May & June 2008 - Fishing Report Ucluelet Area

The fishing has really pickup since early June for both salmon and halibut/lingcod. The month of May we spent the majority of the time fishing for both chinook salmon and halibut around inshore locations such as Long beach, great bear and sail rock, austin/meares bluff, swale rock down to vernon bay. the chinook salmon were a nice average of 15 to 20 lbs but were scratchy at times. Fishing inshore for halibut brought some excellent results with fish ranging from 140lbs to 25lbs. Many halibut we have caught in May and June have been in the 50 -70lb range.

Since mid June the fishing for salmon and halibut has really lit up out on the Big Bank. Daily Limits of chinook salmon and halibut/ling cod has been the norm the past 2 weeks. Southbank and the regular spots in barkley sound has also been producing some nice chinook and a few halibut. Coho salmon fishing has been getting better everyday as more fish continue showup both inshore and offshore. Your standard hootchies, spoons, anchovie , and plugs all work well.

Fishing for both chinook/coho salmon and halibut/lingcod will continue to stay fired up through July, August and into late September, early October. So far......Ucluelet is living up to its reputation as one of the most consistent fisheries on the British Columbia coast.