Finally, we were able to get out on the salt chuck. We started late, but our lines were in the water by 3 p.m. A new version of AP Tackleworks herring spoon Neon Army Truck was hot. We landed 6 springs, and 4 were legal. All the springs were white. We had to quit by 5 p.m. as we limited our catch.

 

Conditions were sketchy as it was forecasted all day for high winds with 25 MPH gusts. Visually, it was calm. So we took a gamble for an afternoon adventure.

We reached our destination NNE, 2 miles from the islands called the fingers, near the entrance of Nanaimo Harbour. Our downrigger was 140 and 160 feet. Trolling against the current at 1.8 to 2.5 MPH, the first hit didn’t take long. For the next two hours, we had numerous hits and landed 6 Chinook salmons, 4 of which were legal size.

We returned to the launch by 5:45 pm, and the wind storm came. Luck was on our side today.

The next adventure will be to test out a different AP Tackleworks spoon.