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Vancouver Island Early Summer: Chinook at Constance Bank, Coho Off Nanoose

Vancouver Island Early Summer: Chinook at Constance Bank, Coho Off Nanoose

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This is Artificial Lure with your Vancouver Island fishing report. We’ve got a generally stable early‑summer pattern around the Island this morning: light winds, patchy overcast giving way to bright breaks, and mild temps. Environment Canada’s coastal summary calls for calm to light northwest winds with only a slight chop in most inside waters, ideal for both small boats and shoreline casting. Sunrise around the south Island is just after 5 a.m., with sunset close to 9:20 p.m., giving a long fishing window. The key bite periods have been the classic low‑light slots: first light to mid‑morning, and then again in the last two hours of daylight when the glare drops and bait pushes in tight. Tides in the Strait of Georgia and Juan de Fuca today are running moderate, not those huge spring swings we had earlier in the month. That’s meant softer currents through the late morning and a bit more action on the smaller points and secondary structure. Anglers working the turn and the first push of the flood have reported the best numbers. Out in saltwater, the focus is still on chinook and the usual mix of coho and feeder springs. Local tackle shops from Victoria to Nanaimo have been talking about solid bait marks in 120–180 feet, with most fish coming 20–30 feet off bottom. Productive setups have been 3–3.5‑inch spoons in green‑glow, cop‑car, and Irish cream, as well as anchovy in green or chartreuse teaser heads behind a glow or UV flasher. Herring‑aid and moon jelly patterns have been hot when the sun gets higher. Reports this week include steady numbers of legal‑size chinook off Constance Bank and the Humps, with plenty of undersize feeders keeping rods bouncing. Coho are starting to show in better numbers off the east side—off Nanoose and up toward French Creek—most of them on smaller spoons and hootchies in white, UV purple, and pink. If you’re targeting coho, speed up that troll and run your gear a bit higher in the water column. On the inshore and beach side, sea‑run cutthroat and bull trout have been cruising the estuaries and creek mouths. Small baitfish patterns, 2–3‑inch white or olive soft plastics, and little blue‑silver spoons have been the go‑tos. A slow, twitchy retrieve has outfished a straight crank. Freshwater action has been good with the stable weather. The Island’s stocked lakes are still giving up rainbows and cutthroat in the early hours. Folks are doing well with small spinner patterns, micro spoons, and the old standbys—dew worms under a float or a small bit of PowerBait off the bottom. Fly anglers stripping leech patterns and damsels along drop‑offs are reporting consistent hookups. A couple of hot spots to circle for today: • Around Oak Bay and the Gap: Good chinook marks in 140–160 feet, with bait stacked on the flood. Run anchovy or 3‑inch spoons right near bottom, and don’t be shy about fishing tight to the structure when the current eases. • North of Nanaimo toward Neck Point and up toward Five Fingers: Coho and feeders have been hitting smaller spoons and hootchies, especially on the afternoon flood, with birds working scattered bait balls on the surface. For bait, anchovy and herring strips remain top of the list offshore, while prawns, dew worms, and roe are doing the work in rivers and lakes. On the lure side, think compact and flashy in the salt, natural and subtle in the lakes. That’s your Island report from Artificial Lure—thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next update. 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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