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July 3rd Report Posted 3 Jul 2010 IN: General BY QCL
 The weekend fishery has seen some great action for QCL guests with moderate Southwesterly winds providing flat calm seas and regular doses of liquid sunshine. Wrapping up last weeks derby with a strong finish, Bob Clarkson boated his second Tyee of the trip, this one tipping the scale at 40 pounds. As it turns out, the derby winning fish arrived on the dock mid-morning Thursday when Mike and Ed Neaves ran back to the lodge to weigh in Mikes trophy Chinook at 54 pounds. There were surely lots of contenders this week! The fishing effort over the weekend has shifted primarily to the west side although there have still been a few boats working Cape Edenshaw and being nicely rewarded with a good mix of Chinooks and Coho. Most of the fish are being found at depths from 40 to 60 feet but some of the guides are finding success down to 85 feet off key points like Klashwun. It seems that the majority of anglers are fishing anchovies and spoons off downriggers and getting good numbers of salmon off Parker Point, Bird 2 and the bay at Yatze. Weighted rods and cut plug herring are still the favourite of many lodge and Driftwood guests and they re doing especially well in the tight spots around Bird 2 and Parker Point. We re seeing more Coho around every day and the average size is moving on up the scale with 8 - 10 pounders regularly spiced up with some 12s and 13s. They seem to be everywhere and anglers are picking up Coho in close to the kelp as well as out on the Halibut grounds. Highlights so far this weekend have been a 43 pound Tyee for Kevin Conibear, fishing with his dad Paul and a 43 pound Halibut taken by Steve Letwin right at Bird Rock on his salmon line! Great job guys! The weather outlook for the next few days is for these Southwesterlies to swing to moderate Northwest by Tuesday, typically bringing blue skies and some welcome sunshine to the island! Temperatures are to reach 20 degrees and the staff will be all smiles as they take off the polar fleece and break out the t-shirts! Bring it on! The tides will be building steadily through the next week so those slack times will be more critical every day. |
