The boat was subdued, but the sight of some humpback whales on the way out heightened the excitement of the day. Valerie had decided to stay and do the dives, then head back to Nanaimo to take care of family matters. Sadly, the evening before Valerie got a call that her mother had suffered a heart attack and had passed away.
it was Valerie's birthday, and Scott had planned to take us on a roughly 1-1/2 hour boat ride out to where Nootka Sound meets the Pacific Ocean to a pinnacle known as The Garden. the result of burning snags at a logging operation a few miles from town.ĭay two was supposed to be special. Turning toward home after the dive, a haze hung over the mountains. Dropping down, we immediately found a giant dendronotid nudibranch feeding on some zoanthids. The cliffs topside showed clear evidence of where the house-sized boulders we'd be diving on came from. so named because of a rather impressive rock slide. Our initial dive was at a place called "Boulder Alley". But although the runoff had left a murky halocline on the upper layers, once below the halocline, vis was consistently 50 feet or better. Scott was concerned about visibility, due to the fact that a storm had passed through the few days prior to our arrival. Our first day of diving was a "shakedown". and their friendly, outgoing nature added a great deal to the charm of the trip. Scott runs the boat, while his wife Jude runs the shop. Tahtsa Scuba Diving Charters & tours, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada The sign on the door announces shop hours as "9ish to 5ish" although owners Scott and Jude proved to be as accommodating as they were knowledgeable about the diving. We walked into the local pub on our first night in town and were greeted with a smile and the comment "Oh, you must be the divers". but once summer wanes, Tahsis turns into a sleepy town of about 300 where everybody knows everybody. mostly vacationers who come here for the fishing. Summer months see the town swell to roughly 1500 people. If you ever get the urge to go visit someplace rather off the beaten track, this is a great place to go. Our destination was the village of Tahsis, tucked neatly inside an inlet of Nootka Sound on the northwestern side of Vancouver Island. the final 40 miles on an unpaved logging road through the rugged interior mountains of northern Vancouver Island. With the border crossing, ferry ride up the Inside Passage between mainland and Vancouver Island, and 375 miles of driving, it was roughly a 12-hour trip.
Our fifth team member, Valerie, would be meeting us in Tahsis. I left at 3:15 for an early hook-up with my teammates Curt Bowen and John Rawlings from Advanced Diver Magazine, and photographer Bruce Yates. Contact us to enquire.Here's the trip report with a few more pictures. This is a serious fisherman’s paradise!ĭue to the ruggedness of this trip and the big ocean water it is a trip we only offer on occasion as we are almost entirely in the calm sheltered and relaxing waters of Campbell River for our season. Nootka Sound is on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. We will fish a style that suits your wants! You will fish aboard our 25′-28′ covered fishing boats enabling you to enjoy your Nootka Sound Salmon Fishing in comfort while fishing the big waters of the west coast. Downrigging, light tackle, jigging, fly fishing and more the opportunities are endless.
The hard battling Chinook average 25 lbs with fish in the Tyee class (over 30lbs) quite common, while the acrobatic surface fighting Coho will average 10 lbs. The waters of Nootka Sound and Nootka Island, offer some the west coast’s best fishing for Chinook (King) Salmon, Coho (Silver) Salmon and bottom fish such as Halibut, Ling Cod and rock fish. SOME OF THE WEST COAST’S BEST EXTREME FISHING
0 kommentar(er)
