Port Renfrew Marina is seeing the great August fishing we have come to expect. Afternoon high tides and perfectly smooth seas have combined to produce great Halibut and Salmon catches.
Halibut masters Des Hatchard http://www.viciousfishcharters.com/ and Dwayne Isaac continue to stun us with their catches. Des brought in on one charter 6 Halibut 35, 45 ,55, 100, 110 and 112, also 5 Red Snapper all in the10 pound range. Dwayne came in with a 156 Halibut, a 74 and 2 others in the 50 pound range.
Other notable catches were Bill from Island Marble brou
ght in a 75 and Matt Wylie with a 104 pounder.
ght in a 75 and Matt Wylie with a 104 pounder. Chinook fishing is right on track to be one of our best big fish years. We are almost at the 30 Springs over 40 pounds to date which will translate into a possible 60 over 40 pound by mid September.
Catches of notable size for the past week are:
Gerry Hamilton 39, 43
George Klimek 48.5
Deb Ribeyre 43
Jordan Bruvold 41
Cole Cross 36.5
Larry Whyte 37
Marty Fladager 39
Bob LaFleche 36
Merv Pywell 35
Gerry Gammie 35
Noah Baxter (age,8) 28
Carol Wardlow 33
Carol Combs 31
Travis Kernachan 34
Judy Thorarinson 36
Daniel & Nichol Burkmar 31, 31
Melanie Kew 41
Kerry Rawlick 42
Mark Roberts 37, 33, 32
Nick Driedger 33
Shawn kent 34
Liana Sanbrooks 31
Steven Hawes (age,10) 35
Bud & Rex