Jamie
08-25-2012, 09:25 PM
Sport Fishing institute of BC is now saying the Halibut season will close on September 9.
If last year is any indication, all your favorite Hali boats are going to be booked up ASAP in order to get in a final go round of these fantastic eating fish.
If your even thinking about going in September, I would encourage you to book ASAP. (Providing the below info is correct).
I have some availability in the next week, but it would be on a Day charter basis only, as our Lodge is closing for the season tomorrow. How ever if you had 4 or more in your group, we could work out something.
Day charter rates are only $300/person based on 4 per boat. Salmon is still hot and going to get hotter as the fish continue to grow in size.
Take a read below and give me a call if we can be of any assistance.
Thanks
Jamie
August 23, 2012
Halibut 2012
The Labour Day long weekend is nearly upon us, and unfortunately we must report that DFO will soon be announcing the closure of the recreational halibut fishery in BC. After some discussion, DFO has concluded that recreational anglers will have caught their 15% allocation effective September 9th, 2012. While we can't disagree with their catch projections, and are disappointed that the management measure utilized to slow harvest, the one normal size one under 83cm experiment, was not nearly successful as hoped, we can only interpret the closure as further evidence of the failure of the allocation model.
Sadly, the decision will have a significant impact on hundreds of charter boat operators in coastal communities who will sacrifice significant economic opportunities for a modest catch reduction.
Last year's closure announcement came days before the long weekend and resulted in a spike in catch effort that created an unanticipated catch overage for the recreational sector. This was to be expected when one considers that anglers legitimately wanted to get one last chance at fishing before the season was closed. Unfortunately DFO seems poised to repeat this mistake.
We will undoubtedly spend much of the winter working to find new approaches to dealing with halibut allocation.
For more information contact:
Sport Fishing Institute of BC
t: 604.946.0734
w:www.sportfishing.bc.ca
e: info@sportfishing.bc.ca
The SFI Team,
Sport Fishing Institute of British Columbia
If last year is any indication, all your favorite Hali boats are going to be booked up ASAP in order to get in a final go round of these fantastic eating fish.
If your even thinking about going in September, I would encourage you to book ASAP. (Providing the below info is correct).
I have some availability in the next week, but it would be on a Day charter basis only, as our Lodge is closing for the season tomorrow. How ever if you had 4 or more in your group, we could work out something.
Day charter rates are only $300/person based on 4 per boat. Salmon is still hot and going to get hotter as the fish continue to grow in size.
Take a read below and give me a call if we can be of any assistance.
Thanks
Jamie
August 23, 2012
Halibut 2012
The Labour Day long weekend is nearly upon us, and unfortunately we must report that DFO will soon be announcing the closure of the recreational halibut fishery in BC. After some discussion, DFO has concluded that recreational anglers will have caught their 15% allocation effective September 9th, 2012. While we can't disagree with their catch projections, and are disappointed that the management measure utilized to slow harvest, the one normal size one under 83cm experiment, was not nearly successful as hoped, we can only interpret the closure as further evidence of the failure of the allocation model.
Sadly, the decision will have a significant impact on hundreds of charter boat operators in coastal communities who will sacrifice significant economic opportunities for a modest catch reduction.
Last year's closure announcement came days before the long weekend and resulted in a spike in catch effort that created an unanticipated catch overage for the recreational sector. This was to be expected when one considers that anglers legitimately wanted to get one last chance at fishing before the season was closed. Unfortunately DFO seems poised to repeat this mistake.
We will undoubtedly spend much of the winter working to find new approaches to dealing with halibut allocation.
For more information contact:
Sport Fishing Institute of BC
t: 604.946.0734
w:www.sportfishing.bc.ca
e: info@sportfishing.bc.ca
The SFI Team,
Sport Fishing Institute of British Columbia