fishing destinations is that you can of rugged mountains, coastline,
fish three sides of Vancouver Island. and fjords. The fishing season is at
Also, fishing opportunities vary its peak from early June to the end
from day charters to floating fishing of September. The Chinook season
operations to very high-end resorts. begins in June and continues to
Guided charters and resorts are September with anglers targeting
located in many communities, with Chinook of 18 to 23 kilograms (40
amenities and services in Sayward, to 50 pounds), and even monsters
Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Port as big as 27 kilograms (60 pounds)
Alice, Holberg, Quatsino, and Coal have been caught here. Coho in the
Harbor, as well as Alert Bay on 9-kilogram (20-pound) range can
Cormorant Island and Sointula on provide plenty of excitement through
Malcolm Island. July and August with northern Coho
Winter Harbor has been attracting
peaking in September. Halibut,
a lot of attention in recent years as
sometimes as large as 59 kilograms
it makes the transition from one
(130 pounds), as well as snapper,
of the key hubs of the West Coast
lingcod, sole, and flounder are
commercial salmon industry to a
available most of the time. Resorts
sport fishing mecca. Plenty of big fish,
in Rivers Inlet are accessible by
including salmon, halibut, lingcod,
floatplane or boat from communities
and rockfish, and hospitable resorts
on Vancouver Island including Port
are making Winter Harbor a popular
Hardy, as well as from Vancouver.
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Rivers Inlet is also within easy reach of
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fishing is also on the increase at
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Winter Harbor, especially with the
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