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Starting the Season with a Bang
Get a jump on the fishing season with some tips for fishing Langara Island in May and June.
Early June will be a great time for Chinook, but will indeed be a little early for any real numbers of Coho. There should be some very large Chinook around then.
Good numbers of fish in the 40 to 70 lb range have been taken in early June over the years, so make sure you’ve got everything ready to land a big fish before you put your rods in the water. It’s not easy to set the net up when you’ve got that fish of a lifetime at the business end of your rod!
My favorite spots for Chinook at Langara in early June are Coho Point, Andrews Point and Gunia Point. If the weather permits, the Lighthouse and Lacy Island are always consistent producers as well.
Some general tips to help get more Chinook:
- Ask the Fishmaster all of the questions you can think of. He’s there to help you catch fish, and is the local expert at the time you’re there.
- Always mooch, never troll. Make sure you are constantly shifting in and out of gear, and stop long enough for your lines to actually hang vertically before you shift back in to gear.
- Never fish against the tide, always fish in a “downstream” direction. Make your drift, pull up your gear and then run back up to the head of your drift and start again. Be concious of the other boats in the area and make sure you don’t hit them with a big wake or run through the fishing area.
- Make sure you try different depths and don’t be afraid to fish deep (8 oz and up to 60 pulls depending on where you’re fishing) and also very shallow (10 pulls especially early in the morning).
- Gunia Point is best on a flood tide moving right up to high slack. Start at the next point towards Pillar Bay and fish right past Gunia Point.
- Andrews Point is best fished in the tide rips fairly far offshore. If you get too close to the point you will be in to black bass. Start about 200 yds offshore right in front of the white triangle and fish with the tide for about ¾ of a mile.
- Coho Point is good on all tides.
For halibut, ask the fishmaster where he recommends catching them. Usually they’ll take you out and show you. Always fish halibut on a slack tide and always use halibut gear. There are plenty of halibut around in early June, but you’ll need to set aside an afternoon to get them as it’s usually a bit of a hunting game to find them. Once you do though, they’re easy to catch.
