Port Hardy Salmon/Halibut Fishing Pictures

[Serengeti Charters]

Well the season has began up here, so far so good. Been out a couple times exploring and finding new spots for our guests, and I'm super excited about some of the spots I've found...unreal...hit bottom and within 5 seconds have a Lingcod or Yelloweye (Snapper) on. We got limits of Lingcod, Snapper, and other Rockfish and that has been as easy as pie to be honest, filling the freezer :) :)

Some big halibut already as well in some new spots...keeping all my old reliable spots for halibut and everything for when guests start coming out. Plus they'll have all the new spots to fish as well...in all conditions we'll have some great fishing guys, super excited!!

Give us a shout for bookings for 2013 asap, as it's booking up quickly. Here are some pictures of the last few days, and I have a video loading now that I"ll post later :)

David

65lbs
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Monster
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100lbs
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75lbs
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[BGSH]

Good stuff, love the big halibut, best eating fish ever

[Tofinofish]

Awesome!!!

[TreeGuy]

Nice!

Shall we be treated to the annual tradition of, Larry in a 'Nucks jersey yet again? :D

[Serengeti Charters]

Nice!

Shall we be treated to the annual tradition of, Larry in a 'Nucks jersey yet again? :D

You betcha....he was just up here hunting bear with my Dad...we talked about how he has to do it for TWO days this year...will be a great sight.

[Serengeti Charters]

Here is the video of catching the 75lber...took 7 hrs to load onto youtube...no idea why...weird!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rg2i0YEp9U&feature=youtu.be

how do you embed the video in the post? I tried the embed link thingy from youtube but didn't work.

[elnino54]

Dave,

I find the videos take forever to upload onto YouTube, especially if they are HD. Don't know about imbedding the video........

How deep are you fishing for the Yellow Eye Rockfish? I heard you have to be
200' plus.....is that true? Thx.

Craig

[Serengeti Charters]

No, not necessarily Craig...some of those Yelloweye were caught in 90ft of water...for the most part they may be a lil deeper though.

[Sitkaspruce]

Trout heads???????

Pinks yes, but never thought of trout heads.......

Will have to try that one.

Great video David!!!

Cheers

SS

[Serengeti Charters]

Slayed some salmon today, between 18-22lbs, was non stop action in the morning...pics to follow

[Mike_W]

Slayed some salmon today, between 18-22lbs, was non stop action in the morning...pics to follow

David I hate you!! jk
Im sitting here shaking retriver looking at a duck....just can't wait to get out there!!

Congrats on what seems like a great start to 2012 .......39 more sleeps and Im port hardy bound......not that im counting:thinking-006:

[Serengeti Charters]

Definitely some beers when you come up Mike! Out again tomorrow, will report back. Wind is howlingggg here like crazy, hopefully settles down by tomorrow like its supposed to.

[WillyOneStyle]

nice pics

[thebaldguy]

I'm moving to the Island in Aug...I'm drooling with a "semi" looking at these pictures...can't wait to explore the fishing there. Hey I might even have my own picts to post ; )

[dtbuckmaster]

Looking Good David. Another 11 days till we come and looking forward to getting into some awesome fishing. Those are some hogs you were catching!
Duane

[Alberta Bigbore]

Some awesome fish caught over there!

[SNAPFisher]

Dave, coming over there to spend some time with you and family (July 14/15). Really looking forwards to it! Keep stiring up the fish in the meantime.

[Serengeti Charters]

Looking forward to it!!!

Salmon have arrived in big numbers, my boat didn't target them today but did ling and rockfish and limited out on them, yesterday we also did ling and rockfish and got 15 ling and 19 rockfish. Those that did target salmon limited out fairly easily...they are here and good sized as well...be excited :D

[elnino54]

Great News Dave...........That's what I've been waiting to hear !!!!

[Serengeti Charters]

Absolutely destroying the fish right now...some real nice Chinook coming in, and it's literally non stop action, every pass fish on, don't have to wait more than 5min between Chinook bites!!! You guys have to get up here to experience it for yourselves, 2013 is booking up quick. More pics soon.

[KegRiver]

I'll be heading out there in four days, God willing.

Me and my brothers will spend a week chasing those big Salmon and Halibut I've heard so much about.

[Mudslide]

Hi I'm thinking of coming up to the Hardy area in Sept but was wondering what salmon would be running at that time?

Thanks
MUD

[blackpheasant]

Nice!

Shall we be treated to the annual tradition of, Larry in a 'Nucks jersey yet again? :D

Thanks Sean you had to remind me...:mad0030:

Nucks are going downhill fast so I think next year we will be breaking tradition and putting David into a nice Flaming C jersey, can't bloody well wait..

[Serengeti Charters]

Here's some pics, yesterday got 2 in mid 30's...some bigger around for sure too. The hali in the first pic is 95lbs.

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ONE BOAT FOR ONE DAY...and honestly an average day!

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[browning375]

Can't wait till i'm out there! 11 more sleeps, but who's counting!

[elnino54]

Can't wait till i'm out there! 11 more sleeps, but who's counting!

9 more sleeps for me......but I'm not counting either......lol

[SNAPFisher]

9 more sleeps for me......but I'm not counting either......lol

28 more sleeps for me...Trust me...I'm counting!

[blackpheasant]

About 60 more days for us to wait and we started counting the days last July!!!

[pope]

Thanks Dave and Dave!!!
That's me and my kid in some of those recent pics. I took the Father's day special and went with my dad at 78, my father in law at 74, and my son at 17. Hats off to Dave and David of Serengetti - 3 incredible days of fishing. It is totally amazing to see a father / son team both get so excited at every fish hit even though they have seen it a million times! Best guides, bar none!
The first two days were fantastic with spings between 20-29 lbs, a 95 lb hali and so many snapper, ling and rock fish we couldn't even close the fish box on the boat. The last day was slow due to a bad storm, but we still got some springs including a 34 and 35 Tyee! (I got the biggest!) I'll take that for a slow day of fishing!
At 78 my Dad caught his first chinook salmon - and also tagged a 34 lb Tyee. He is still talking about the 600 feet of line peeled off the reel!
If you are on your way there - get ready for a fantastic time and some great fishing. It will only get better.
The hosts are great and food and lodging excellent. Thanks too to Miss Heather (I) for those lovely meals and hospitality! Also to deck hand Tanner - great fun on the boat! I'd go back in a heart beat!
We will be back!
Thanks from Tim, Ron, Tim and Devon!

[browning375]

Thanks Dave and Dave!!!
That's me and my kid in some of those recent pics. I took the Father's day special and went with my dad at 78, my father in law at 74, and my son at 17. Hats off to Dave and David of Serengetti - 3 incredible days of fishing. It is totally amazing to see a father / son team both get so excited at every fish hit even though they have seen it a million times! Best guides, bar none!
The first two days were fantastic with spings between 20-29 lbs, a 95 lb hali and so many snapper, ling and rock fish we couldn't even close the fish box on the boat. The last day was slow due to a bad storm, but we still got some springs including a 34 and 35 Tyee! (I got the biggest!) I'll take that for a slow day of fishing!
At 78 my Dad caught his first chinook salmon - and also tagged a 34 lb Tyee. He is still talking about the 600 feet of line peeled off the reel!
If you are on your way there - get ready for a fantastic time and some great fishing. It will only get better.
The hosts are great and food and lodging excellent. Thanks too to Miss Heather (I) for those lovely meals and hospitality! Also to deck hand Tanner - great fun on the boat! I'd go back in a heart beat!
We will be back!
Thanks from Tim, Ron, Tim and Devon!


That's awsome! A trip to remember for the rest of your life, not only to spend it with your family but to have Epic fishing on top of it.

I would love to do that with my family but seems like everyone is to busy any more to commit to an outing like that.

Im just glad to have a wife that loves fishing as much as i do and does not mind going out to the coast on a strictly fishing vacation. Godbless her!

[Mudslide]

No time to answer a prospective client's simple questions? I guess I'll look elsewhere.
Thanks anyway

[pope]

Send them a pm and you will do better.
They are on the go from 430 am to 930 pm or later -so they are a little busy and would notice a pm before looking through the threads.

[browning375]

No time to answer a prospective client's simple questions? I guess I'll look elsewhere.
Thanks anyway

If you sent David a pm he will return it as soon as he can, they are on the water for Most of the day, then when they are back they are busy dressing fish and entertaining their guests. Be patient, he will get back to you I due time.

He has returned all my Pm's I have sent him with in the week. Trust me, these guys are worth the wait for their expertise in that area.

[Serengeti Charters]

Hi I'm thinking of coming up to the Hardy area in Sept but was wondering what salmon would be running at that time?

Thanks
MUD

Sorry Mud, didn't even see this question and as pope said, long days, early Sept there will possibly be Chinook around in decent but not the best numbers...TONS of big northern Coho...Port Hardy is well known for its big coho in that time of the year. They are quite the fight and a handful. The Chinook that are around are usually of the larger size as well. Overall very fast paced action with the Coho and then some Chinook in between.

[Mudslide]

Sorry guys: I think I need a Snickers. Thanks for the info.

Mud

[wildman]

watched a few episodes of "The Lodge" on WFN....
you guys make these TV guys look really LAME!!!!!
a good catch on that show is RARE....
REALLY GLAD I booked with SERENGETTI!!!!!
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS THIS AUGUST!!!!!!!!
SUPER STOKED!!!!!!
WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[Serengeti Charters]

Really looking forward to having you!!!! We'll nail some fish, and you'll have a blast...be ready to laugh...and maybe go to the gym before reeling in the big fish :lol:

Had The Hunting Chronicles out today, some great bottomfish and halibut footage, and even some salmon, literally hit bottom and fish on when going for Snapper and Ling, you'll see this upcoming winter first hand! No BS here!! 2 more days with them, I know we'll have some amazing footage, pics to come soon! Some real nice halibut today too!

[Serengeti Charters]

Wow, what a day out there with the hunting chronicles, SO excited for show to come out and you can all see how unreal the fishing is here first hand. 100+lb halibut today, tons of yelloweye, and when we did salmon fish it was non stop action guys! Tomorrow is an all salmon day...more action for show. There will be 2 shows, one on salmon and one on hali/bottomfish...fishing doesn't get any better than here

[Serengeti Charters]

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100lbs

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Tons of Snapper and salmon hiding beneath the hog
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[blackpheasant]

Wow, what a day out there with the hunting chronicles, SO excited for show to come out and you can all see how unreal the fishing is here first hand. 100+lb halibut today, tons of yelloweye, and when we did salmon fish it was non stop action guys! Tomorrow is an all salmon day...more action for show. There will be 2 shows, one on salmon and one on hali/bottomfish...fishing doesn't get any better than here

Well how did day 3 go???

[Serengeti Charters]

NAILED THEM!!!!!!!!! Into more than 35 Chinook today PER BOAT My boat got 10 Chinook and my dad's got 8, all tagged out. We released several fish between 15 and 18lbs as well, lost a lot, and missed a lot...this show is gonna be great guys, will really show what you can expect with us, NO BS from us, what we say is what we deliver on.

Most Chinook were between 22-30lbs, in morning was a bite every 20min or so, then in afternoon literally could hardly get 2 rods down...Chinook were hitting so much. More than once I just got it down and was tightening the reel to downrigger and bang, fish on. Have plenty of pictures, but day off tomorrow, so time to celebrate with the guys with a few pops, will post tomorrow afternoon.

This is what fishing with us is like...we know the waters, no one else was catching what we were catching and we were the only boats there... :D Just the way I like it.

[Serengeti Charters]

Double header, 30lbs and 24lbs
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Days Catch, many more released and lost/missed

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[blackpheasant]

Great pic with your dad and crew there on the Grady!! things are looking good for another banner year out there for you guys and your clients!!!!!

[Serengeti Charters]

Slaughtered them today, limit of chinook (8) by 9am, lost many more and missed some. Then went and limited out on yelloweye (snapper) and lingcod and caught some hali as well. Limited out on everything pretty much by 1pm...fishing does NOT get any better anyother place guys. Bookfor 2013 asap as dates are going very quick!! Pictures coming later tonight as have to go back down to boat to get camera

[Dona]

I see no mention of Spring Salmon. Are they not running in your area?

[blackpheasant]

I see no mention of Spring Salmon. Are they not running in your area?

Chinook/Spring are the same fish....and by the look of Davids pics the springs are stacked up in there pretty good right now....:)

[Serengeti Charters]

Yup, just what larry said. Here are a few pics from today...this is ONLY from ONE boat...my boat, I will post pics from my dads catch which is almost exactly the same tomorrow...so imagine twice as many fish for two boats...this is only one. UNREAL fishing...

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[Serengeti Charters]

Tagged out on Chinook by 11am today...could of easily been earlier...that's 8 Chinook per boat!! In the afternoon it got EVEN better, 6 CHINOOK IN 30 MINUTES! Rods in, double header, rods back in, double header! This is the kind of fishing we have here...best fishing on the coast :) Pics coming shortly

[Serengeti Charters]

Here are the pictures...3 OVER 30

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BIG BOY

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[Mike_W]

Hey David Looks like the fishing is hot right now ...Ill be up in two weeks now.:sHa_shakeshout:

See you then,
Mike

[Serengeti Charters]

It's great...limits of Chinook and halibut again today...9 Chinook, biggest 36lbs, 4 over 30lbs! Fishing doesn't get any better anywhere else :) Pics tomorrow.

[Trout Enemy #1]

Dave,Dave and Heather thank you again for a fantastic year of fishing as usual was the best ever and the memories continue to stack up.

Your fishery is awesome and your knowledge, skills along with your passion for catching Fish is the best in the industry by far.

Of course we will be back again next year wish we had more time this year as it always goes by so fast!!

You guys all take care and kick some ass in 2012

P.S got the fish home and still trying to replicate Heather's special recipe not an easy task but I will keep trying

Cheers David:fighting0074:

[Serengeti Charters]

Thanks Dave...man, you're always a huge blast on the boat. We had a good time, and caught a lot of fish :D

Fishing is still on fire, limiting out on salmon in only a couple hours, yesterday same thing, 8 Chinook in no time at all, then loaded up on bottomfish and 85lb and 50lb halibut. Here are the pics.

MY DAD'S BOAT CATCH

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MY BOAT'S CATCH

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[Serengeti Charters]

Limits again today after a day off yesterday. Dad limited with 6 Chinook by 9am, then went and limited on halibut and rockfish. We limited out on 8 Chinook and 2 Coho as well.

Our fishery is the definition of consistency, that's 8 days in a row now with limits being caught...and we are just getting into July when it really picks up. Give us a call or PM me if you're interested in 2013 as dates going very quickly! :)

[Serengeti Charters]

Yesterday slowed down as big low system moved in and that always hurts fishing, still got 2 over 30lbs, but then today limits again, including 37 and 38lb Chinook...Tyee's every day if not a couple it seems. Weather looks unreal over next week, excited to get out there, will let you know how it goes.

[Serengeti Charters]

Today was bottomfish day for the GasFrac group, limits of snapper, halibut and lingcod were caught. Including a 100lb halibut, that's already my 4th over 100lbs this season on my boat alone!

Our guests limited out on all their Chinook and Coho in the first two days, as well as some ling and hali and snap, so it ended up for their trip they limited out on everything :D

[SNAPFisher]

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[Bigwoodsman]

Going to be out that way around the 22nd of August for a week visiting the FIL at Sointula on Malcolm Island. What's fishing like out there at that time of the year?

BW

[Serengeti Charters]

Lots of Coho out here that time of year and bigger Chinook.

Dad was out today, limited his guests out including THREE over 30lbs, including a 39lber. ;) Fishing is good, big ones showing up now...non stop action. Weather doesn't look great over next few days in terms of wind (very sunny though) so that will put a damper in ability to get lots of fish, but should still be able to get a good number of salmon.

[Serengeti Charters]

Limits in Chinook caught today by 10am for 3 people on my boat, two over 30 on my boat alone, between the two boats 4 over 30, 30, 31, 33, 33!

Also a 120-140lb halibut was released after a 45min battle on salmon gear! Great job Mark on letting it go! :)

Wind is coming up pretty good next couple days, we'll see how she goes but I'm sure with our larger boats we'll still be able to get out to the fish :)