Hi Guys.
Just back in from fishing. Lines in the water at 1 pm, winds out of the west at 10, which made for smooth boating. We dropped at Ambleside, trolled to Caulfield, and up and down the shore. We were fishing 6 rods, 3 per side, with a very close spread between lines, in the interests of catching Sockeye...and we started out fishing sockeye gear on one rigger, and Spoon, Chovie, and Hootchie on the other rigger.
We had most of our success between 2 and 430, otherwise, we had no "hook ups"
We had a very good afternoon, but sorry to say, we only saw 2 other fish taken among the other boats.
Our results: 2 Coho on a double header, 5 lbs each. (On Anchovies)
2 Pinks, 4 and 3 lbs. (On Purple Haze Hootchies--the U.S.A made purple haze...not the Canadian ones.
2 Sockeye, on a double header, 5 lbs, 7 lbs 1 on a GLO FLO Spoon of all things and 1 on the usual sockeye type hootchie...while I was clearing big red Jellyfish off one downrigger...
and 1 immature 3 lb Spring released beside the boat.
All in all, it was a smokin afternoon for us, and don't get me wrong, it wasn't good fishing out there for everyone, the fish were in pockets, and you had to put your time in. We pulled the rods out at 645 pm.
Sockeye Gear