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August fishing update
MV Charlotte Princess - August 10, 2009Fishing remains excellent at Langara with 30 salmon days per boat becoming the norm. The cohos are coming back huge with a 10-11lb average for the last group and 20 fish between 13 and 17lbs.
Bottom fishing trips off the Lighthouse are producing many large halibut and Lings and an abundance of Yellow eye. Chinooks are being caught at all the major points with Langara Rocks Leading the way for this fresh run of August Chinooks. The depths for Chinooks is everywhere from 8-60 pulls with more success fishing shallow in the morning and deep in the afternoon. Anyway folks I’m off to Bruin Bay to look for a 50lber so I’ll see you soon.
Shawn “Cookie” Pennell
Fishmaster, MV Charlotte Princess
Langara Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
P.S. Dan van Stolk just returned from the August 6-9 trip at the MV Charlotte Princess and gave us this great set of photos.
Send to a FriendAugust-run Chinook coming in strong
MV Charlotte Princess - August 5, 2009Hey folks,
Cookie’s back online with some great reports from Langara.
Salmon fishing has been fantastic for the past few days, with a ton of herring bringing in some nice Chinooks and seemingly millions of big Cohos as well. Andrews Point, Cohoe Point and Bruin Bay have been the hotspots for Chinook, with some fish coming from Boulder and McPherson as well.
The fishing has been shallow in the mornings with 12-20 pulls being the key depths. Yesterday morning you could barely get a line to twenty pulls without a big Chinook or 10-14 lb. Coho sucking your bait up.
In other news, the weather has let up enough for us to get a couple of trips out to west side bottom fishing, which produced many Lings and Yelloweye plus 85 and 86 lb halibut.
Anyway it seems the August-run Chinook are coming in strong and the Cho fishing is ridiculously good, to say the least.
Tight lines,
Shawn “Cookie” Pennell
Fishmaster, MV Charlotte Princess
Langara Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Queen Charlottes Fishing Update
Queen Charlotte Islands Fishing Resorts - August 3, 2009Northwest gales have kept our fishing inside Kano Inlet for the last week and consequently Chinook action has been a bit limited. Chris Bridges’ 30 pounder won last trip’s trophy and a 25 pounder is currently the leader for this trip with a day and a half to go. This doesn’t mean that the big ones aren’t still around, it just means that we aren’t presently able to get to the usual spots. The same circumstances apply to halibut fishing although a few of the “chicken“ variety are still showing up on the board.
Coho are saving the day at the moment and they have moved into the Inlet in numbers. While they are not usually accorded the same status as the big Tyees, they are still a great sport fish and a real thrill for our novice anglers. Not bad on the barbeque either!
No significant change in the weather until mid week. Warm and sunny in the Inlet and blowing 30 knots outside.
Captain Ian
MV Salmon Seeker
Queen Charlotte Islands
Langara Island update
MV Charlotte Princess - July 29, 2009Hey folks, Cookie here again. Salmon fishing at Langara has remained strong with most boats limiting out on salmon. The fog wasn’t enough to stop Ivan Nachtigal from landing a beautiful 51lb Chinook off of McPherson Point at 12 pulls in a bait ball. Steve Christianson caught a 29 and thirty pounders in one afternoon while honorable mention should go to Brent Robinson for a 39lber caught off of Andrews and Ricky Knowles for a 35lber. Debbie Hill Spencer brought in a 16lb coho which is awesome for so early in the season. The hali fishing has been solid with multiple large halis being taken off the Lighthouse. The Wong family came in yesterday with a 53 and 38lb halis after a quick afternoon bottom bonk. Anyway folks I need to get back out to Coho Point for the high slack so I’ll be in touch.
More Photos from the MV Charlotte Princess
Queen Charlotte Islands Fishing Resorts - July 28, 2009Send to a Friend
Coho fishing in full force
MV Charlotte Princess - July 18, 2009Hey folks, Cookie here again.
Well, the Coho are here in force, with each boat getting into 20-30 cohos per day. It makes it a little tougher to target Chinooks but they’re still coming in as well in sizes such as 35, 37, 32, 29, 28 and 26 lbs. to top the lists.
Halibut fishing has been spectacular with our organized outings producing trophy halibut daily with a dozen over 50 lbs. in the last 5 days and many 30-40 pounders as well. Mosts guests are limiting on Yellow Eye and Lingcod as well.
Our last group we sent out an incredible amount of boneless, vacuum packed and blast frozen fillets between 30 guests. Two of those guests also became new Master Fishermen in the 100 lb. + halibut category. Way to go guys. Anyway I’m too tired from harpooning huge halis and need to get some sleep so tight lines everybody.
Shawn “Cookie” Pennell
Fishmaster, MV Charlotte Princess
Langara Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Epic fishing
MV Charlotte Princess - July 16, 2009Hey Folks, Cookie here again with some updates on the fishing here in the paradise known as Langara Island.
Chinook and Coho fishing has picked up considerably in the last couple days with most people getting into multiple Chinooks and dozens of Cohos daily. There were massive bait balls all around the island the last couple of days creating a bit of a feeding frenzy. All the major points are producing fish with Cohoe and Andrews Points leading the pack.
Chinooks are biting at all depths depending on where the bait is, but most guests are fishing 35-60 pulls for them to stay away from the millions of friendly neighborhood pinks that have been migrating through in force.
The halibut fishing is outstanding all around the island, with bigger ones (35, 47, 68, 56, 103 lbs._ coming from off the lighthouse in 180-200 ft of water. Our bottom fishing trip today was spectacular with most boats limiting on halis, lings and yellow eye.
The new runs of Chinooks are getting larger by the day with several fish approaching Tyee-class today. Those looking for that master fish of 50 lbs. should be spending some time in Bruin Bay which is producing some slabs. Several 10 lb. plus Cohos hit the dock today just full of herring and needle fish.
Cookie’s Inside Tip Of The Week
When fishing Bruin Bay, Boulder or Explorer Bay use the smallest herring you can find or cut your plugs shorter to more closely emulate a wounded needle fish. Following the birds in these areas also pays off.
Forever tightening lines,
Shawn “Cookie” Pennell
Fishmaster, MV Charlotte Princess
Langara Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Langara Fishing Update
MV Charlotte Princess - July 7, 2009Hey folks, Cookie here again with a brief update.
The past week has been steady for salmon with the Chinooks being a little tougher to get at through the millions of Pinks and Cohos that have saturated the island.
We did have a 41 pounder come in this morning, as well as a few other Tyees. I helped harpoon a halibut this afternoon on one of our bottom fishing adventures that will definitely tip the scales at over 100 lbs. I’m anxious to see when they come in.
Andrews Point has been the workhorse for Chinooks, with Langara Rocks and Lacy producing fish today as well. The week of strong westerly winds finally tapered off today giving us access to the whole island. Tomorrow we will explore a little and see what the west side has to offer. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Salmon continue to be caught at all depths, with 20 pulls at Andrews Triangle Marker being the sweet spot for the big Chinook today.
Tight lines,
Shawn “Cookie” Pennell
Fishmaster, MV Charlotte Princess
Langara Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Lanagara Fishing Update
MV Charlotte Princess - July 2, 2009The fishing remains steady at Langara. Most boats are limiting on Chinooks and Cohos, with many boats reporting 20 or more salmon to the boat each day.
Even with some challenging weather on the west side, many boats got their halis, which are everywhere, and a few lings.
Cohoe and Andrews Ooints have been stellar while Gunia and Boulder have tailed off a bit. 15 pulls is working in the morning with 40-50 working better in the afternoon.
Some nice big fish are coming in, with several fish over 30 lbs. hitting the dock. Half a dozen halis over 50 lbs. hit the dock this week as well.
The Coho are early and surley, with a 17 lber hitting the dock yesterday.
Shawn “Cookie” Pennell
Fishmaster, MV Charlotte Princess
Langara Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
