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Early Summer Salmon: Light Mornings, Long Evenings, and Bait Pushing Through the Straits

Early Summer Salmon: Light Mornings, Long Evenings, and Bait Pushing Through the Straits

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This is Artificial Lure with your Vancouver Island fishing report. We’ve got a classic early‑summer setup around the Island right now: light mornings, building westerlies in the afternoon, and plenty of bait pushing through the straits. Around Victoria and the South Island, expect calm winds and cloud or broken sun early, with afternoon northwest wind kicking up chop in Haro and Juan de Fuca. Up Island, Nanaimo through Campbell River is seeing similar: cooler mornings, then a bit of a breeze through the day. Pack a windbreaker and be ready for bumpier rides after lunch. Sunrise is right around 5:10 a.m. with sunset close to 9:20 p.m., so you’ve got long low‑light windows to work with. First light to about 8 a.m. and that last 90 minutes before dark are the prime bites. Tides are running moderate today. Around Victoria and Sidney, look for a decent morning flood turning to an early‑afternoon ebb; the flood has been fishing best for salmon on the strait edges and around the Channel. Up in Campbell River, the exchanges are manageable but you’ll still need to watch those classic rips off the points on the big swings—good for bait and fish, bad if you’re not lined up. Chinook salmon action has been spotty but worthwhile if you’re willing to grind. Anglers off Constance Bank and the Humps offshore have been picking fish in the low‑ to mid‑teens with the odd bigger one. Along the shoreline between Clover Point and Albert Head, smaller “feeder” springs and the occasional hatchery coho are showing when the bait stacks. Up Island, the Five Fingers off Nanaimo and the “Green Can” and Bates area off Campbell River have produced legal chinook for boats working structure tight to the contour lines. Best saltwater producers: - Anchovy in teaser heads behind UV or glow flashers, fished 80–140 feet down over 150–250 feet. - Skinny G and Coho Killer spoons in green‑glow, Irish cream, and Herring Aid patterns. - White or glow hootchies with a 32–40 inch leader when the bait is smaller or the water dirties up. Bottom fishers on the banks and nearshore rock piles have been doing well on lingcod and decent keeper rockfish. Big 6–8 inch soft plastics in white or motor‑oil on heavy jigs, plus large herring or squid strips, are the go‑tos. Fish the slack or softer parts of the tide so you can stay near the structure without dragging half the ocean on your line. In the estuaries and beaches, sea‑run cutthroat and the first more consistent pinks and coho are starting to tease fly and spinning‑gear anglers. Small baitfish patterns, blue‑silver and copper‑red Little Cleos, and 3/8‑ounce Buzz Bombs in pink, chartreuse, or pearl have been turning heads when fished with a stop‑and‑flutter retrieve. Freshwater wise, Island lakes are still fishing okay in the mornings before they warm up. Trollers pulling small willow‑leaf or Ford Fender gang trolls with wedding bands tipped with worm, or 1.5–2 inch plugs in perch and rainbow patterns, are finding trout and kokanee where they’re stocked. Fly fishers are doing best with chironomids and leeches suspended under indicators just off the drop‑offs. A couple of hot spots to put on your short list: - **Race Rocks to William Head** for chinook and coho when the flood is pushing bait up onto the structure. Work the edges, not just the pack. - **The Lighthouse and Fransens ledges off Campbell River**, where the current lines and bait balls have been drawing springs and the odd tyee when the tide mellows. Overall, think early and late, fish the transitions in tide, and match the hatch—small bait means scaling down spoons and hootchies. Check local regulations before you head out; size, retention, and area closures change quickly on this coast. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe for more reports and on‑the‑water updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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