Action
Sep 18, 2022 Sooke
The fall Coho season is now happening with lots of action on each trip. It is common to have multiple doubles and even triples with the numbers of fish migrating through Sooke waters at this time. Most are between 6-10 pounds but there are larger ones as the photo above proves. Out largest over the years topped 23 pounds! Coho will continue to run into the 3rd week of October. Daily limits until Sept 30th is 2 hatchery Coho plus 2 Chinook (most likely winter Chinook at this time) As of October 1st the Coho limits increase to 1 wild and 3 hatchery per person.
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Excellent Fishing
Excellent Fishing
Jun 3, 2022 Sooke
Chinook salmon fishing has been excellent this spring and nearly summer. For the 3rd year now we are under non-retention rules for Chinook salmon and they must be released. We are averaging 10-12 Chinook landed and released on each 4 hour outing. The largest we have taken so far in Sooke was caught on June 1st and went 28 pounds. We also took a 27 pound Chinook on May 7th in Sidney area waters. Most of the fish have been in the 8-17 pound range. While disappointing to have to release all the Chinook we land I explain to my customers....given a choice would you prefer to fish a hot spot and have it to yourself, have lots of action and time on the rods and release the fish...or go out in a big crowd of boats when you can keep fish but have no action at all? Right now we have my favorite spots to ourselves, all the fish there are available to us and clients are on the rods multiple times on each outing. Crabbing has been fair lately. We aregetting crab but not big numbers this past week or so. Todays largest Chinook would have gone 18 pounds.
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Excellent
4.7 / 5
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Appropriate for children
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Trip of a lifetime

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip โ€“ Salmon on October 11, 2024
We fished with capt Rollie about 2 months ago and had such a great time that when a second opportunity came along, we didnโ€™t...
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Monica T.
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Fish will be caught

VERIFIED   NEW  3/4 Day Trip โ€“ Halibut on July 30, 2025
Captain Rollie is a professional fisherman. He communicated well, had a well- equipped spotless boat and got us our quota of...
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Tyler D.
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Fishing with Rollie

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip โ€“ Salmon (PM) on July 23, 2025
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Cory M.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
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Had a great time on a perfect day

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip โ€“ Salmon (PM) on May 23, 2025
Caught loads of fish. Came home with beautiful fish and crab.ย  The captain was awesome. Highly recommend if you want to catch...
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Genuine fisherman

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip โ€“ Salmon (PM) on October 13, 2024
Had a great trip with family. Caught several fish with a bonus crab catch. Rosie was professional and down to earth. Enjoyed...
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