Category: ‘Helpful Tips’

This post is a listing of tackle that has worked for me consistently when fishing Bamfield, Ucluelet, & Barkley Sound. However, the great thing about fishing is that there is always more than one way to skin a cat! Even within our little group of anglers we have some differing opinions about what tackle we [...]

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Check out this very cool new UV Bomb Hoochie from Captain Downriggins! I’ve ordered up a couple and will be giving them a try in Ucluelet later in the month. I love the look of this Hoochie and I’m very optimistic based on our success with similar purple haze hoochies on the west coast of [...]

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Our rental boats usually end up fishing in Barkley Sound. As a result, I’m frequently asked if I can recommend good places to stay when visiting Ucluelet, Bamfield and Tofino. I happened upon a great web page that has (what appears to be) an exhaustive listing of accommodations providers in Uclulelet, Bamfield, Tofino, and Barkley [...]

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We all know how important tides can be to our salmon fishing success. I just stumbled upon this great Government of Canada site which has tide charts and graphs for Vancouver Island (and beyond). Check it out: Ucluelet Tide Chart Bamfield Tide Chart Port Alberni Tide Chart Tide charts for the rest of the coast [...]

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Weather and waves are the biggest factors when fishing the west side of Vancouver Island. You need to know what the sea and weather are going to be like before you head out into the open ocean. It seems that fishermen are not alone when it comes to the need for weather and wave information. [...]

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