NOOTKA SOUND LODGES FULL

The orca loved to play around boats, and sadly this ultimately led to his death in March 2006, when Luna got too close to the propellers of a tug boat in Mooyah Bay, one of Luna’s favourite places in winter. Attempts to reunite Luna (L98) with his family were suspended, as the Mowachaht and Muchalaht First Nations believed Luna, or Tsuxit, embodied the spirit of Chief Ambrose Maquinna, who had died just days before the whale was first seen in the area. Nootka Sound and the community of Gold River received tremendous media coverage worldwide in July 2001 when Luna the Killer Whale became a media sensation when he turned up in Nootka Sound after being separated from his pod in Puget Sound in Washington. The Canadian government declared Friendly Cove a National Historic Site in 1923, with recognition of the significance of the First Nations history following in 1997. Yuquot, also known as Friendly Cove, was the summer home of Chief Maquinna and the Mowachaht/Muchalaht people for millennia, and retains historic significance today as the site of the first contact between Europeans and First Nations people in British Columbia.Ī Spanish trading post, Santa Cruz de Nutka, was maintained here between 17, with Nootka becoming an important focal point for English, Spanish and American traders and explorers. While anchoring in Resolution Cove on Bligh Island, across from Friendly Cove, the natives hollered “itchme nutka, itchme nutka”, meaning “go around” (to Yuquot), but Cook misinterpreted their calls, believing the name of the area to be Nootka. In March 1778, Captain James Cook of the Royal Navy became the first European to set foot on British Columbian soil when he visited Friendly Cove on Nootka Island. The mountains and islands of north and central Vancouver Island have a mysterious sense about them, as if they’re always trying to hide some secret, and you do have to travel farther afield here in order to penetrate its cloud-laced valleys, coastal rain forest, and the open ocean waters of its two sounds, Nootka Sound and Kyuquot Sound. Before you know it, November arrives, and in between the southeast gales, anglers can get out for early winter Chinook, with the fishery near Campbell River usually cranking up in December.Steeped in history and surrounded by the natural beauty of the west coast of Vancouver Island, Nootka Sound is a paradise for sport anglers and outdoor adventurers seeking to explore and enjoy the magnificent wilderness surroundings. There also could be productive coho fishing in any shallows with kelp beds where young- of-the-year herring congregate. Lingcod will be open until the end of September and there will be local “niche” fisheries for coho near river mouths, with anglers often casting from the adjacent beaches. As with sockeye, the more gear you can fish, the better, with teaser flashers added to cannonballs for added attraction. Basic pink gear will catch chums, but generally locals in the know will use longer leaders than for sockeye and often rig a small Spin-n-Glo in front of the hoochie. These fish are great scrappers when caught on rod and reel, with peak season generally around Thanksgiving. Even well into October, most chum salmon caught above Seymour Narrows are silver bright. After mid-September the focus will shift into the lower straits as anglers and guides start to target chum salmon, quite often with large coho mixed in the catch. Fish early and late in the day for the best success the change of light seems to reliably provoke the best bites of the day by these large non-feeding fish.

NOOTKA SOUND LODGES FULL

The waterfront Chinook fishery, especially in the Tyee Pool and the adjacent shoreline, will be in full swing until September 15. Scale your lure to the bait size for the species you are after. Coho are often found in the same areas, albeit usually in shallower water, gorging on the young- of-the-year herring.

Just find the bait, usually larger herring, and success will follow. All the usual locations along the drop offs at the south end of Quadra Island from the Cape Mudge lighthouse around to Fransisco Point will hold feeder fish. Certified Tidal Angling Guide Campbell River Fishing Report Click Here For Area 13 Current Regulations September 2020 The first half of September will see a continuation of the summer Chinook fisheries, both for feeder Chinook and maturing fish as they migrate through the lower straits or when fishing along the Campbell River waterfront.

Jermey has been guiding since the 1970’s, based in his hometown of Campbell River and with extensive experience elsewhere, especially in Kyuquot on northwest Vancouver Island. This operation has been in the sports fishing business for over 40 years.

Nootka sound lodges