Vancouver Island Halibut Season Open, March 1
Vancouver Island's halibut season opens for 2009 on Sunday March 1st. This is great news! The winter spring salmon fishing around Sooke and Victoria has slowed down lately to "hit and miss" level...so the potential for chasing a fine flat fish for dinner adds more "flavour" to a day on the water.
Victoria anglers will once again set their GPS's to take them to their favourite halibut nooks and crannies, and seek out the mighty halibut...which many consider to be the finest eating in the ocean. There are numerous hotspots off Victoria, off Sooke, and west to Jordan River and beyond. Have a look at a chart and find your own hali hole...or avoid the hassle, and buy yourself a day with a local fishing guide and get them to take you directly there!
On the Sooke salmon front, it is a bit slower of late, described as hit and miss. Ryan from Fresh Fishin' lucked into a couple though: "caught three springs on the weekend..2 were 14 pounders...released a smaller one...anchovies with short leaders behind green hotspot". So there you...the only certainty is that you won't catch fish if you don't have a line in the water.
Good luck out there.
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Effective March 1, 2009, recreational fishing for halibut will be opened coastwide. The daily limit at the start of the season is one (1) per day with a possession limit of two (2).
Fishery Notice | |
Category(s): | RECREATIONAL - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon) |
Subject: | FN0101-Halibut: Further to FN0037 & Amendment to FN0100 - Coastwide Opening and Limits |
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The department will implement a coastwide opening of the recreational halibut |