![]() ![]() This area is great fun to fish fish too close to the bottom and you will certainly get Ling Cod or Black Bass. The Reef always holds fish no matter what tide, but try and put the reef between you and the tide flow thus puting yourself and the bait in a back eddy. The water around the Reef is from 35 to 90 feet deep and the best tactic is to contour the Reef at various depths. These are not always Nootka Sound fish and are often very agressive feeding Springs and Coho bound for other areas. The big Springs will show up on the Reef sometime in the last weeks of June. Outer Bajo Reef- This is a vast area of Kelp and shallow water frequented by lots of bait and Grey whales. It is the Conuma River Hatchery which enables anglers in the Nootka Sound area to enjoy the most generous Coho limits of marked or unmarked fish on the West Coast.Īrea 1. In addition Nootka fish are also homeward bound to the Gold ,Burman,and most importantly the Conuma River and it's hatchery. , Vancouver Island, Washington and Oregon State Rivers. Halibut are available,and while not as numerous as Quatsino Sound they tend to average quite a bit larger in size.įishing at Nootka Sound intercepts most of the Salmon runs bound for mainland B.C. ![]() ![]() Off-shore there is good to excellent, Ling cod, Snapper and Black bass fishing plus the Salmon can be down-right spectacular. Coho (silvers) are present in large numbers and are often in the 18 to 20 lb range. Springs of 30 to 40 Lbs are quite common and there is always a fish or two over 50 pounds each season. Located mid-way up the West coast of Vancouver Island it is renowned for its large and abundant runs of Springs (King), Coho (silvers), and Chum Salmon. One of the largest and most protected of the 5 Sounds on the West Coast of Vancouver Island accessed through and sometimes mistakenly called Gold River. It is compiled of years of fishing this area and I was told I could share it. A friend of mine who is not a guide but spends more time on the water then most passed this on to me. ![]()
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