FISHING REPORT

Vancouver Island Fishing Report | Latest Catches, Tips & Hotspots

  • Chinook Time! The Harbour Chandler

    Chinook Time!

    Salt Water Report This is the last weekend for spring Chinook retention, so get out if you can. I don't have many reports for the last couple of days because...

    Steve Vavrik |

  • Catching Herring The Harbour Chandler

    Catching Herring

    It's been another week with lots of herring and more big Chinook showing up to feed on them. My son and I got out this weekend with my herring jigs...

    Steve Vavrik |

  • Herring Spawn Peaking The Harbour Chandler

    Herring Spawn Peaking

    The herring spawn is a really good one this year. The herring themselves are much larger than we have seen for a long time. It looks like Lantzville and Nanoose...

    Steve Vavrik |

  • The Herring Spawn is Happening!! The Harbour Chandler

    The Herring Spawn is Happening!!

    The annual herring spawn has started! This is possibly the greatest natural spectacle of the season. It draws in thousands of marine mammals, birds and fish into a concentrated area...

    Steve Vavrik |

  • March is the New June! The Harbour Chandler

    March is the New June!

    March is now the new June for salmon fishing! With the extremely high numbers of feeder Chinook throughout Georgia Strait, early spring is now a peak time for salmon fishing....

    Steve Vavrik |

  • Feels Like Winter Fishing Again! The Harbour Chandler

    Feels Like Winter Fishing Again!

    The current cold snap has kept a lot of fishermen at home. But for those hardy mariners that made it out fishing was good! It's often very calm and clear...

    Steve Vavrik |

  • Good Prawning and lots of Feeder Springs The Harbour Chandler

    Good Prawning and lots of Feeder Springs

    It has been another week of loads of smaller feeder springs. Fishermen are getting their keepers, but having to sift through a lot of just undersized fish to get them....

    Steve Vavrik |

  • Feels Like Spring!! The Harbour Chandler

    Feels Like Spring!!

    The lovely warm calm weather has got a lot of fishermen out on the water this week. If your boat is put away for the winter you are missing one...

    Steve Vavrik |