June 4th, 2008
Most people associate the Bamfield, Barkley Sound, and Ucluelet fisheries with August and September. This is understandable since that is the time when the local Salmon return to the rivers. What most people don’t realize is how great June can be! There is a “Salmon Highway” that runs past Barkley Sound as millions of Salmon [...]
May 27th, 2008
I just spent a few minutes surfing around the various fishing report web sites and the Sportfishing BC forums. It appears that the Chinook are now arriving in numbers on the Ucluelet side and the Halibut fishing is really picking up. Bamfield has been a bit slower, but Chinook Salmon are starting to move into [...]
May 16th, 2008
Non-Canadian residents can NOT fish for Halibut in Canadian waters (areas 121, 23, and 123) with a fishing license obtained online from the department of fisheries website. This includes Port Renfrew, Swiftsure Bank, Barkley Sound, and the Bamfield and Ucluelet offshore areas. You must obtain a paper license once you arrive in Canada. Here’s the [...]
May 15th, 2008
Not really a surprise, but DFO just made it official. For those of you who don’t know, the Alberni Sockeye fishery is a niche fishery that is very popular in some circles. The fishery is not known as much for the huge fish and spine tingling action as it is for filling the freezer with [...]