May 28 Port Renfrew Fishing Update

The Port Renfrew fishing season has started once again. Early trips are finding plentiful halibut near shore, no need to motor all the way out to Swiftsure Bank. Plus, as is normal for late Spring, the halibut are often bigger than the "chickens" of summer, with 50 pound plus fish fairly common.

The salmon are starting to show up too, with medium size spring salmon (10-15 pound) being caught off East Point and "the beach". The fishing is going to keep heating up, as we approach summer. Good times!



The crabbing is great right now too, with our traps quickly full of big Dungeness.

Starting June 1, the fishing regulations will allow 2 halibut to kept per day, per angler, with a possession limit of 2. The regulations for salmon remain the same as last year, 4 salmon total, of which 2 can be spring (chinook) and 2 can be hatchery coho.

Get yourself to Port Renfrew for some great early season fishing.