
An hour after the high slack and into the ebb was also the most productive for us. We found that our most productive depths were 63 and 55 feet, fishing in an average depth of 85 to 110 feet of water.
#Nootka sound fishing report full
Unfortunately many of these smaller lings get harvested by inexperienced fishermen who have not been educated on the damage that can be done to an area by over-harvesting of future brood stock fish for all species.īack at the cleaning tables we noticed that all the salmon we had kept were chock full of five inch needle fish (typical for this time of year) thus the reason we chose needle fish hoochies for bait (anchovies would work fine as well). It was encouraging to see all the smaller immature lings we released during the day, and hopefully during the rest of the season all responsible anglers will do the same. A twenty two pounder being the largest, with a sixteen being the smallest, round that out with two eight pound ling cod and what a morning of fishing for mid-May. By days’ end (which was only 3 hours of fishing) we had hooked six nice springs, and kept four. Most of the bait and the best fishing we encountered was out on the reef we did land two small feeders at Beano as well. But due to changing weather patterns, the winds finally subsided enough for us to make it out to some of these areas for the first time this spring, and we were not let down. Due to persistent South Easterlies for the last couple of weeks it has been virtually impossible to get out to areas like Bajo Reef, Ferrier Point, Maquinna, Beano Creek etc. They’re here! Yesterday (May 11 th) was the first time we were able to get out to the areas we really wanted to fish. By Nootka Marine Adventures Moutcha Bay Resort and Nootka Sound Resort
