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FISHERIES UPDATES
PRAWN
HALIBUT: SET TO 1 DAILY LIMIT, 2 POSSESION LIMIT
SALTWATER Overview Sept
SOOKE: SOCKEYE HAS SLOWED DOWN QUITE A BIT. GUYS STILL FISHING SMALL PINK SQUIRTS AND LOTS OF CHARTREUSE GREEN AS WELL. FISHING DEPTHS OF 50-140 FEET HAVE BEEN PRODUCING MOSTLY. COHO ARE STILL QUIET. FROM SECRETARY ISLAND, DOWN TOWARDS CHURCH ROCK AT THE 1ST TO 3RD TIDELINES HAVE BEEN PROVING MOST PRODUCTIVE FOR SOCKEYE AND THE OCASIONAL SPRING. HOOCHIES AND SQUIRTS IN COLOURS SUCH AS PURPLE HAZE, ELECTRIC CHAIR, WHITE AND JAY 79 HAVE PROVEN WELL FOR SPRINGS. POPULAR COLOURS HAVE BEEN THE TYPICAL BLUE NICKLE, GREEN NICKLE, AND COPCAR. ALSO TRY USING COLOURS SUCH AS NASTYBOY, GREEN GLOW, AND BLUE LIVE IMAGE AS WELL. GOOD LUCK BOYS IN THE SOOKE SALMON CLASSIC.
FRESHWATER: OVERVIEW SEPT
TROUT FISHING HAS BEEN "DECENT" AT THE LOCAL LAKES WITH THE WEATHER COOLING DOWN. SHORE CASTERS ARE STILL USING POWERBAIT IN A VARIETY OF COLORS, LEMON LIME, AND FL YELLOW AND SUNRISE BEING THE MOST POPULAR COLOURS. VARIOUS SCENTS SUCH AS SHRIMP, HERRING, SALMON EGG, AND X10 OILS ARE USED TO COAT THE EGGS. WHEN USING FLIES, USE A SINKING LINE TO REACH THE FISH SITTING AT THE LOWER DEPTHS BECAUSE OF THE THERMOCLINE. OLIVE, BROWN AND BLACK AND OLIVE LEECHES/BUGGERS HAVE BEEN THE MOST PRODUCTIVE. RAINBOW WEDDING BANDS, TIPPED WITH A WORM BEHIND A GANG TROLL, AS WELL AS TROLLING GULP PUMPKIN SEED LEACHES SEEM TO PRODUCE WHEN NOTHING ELSE IS WORKING.
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