While the local Chinook fishery has been spotty for a few days (for most people) the coho fishing has been great. While coho move around a lot, the best locations have been 5 Fingers and Entrance Island. Coho are my favorite salmon to fish for, and to eat. Most small...

Harbour Chandler Staff Levi went to Entrance Island.... 30 lb Chinook, caught jigging on a light spinning rod, and carefully released.

It is the weekend of Nanaimo's great bathtub race so the launch ramps will be busy.  But if you can get your boat in the water the fishing is picking up again. The baby herring from this years spawn have moved out of the bays and into deeper water. There are large...

Entrance Island has been on fire for the last couple weeks. There have been large schools of actively feeding Chinook and Coho. There have been decent fish averaging high teens, but also many larger ones up to 30 lbs. Best locations has been the far (East) side of...

Its been too windy for many people to get our this week. Plus there have been huge tide swings that have dispersed the fish. As such I've just heard very mixed reports, as the people who found fish did well. And those that didn't find fish...well they didn't find...

It's almost Coho season on the coast, and it's looking like the best one we've had since the blue-back fishery ended in the mid 1990's. Last weekend I had costumers complaining that they can't get past the Coho to catch any Chinook. In my mind that's not the worst...

Chinook fishing is still very very hot. The general consensus is it’s as good as we’ve ever seen it, at least in the last 30 years or so. That being said you still need to fish where the fish are, and it helps if you get there when the bite is on. I am hearing great...