FISHING REPORT

Vancouver Island Fishing Report | Latest Catches, Tips & Hotspots

  • Fresh Water Heating Up! The Harbour Chandler

    Fresh Water Heating Up!

    Fresh Water With the sudden warm weather fresh water fishing is heating up! The cold spring has made for some slow days but we are now seeing trout fishing kicking...

    Steve Vavrik |

  • Prawning Season Kicking Off The Harbour Chandler

    Prawning Season Kicking Off

    April is prawning season! Now is the time to get out there before the commercial season starts. The reports from the areas that have stayed open have been good. With...

    Steve Vavrik |

  • 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 |