Well folks, it’s officially the start of the 2025 season, and oh boy are we starting this year off strong. Nanaimo is seeing an excellent early run of fish to kick things off, coho and springs are in abundance these last few weeks. Tons of fish all throughout the water column, best results for coho is 80-120ft I recommend white and green hoochies or silver/green spoons. For springs I fish a little deeper, set your gear in the 160-200ft range for best results, it doesn’t matter what you put down as long as its green. Theres a lot of smaller fish kicking around but you will find the odd lunker in there with them, I’ve been seeing fish in the 8-12lbs range every day this week. Good luck and tight lines

Tis the season for winter springs, aggressive hard fighting fish with super bright red meat, if you have a few open slots on your license now is the time to fill them. The 5 fingers is a great place to start, head out until you find 200-250ft of water and drop your lines, most fish will be on the bottom or underneath the bait balls, fish anywhere from 180’ to 250’ and whatever you put down make sure it’s green. I personally recommend gibbs skinny G’s in herring aid or Irish cream, green hoochies work really well too. Good luck.