FISHING REPORTS

Hi All So happy to be back and ready to go here at Harbourside. Hope you all have weathered our west coast winter well and are eager to get out to enjoy the bounties of Barkley Sound. Let’s get to it then. It’s  been a very productive spring and all things are pointing to an even more productive summer!   May and June have seen a prolific squid spawn in the Sound and mature spring salmon have been dipping into many areas …

Hi All This has been the most difficult summer in recent memory, with fires, power and internet outages along with other stuff we have been dealing with at the Lodge. Yet at least one thing has remained constant: the fishing has been and still is awesome. I mean flat out awesome! I am talking some of the best fishing I have ever experienced. Get your boat up here now. If not a boat then a kayak or heck, even a canoe. It’s …

Hi All I think I am about done with cold showers everyday. This stretch without power has been challenging for sure. However, it does look like the Hydro team has got ahead of themselves. They are saying that power may be restored to the Bamfield area by early next week. Fingers crossed.  The fish, however, don’t seem too worried about the power outage thank goodness. They have arrived in force. Fishing is on fi..! (I am not going to say it! …

Hi All Some say it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission, either way I think asking forgiveness might be the best course of action here. So here goes. I am sorry. This is a much overdue report. Are we good?  Anyways… here we go. Folks, the fishing is ok, definitely not on fire. Poor choice of words at the moment I suppose. The fishing may not be on fire but the road to Bamfield from Port Alberni definitely is. Our …

. Hi All It’s about blooming time! It seems that the algae bloom that has plagued Barkley Sound for the past two weeks is finally dissipating. I wouldn’t say it’s completely gone but it is definitely better water especially near the perimeter of the Sound. There were some slower days during the bloom but fish were still to be had if you put the time in. That said, fishing has certainly picked up the past few days.  Here is the skinny…It’s hoochie mama time folks. Hoochies …

If any of you have been on the water in Barkley Sound the past week you’ll know exactly what I am talking about. I have had guests that turn green in a good swell but not like this. It’s not often that the water around the Sound is a bright and somewhat beautiful aqua green, but right now the whole Sound looks like somebody laid down astro turf  from Port Alberni to Cape Beale.   It is kind of pretty …