Come to Pedder Bay and experience the beauty of the West Coast and enjoy excellent guided fishing charters,
just minutes from Victoria and Sooke on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Feel the relaxation of salmon fishing and halibut fishing or just enjoy a guided sightseeing tour.

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Salmon Fishing   Victoria
Vancouver Island

Halibut Fishing      Victoria
Vancouver Island

The best Vancouver Island salmon fishing around Victoria and Sooke

925 Pedder Bay Drive,  Victoria, BC.

Phone: 250-478-4156                                  Fax: 250-478-4126

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About The Local Salmon Fishing

British Columbia is home to some of the best salmon fishing in the world. There are 5 native species, Chinook or King salmon, Coho salmon, Sockeye salmon, Chum salmon and Pink salmon and they are all caught in our fishing waters from Victoria to Sooke. These  fish are very powerful, and will give you a great fight. They range in size from 3 to 70+ pounds. Now that you know where to come to find world class salmon fishing, all that you need now is to step aboard "PILGRIM" and have a great day fishing Juan de Fuca Strait. An added bonus to fishing these waters is the surrounding beauty, Hurricane Ridge in Washington State and our own fantastic Vancouver Island coast line, with all it's wildlife.

About The Local Halibut Fishing

The halibut is the largest of the flatfishes and has a thick, but narrow, elongated body. The upper surface of the body is greenish brown or sometimes dark brown or black, but the underside is dingy white.

Size : 58-90 inches, maximum 184 inches

Weight : 33-300 pounds, maximum770 pounds!

Distribution : All throughout the tidal waters of British Columbia.

Halibut are more elongated than most flatfish, the width being about one-third the length. Small scales are imbedded in the skin. Halibut have both eyes on their  upper side. The color on the dark (upper) side varies but tends to assume the coloration of the ocean bottom. The underside is lighter, appearing more like the sky from below. This color adaptation allows halibut to avoid detection by both prey and predator. Spawning takes place during the winter months with the peak of activity occurring from December through February. Most spawning takes place off the edge of the continental shelf in deep waters of 200 to 300 fathoms. Male halibut become sexually mature at 7 or 8 years of age, and females attain sexual maturity at 8 to 12 years. Females lay two to three million eggs annually, depending on the size of the fish.

Fertilized eggs hatch after about fifteen days. Free-floating eggs and larvae float for up to six months and are transported up to several hundred miles by currents of the North Pacific. During the free-floating stage, many changes take place in the young halibut, including migration of the left eye to the right side of the fish. During this time the young halibut rise to the surface and are carried to shallower waters by prevailing currents.

Halibut live quite a long time, but their growth rate varies depending on locations and habitat conditions. Females grow faster and live longer than males. The oldest recorded female was 42 years old and the oldest male was 27 years old. Halibut are the largest of all flatfish. The largest ever recorded for the northern Pacific was a 495-pound fish caught near Petersburg, Alaska.

Food habits: Being strong swimmers, halibut are able to eat a large variety of fishes (cod, turbot, pollock) plus some invertebrates such as crab and shrimp. Sometimes halibut leave the ocean bottom to feed on pelagic fish such as sand lance and herring.

Halibut is a magnificent fish to catch, and adrenalin is running high when the reel is screaming and you know you got a "HALI" on.