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Fishing Video for the West Coast of British Columbia
Sam Vandervalk
Spectacular video footage of what you can expect to see when coming to the west coast of Vancouver Island with Salmon Eye Charters
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Salmon Eye Charters
A Big day
One of the many good days in 2009 and what we expect for this coming season!
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60lb Halibut trolling off Vancouver Island
Fishing the west coast of Vancouver Island BC on July 31, 2012 for salmon and halibut. This day we hooked a halibut at 100 feet, so we put the line down to the bottom and got a couple more halibut and salmon. www.salmoneye.net for more fishing videos.
Sam Vandervalk
The forecast for the 2014 Columbia River return is higher than 2013 was. In 2013 the Bonneville dam estimated more than 1.1 million Chinook went through and this is the highest number of Chinook since 1938 when the Bonneville dam started recording! Normal years have seen returns in the 500,000 to 800,00 mark the past decade, so this is a huge jump. Forecasting is a hard game and there are many variables, but right now we are expecting a very strong run again. This means we will have great Chinook fishing through June and July with lots of Columbia Chinook around Ucluelet.
The Chinook return forecasted for Southern BC rivers and the Fraser river are very good which means we should have great August and early September fishing for Chinook in the 15-40lb range with the odd 50lb plus Chinook. The Canadian forecast is often quite conservative, so we are looking forward to a good August which means the reels will be screaming and there will be lots of high fives!
Thanks to everyone who has booked with us this past summer and for all those who couldn't make it this year be sure to check out our past fishing reports! Below are some of the pics from the 2013 season and the Bonneville Dam Counts the past few years. The Bonneville Dam is the lowest dam on the Columbia River and the dam where the greatest number of Chinook salmon will pass through.
Salmon Eye Charters
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Year ▴ StartDate EndDate Dam ChinookAdult ChinookJack
2013 1/1/2013 11/12/2013 BON 1129149 171005
2012 1/1/2012 12/31/2012 BON 589937 143993
2011 1/1/2011 12/31/2011 BON 677171 186030
2010 1/1/2010 12/31/2010 BON 809799 92641
2009 1/1/2009 12/31/2009 BON 480284 218837
2008 1/1/2008 12/31/2008 BON 518942 68486
2007 1/1/2007 12/31/2007 BON 275954 83721
2006 1/1/2006 12/31/2006 BON 493708 32830
2005 1/1/2005 12/31/2005 BON 570413 30002
2004 1/1/2004 12/31/2004 BON 846026 60256
2003 1/1/2003 12/31/2003 BON 921314 75346
2002 1/1/2002 12/31/2002 BON 871763 54649
2001 3/15/2001 11/15/2001 BON 867728 103391
2000 3/15/2000 11/15/2000 BON 401711 90194
1999 3/15/1999 11/15/1999 BON 306981 36195
1998 3/15/1998 11/15/1998 BON 248860 32084
1997 3/15/1997 11/15/1997 BON 360673 26415
1996 3/15/1996 11/15/1996 BON 272884 23749
1995 3/15/1995 11/15/1995 BON 189419 50631
1994 3/15/1994 11/15/1994 BON 208197 35253
1993 3/15/1993 11/15/1993 BON 259337 18320
1992 3/15/1992 11/15/1992 BON 219688 36611
1991 3/15/1991 11/15/1991 BON 226411 48211
1990 3/15/1990 11/15/1990 BON 296525 44443