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.

Todays catch 4 Coho salmon and 13 Jack Mackerel.

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!!