The ClubHouse Reports

June 28 - July 5, 2007

Hello everyone, just got off the water and thought I would update you on behalf of the guides at the clubhouse. A south easterly wind brought gale force winds and rain showers today, and this guide was glad he had a nice Bimini Top to hide under. The fishing has slowed a bit the last two days, and we are now seeing more springs in the high teens, low twenties. I checked a few guides totes out, noticed Jordie’s had several nice coho along with a limit of high teen chinook. Most of the guides had to work hard and battle the wind at Cohoe Point to boat any chinook. I found the bite came on at 11 am and they hit hard until 1 pm. We were working the needlefish at little Cohoe in 100 feet of water, trolling 50 and 70 feet on the riggers. No shortage of action for us, although it was a battle to keep the lines out of the kicker. Lots of kelp was blowing threw as well, 6 foot seas with a heavy chop, but those of us who stuck it out all took nice chinook.

The trip June 28th to July 1 faired a lot better, highlighted by Mike Throne and his son John Throne releasing the first 40 lber of the year at the Clubhouse. I had the privilege of releasing this monster for Mike , what a thrill to see these fish swim off to spawn and continue on the gene pool for the future. I should know better when we hooked up, first pass change over morning when Mike said ' screamer we have a real one here'! The chinook screamed down the kelp, boiled then rolled in the dead calm seas about 100 feet from the boat. I swore it was about 25 lbs but Mike had his A game on and convinced me it was a huge tyee, and proved it when I netted it and hoisted it aboard. Right away Mike said lets put it back, so we carefully measured the tyee, took a few great photos and watched as a 40 lb salmon swam back into the kelp. Well done Mike. We also connected on a 33lber as well as a 30 lber earlier in the trip.

Todd McIntyre ran his guests down to the Jalun River and quickly grabbed a 36 lb tyee, although he told me most of the springs down there are about 15 to 19 lbs, lots of them that day for sure. Also by looking in the guides totes I saw lots of 10 to 17 lb chicken halis coming from this area. A bunch of 6 to 7 lb coho are swirling around the needlefish in this area too, lots of action.

Ken Tsang fished his guests Peter Dickson and Bruce Keltie up at Rat Bay and tried an offshore tack , grabbing a nice 30 lber and said there was nice chinook to be had in this area for sure. Guide Dan Acherman grabbed a 35 lb tyee with his guests in this area as well, although he was fishing the kelp in tight.

Overall the Cohoe Point area is the most consistent at this time as the bait continues to pour into this area. It is all needlefish, and the humpbacks are breaching and slashing, putting on a great show. This is the most needlefish I have ever seen holding at Cohoe and explains the consistent fishing. You can not go wrong dragging a cut plug herring at 50 feet on your downrigger right now.

Other areas such as Gunia Boulder are slower and spotty, as the bait is not holding in the shallows. A few fish are coming from this area, but not the usual flood of monsters!

Hopefully with the weather coming down tonight we can work the east side of Langara hard tomorrow and connect on some nice chinook. The guides are eagerly waiting the next flood of chinook into this area and can’t wait to coach you into some great fish. We will see you all soon and look forward sharing some of this incredible fishing with you,

Screamer, Mike Tonnesen
Head Guide, The Clubhouse