Stock photo Prince Rupert · British Columbia
When you step aboard the Orca Mist, you aren’t just hiring a boat — you’re getting 35 years of North Coast experience.
35+
Years guiding out of Prince Rupert
30′
Custom-built aluminum cabin cruiser
27 mph
Minimum speed out to the grounds
290 lb
The skipper’s big halibut of 2005
I — The Operation
Deep Spring Charters is Captain Steve Hardie and the Orca Mist, working the water off Prince Rupert on the North Coast of British Columbia. Thirty-five years of guiding here means knowing where the fish are on a given tide, in a given month, in a given year — and that is most of the job.
Salmon, halibut and ling cod are what we go after. There is wildlife viewing on the way out and back, and Dungeness crabbing in Rupert harbour when the day suits it.
The boat & the skipper →
Stock photo II — The Fish
Stock photo Chinook fish best from May through August. Coho run June to October, and the big hook-nose northerns show up mid-August.
Stock photo May to October are the big months. The average Prince Rupert halibut runs 20 to 50 lb — November to March is closed.
Stock photo Ling cod are on the list alongside the salmon and halibut. Ask what they have been doing when you call to book.
Also aboard: wildlife viewing on the run out and back, and Dungeness crabbing in Rupert harbour.
Stock photo III — The Boat
Stock photo Book direct with the skipper
Call Steve on 250-624-1995, or send an email. It is the same person either way.