FAQs
If you have any questions that you would like answered and are not covered below, just email them to us using our contact form.
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Fly-in or Drive-in, your choice! See the home page for options, or just contact us!
When making your flight arrangements to Vancouver you will want to arrive into Vancouver Airport (YVR) as early on your arrival day as possible, and arrange to leave on your departure day as late in the day as possible.
If you are taking an International flight home you are going to have to be at the YVR Terminal 2 hours prior to your departure.
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If you are staying near Vancouver Airport or crossing the border at Blaine, Washington, and want to drive from there, then the closest Ferry Terminal is Tsawwassen (a 35 minute drive), and then it is 2 hours on a ferry to Nanaimo (Duke Point) - and then a further drive north, then west towards Ucluelet/Tofino.
Please check the BC Ferries Website for schedules and availability - you may want to reserve during peak season.
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Fishing Licenses are not included in our pricing, they need to be purchased separately online. They are available after April 1st.
Get your BC Fishing License online here.
For 4-night/5-day or 3-night/4-day packages, our US customers will want to purchase a 5-day non-resident Saltwater, ie. Tidal Pacific Region license with a Salmon Stamp. You do not need a Halibut stamp for our waters.
For the 4N/5D package, it is Sunday-Thursday, so you will need a fishing license starting on Mondsay. For the 4D/3N package, it is Thursday-Sunday, so you will need a license starting on Thursday.
You will be fishing areas 25 and 125 if you are asked.
If you have any questions, please call us at 1-250-337-5051
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We have many fishing hot spots that are located in protected inside waters. We have veteran guides that only fish the inside waters and they do very well. Gravol has a new ginger based medication available that has proven very effective for motion sickness.
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Yes, your guide will clean, fillet and package your fish. We also offer vacuum packing.
For those of you that are driving we suggest that you bring a 200 qt cooler full of flake ice to store your fish and to transport your fish home with you.
For those of you that are flying, your fish will be vacuum packed and boxed in airline approved shipping boxes. You will want to travel only with a carry-on and your fish will go home with you as your luggage.
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The Trip Limits per Angler are:
8 Salmon of which 4 can be Chinook (Kings) and 4 Coho (Silvers), 2 Halibut with one up to 70lbs and the other up to 25 lbs., 6 Lingcod, and 8 Rock Cod
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Besides your guide you will be the only ones on the boat.
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The average tip for your guide is about $100.00 a day.
Most guests also leave a tip for the kitchen and housekeeping staff and the tip would average about $200.00.
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From May until mid September you are going to have good Halibut and Ling Cod fishing. In May you will also have the opportunity to catch Winter Chinook or Kings, which are resident non-migrating Salmon that average between 12 and 18 pounds.
In late May/early June, the large runs of migrating Salmon start to arrive in our waters.
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Our boats are top-of-the-line covered offshore boats - fully-rigged 24' to 28' Grady Whites, Kingfishers, and Pursuits.
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Yes, our boats have bathrooms!
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Yes, you can BYOB! Just contact us about avalability.
We have great rates on moorage, meals & accommodations.
BYOB and BYOB+Food packages are available.
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No, as we are a floating Lodge.
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This season, we will be celebrating our 43rd year in the Sportfishing business, and we started fishing from the west coast of Vancouver Island 30 years ago.
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We are going to have to wait until the start of the 2025 season to see what fuel prices are at that time, and if it will be necessary to add a fuel surcharge.