Just got back from Langara Island. We had heard that this year had been one of the worst for salmon fishing there in recent memory, so were as bit concerned how it might turn out.
Salmon fishing started off pretty slow, with no fish landed the first afternoon, and only two the following morning.
Seas were quite calm so we went on some bottom fishing outings and did pretty well on a mixed bag of halibut, ling cod and yellow eye. Several large halibut over 100 pounds were caught right near us, but we just got chickens. It was interesting to watch the harpoon come out and get used on 100 pound plus fish. We still managed to fill the fish box though. Here's some pictures:
Gwoman with typical chicken halibut.
Yelloweye:
Ling cod:
Hog tied 104 pounder caught by some others we met. It was not the biggest caught by our group of boats that afternoon.
Towards the end the salmon fishing picked up and we did pretty well there too. We caught a number of springs with the bigger ones into the high 20s, along with some 10-13 pound coho. As usual, the ones that got away were much bigger.....
I think we were fortunate as I understand our trip was one of the better ones up there this year so far. All in all we had pretty good fishing and a great time up there.
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Topic: Langara Island August 7-10 (Read 1561 times)