views of the mainland’s snow-
capped mountains across Sutil
Channel.
Northeastern
Vancouver Island
Major currents and tides push
fertile, well-aerated water into
Queen Charlotte and Broughton
Straits, which lie between northern
Vancouver Island and the B.C.
mainland. At the entrances to Knight
and Kingcome inlets, hundreds
of protected passages in the
Broughton Archipelago and other
channel groups funnel and hold
dense schools of feed before they
are squeezed through Blackfish
Sound into Johnstone Strait. This
bait-rich region attracts bottomfish
like halibut, lingcod, and Pacific
yelloweye rockfish, in addition to
massive runs of mature salmon on
their final spawning migrations.
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Port Hardy, Port McNeill, and
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Telegraph Cove have excellent
fishing for trophy chinook, coho,
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Malcolm Island, the northern faces
of Hanson Island and the Plumper
Islands, the western side of Parson
Island, and the southern face of
Swanson Island. Drop a heavy
drift-jig or spreader bar with bait
for abundant bottomfish between
Malcolm and Cormorant Islands; in
europa, Weynton, Bolivar, or Ripple
Passages; off Keogh or Morgan
Shoals; or offshore at Farquar Bank,
Pine and Storm islands, or Sealed
Reef.
Vancouver Island, Victoria & The Gulf Islands Win a Dream Fishing Adventure. www.bcfroa.ca/duncanby
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