I've been going back and forth to the coast for many years and it's always a thrill to look down into the water and see the mottled brown diamond shape twisting and turning on my line. Halibut are sought after and with a little perseverance, they can be caught. The hardest thing about catching halibut is locating them and sometimes this requires a lengthy boat ride out into the pacific. Big halibut are often deep dwellers that make forays into the shallows to feed.
I had a revelation the other day. In the heat of all the great walleye, trout and mountain fishing I had been totally neglecting the northern pike. They were always an incidental catch during the prime walleye month of June. I never even gave catching pike much more than a second thought. That's changed.
There are a number of ways to catch goldeye. They are very aggressive fish that will eat a minnow, a spoon, a worm, a plug, a spinner and, of course, a fly. The real trick to goldeye fishing is determining the right depth to present your lure.
Vancouver’s got it. Prince Rupert’s got it, so does the Island and all points in between. This summer is forecasted to be one of the greatest salmon seasons on record.
