Fishing Forecast Spring/Summer 2016 Ucluelet
Chinook Salmon Forecast The Chinook (King) salmon forecast for the Ucluelet area is the best we have seen in a quite a few years. Higher returns than normal are expected in many Washington rivers around the Columbia including the Columbia itself which all affect us. While not all areas in Southern Vancouver Island are supposed to have strong runs, Ucluelet should do very well. The winter sample numbers of Chinook caught around southern Vancouver Island as well as very strong March/April catches in Victoria and Ucluelet point to a better than normal early season and summer. Barkley Sound/Stamp River ![]() So in conclusion we expect to have better than nomal fishing for Spring, Summer and Fall. We are already getting confirmation of that since most of our early season trips have limited out with Chinook including some that were hampered by early season winds. We expect to have larger Chinook showing up in August like has been expected in most of the years past. We had a little dip in size in 2013 and every year it has been getting better since then. July should have the best numbers but we should see the most Tyees (over 30lbs) come during August. Limits have stayed the same with 2 Chinook allowed per person per day and 4 as the carrying limit. Coho limits are the same as Chinook. We are waiting to see if they will let us keep 1 wild Coho per person offshore. If not we would have to keep hatchery Coho when not in Barkley Sound. Halibut Forecast Our halibut fishing should be similar to past years or slightly better. Halibut are already starting to show up in the early season and we expect them to start being strong in starting in May like happened last year. Ocean conditions around the Ucluelet area appear favorable this year. Limits have stayed the same with 1 up to 133 cm and 1 up to 83 cm. Check out our fishing packages to book your fishing trip today! Space is limited.
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