British Columbia - Fishing Vancouver Island: Saltwater Options

                                                                                         

Fishing Vancouver Island, British Columbia, encompasses two different sorts of angling, both fresh and salt water. For now, let's take a look at the salt water variety and come back to fresh water fishing at a later date.

For the best salt water fishing in Canada, you would be hard put by to beat Vancouver Island. Anglers here fish the waters for six different species of salmon, rockfish, and barn door halibut, as well as some rather unusual salt water options. These fish can be taken from both head-boats and charters.

If you are planning a weekends fishing in British Columbia, you might want to extend your stay a little, prices are about the same as in the US, but the CAD exchanges at around 64 cents to the dollar, so you make a saving of 33 % on everything you have to pay for apart from gas. This sells per liter and works out to be more expensive. Apart from your savings on the exchange rate of the dollar, there is also a Federal rebate on Goods and Services Tax.

A boat trip will take you from Victoria for a day out on the sea to catch both bottom fish and fly fish for salmon. It is better to avoid the busiest season, because it gets very busy. Reasonably priced and good value for money live on-board operations will take you out to find the best traditional fishing spots and guarantee you a catch worth talking about. Once of the most popular spots is the entrance to the Queen Charlotte Islands, Port Hardy.

During early and late season cheap packages can be found where visitors can get a couple of day's fishing, accommodation and flights out of Vancouver for all inclusive prices. These packages are available across the entire price spectrum and fly lodges will include guides and up-scale accommodation, as well as extras.

Staying in a B&B is also reasonable and you can include in the price of your stay a day charter which includes both bank and beach fishing as well as shrimping, crabbing, musseling and clamming.

There are enough good camping places to be found, but Vancouver has two seasons, wet and dry. Camping is not really practical in the wet season and can actually be downright uncomfortable. Budget accommodation can be found virtually anytime except salmon season.

Uclet and Tofino celebrate a salmon festival in the fall and offer inexpensive lodging and wonderful seafood all year round. They can be a little far to travel to from Port Alberni, for a weekend, but if you stay a few extra nights it is worth taking the trouble.

Taking a trip to Big Bank is worthwhile if you don't get sea-sick. Fleets of charters are available to do this. If you take your own boat make sure you check the tide tables and weather. Using the locals is a better idea as they know the best angling options. If you don't like boating at all and prefer to stand on your own two feet, you still have lots of angling options. Flies and streamers may be cast from the beach, piers and rocky outcrops. There is plenty of salmon, flatfish, herring, rock fish and perch to be caught. If you are lucky you might even get eel or octopus... Delicious!

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