September 15 Port Renfrew Fishing Report

Summer is winding to a close, but you wouldn't know it around Port Renfrew the last few days. The weather has been beautiful, with sunny, calm days, and the fishing has been really good.

The early rain in August seems to have pushed the Chinook salmon upstream earlier than normal, as we are not seeing many remaining on "the beach". However, the salmon fishing on Swiftsure Bank has been steady, with lots of medium-sized feeder springs and coho to keep the anglers happy. The coho are starting to show closer to shore as well, and we're hoping for good coho fishing well into October.

Halibut continues to be steady on the Bank as well, with the fish smaller but fairly plentiful.

A couple of photos from happy Jolly Rogers clients in early September...Marshall Hawley and family from Vancouver, and Derek Young and crew, both groups from Vancouver.

Jolly Rogers is now into its late season reduced rates. A good time to get out there, especially if the coho start arriving in numbers....because there is nothing in fishing that can beat the fun of battling a 15-20 pound coho!

We hope to see in Port Renfrew soon.