Stock photo Seasons & Fish
Halibut
May – October
Closed November to March
Chinook
May – August
The best of the chinook fishing
Coho
June – October
Hook-nose northerns from mid-August
Stock photo I — May to October
May to October is known as the big months for halibut. The winter months, November through March, are closed for halibut fishing — so if halibut is what you came for, plan inside that window.
Stock photo II — May to August
May to August offers the best of the chinook fishing. It overlaps the halibut months, which is why most people who only get one day out here take it somewhere in that stretch.
Stock photo III — June to October
Coho run from June through October. The large hook-nose northerns arrive mid-August, and that is the part of the season worth arranging your trip around if coho is the target.
Stock photo IV — When the day suits it
Wildlife viewing on the run out and back, and Dungeness crabbing in Rupert harbour. Not every day on this coast is a hard-fishing day, and that is no bad thing.
V — Sizes
20 – 50 lb
The average size for a Prince Rupert halibut. A good honest fish, and plenty of it.
290 lb
Captain Steve’s big halibut for 2005, weighed in at 290 lb. Some days the average does not apply.
Tell Steve what you want to catch and when you can travel — he has watched this calendar for 35 years.