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starcrafttom

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I like to fish the halibut season but have not had time to go during our short season and the weather was bad when I did go. to run from Everett is 50 miles each way. So i Sooke area all year round plus kings, silvers, crab and shrimp. Well i punched the numbers and from Washington park launch to sooke is ...50 miles each way. Sounds like a better use of time and money to me to run to Sooke and fish. I know that the fishing in neah bay can be great this time of year but no shrimp or halibut and its a 6 hour drive from marysville plus a ferry.

I was thinking that it was farther so i ran the numbers on a noaa map program. what do you all think?
 
Yeah, we visited Sooke this past May, it's very beautiful. I was watching the boats out fishing for halibut just outside the bay in the Strait.

Why don't you make the run from Neah Bay and really cut down on the boat miles?

Peter
 
because its how many miles for marysville to neah bay by car ??? across a ferry for how much??? :wink:

That was kind of the point. its better to launch at washington park and motor out 50 miles to sooke. its over a 171 mile drive to neah bay from my place. its only a 30 mile drive to launch and then another 50 on the water. I love the water part. Peter why did you not fish while you where there??

oh and I can go anytime in the year for halibut. Even in the summer when the weather is better.
 
starcrafttom":1glmvwzg said:
because its how many miles for marysville to neah bay by car ??? across a ferry for how much??? :wink:

That was kind of the point. its better to launch at washington park and motor out 50 miles to sooke. its over a 171 mile drive to neah bay from my place. its only a 30 mile drive to launch and then another 50 on the water. I love the water part. Peter why did you not fish while you where there??
oh and I can go anytime in the year for halibut. Even in the summer when the weather is better.
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Tom,

Believe me, I was looking wistfully at the fishing boats out out on the water every day . But I assured Caryn that we were there to celebrate her birthday and didn't want to make it a "fishing" trip, although she asked me several times if I wanted to fish. I wanted to check out the town of Sooke first to see where we would moor the boat etc. It turns out there are not many alternatives and it's quite a ways out there along the Strait. Besides, they were fishing for halibut from what I was told because it was too early for salmon and you know me, it's all about the salmon.

For all of you reading this thread and wondering about Sooke (pronounced Sue-k by the locals), it's a nice little town on the west side of Vancouver Island, north of Victoria, right on the Stait of San Juan De Fuca. Funny thing is, all the locals called the Strait the "Ocean", although it's probably 30 or so miles from the opening to the ocean. We stayed at a very beautiful, world-renowned hotel called the Sooke Harbour House with "Ocean" views from our bedroom. Very pricey in case you're interested. For us, it was probably a once in a lifetime experience, next time I'll spend the same money on Hawaii or Mexico. But it was worth it. The hotel was spectacular, the town fairly pedestrian but the locals were very friendly.
 
To bad about the fishing. Yeah the town is well..its marysville and I already live here. No reason really to leave the marina.

good news is the crabbing and fishing. crab off the dock for easy limits. fishing is close to shore and the bay. I want to go back in august if I can get away. want to meet us there????
 
I tried to get dock space at Sooke for when my daughter visits in mid-August (we decided to go to Victoria with her step-brother instead) and they (the resort people) took my information and promised a callback but never got one. I suspect it will be easier to get moorage in Port Angeles or Victoria. What about anchoring in Sooke -- Waggoner's has no information.

Warren
 
There is a very pricey resort with very pricey transient moorgage space. Something in the neighborhood of $100+ per night. No thank you. And yes Warren, the resort employees were a bit snooty. Right next to that resort is a bait shop which offers very affordable moorage space, not fancy but more in my price range. As for anchorage, there seems to be plenty of opportunities in the Sooke harbour or basin and it's real calm in there. I did see a few boats but not a lot.

The biggest obstacle to me would be whether or not I want to cross the strait just to fish out of Sooke. If it were lights out, maybe but probably not.

Peter
 
Jazzmanic":2xtqpnc9 said:
There is a very pricey resort with very pricey transient moorgage space. Something in the neighborhood of $100+ per night. No thank you. And yes Warren, the resort employees were a bit snooty. Right next to that resort is a bait shop which offers very affordable moorage space, not fancy but more in my price range. As for anchorage, there seems to be plenty of opportunities in the Sooke harbour or basin and it's real calm in there. I did see a few boats but not a lot.

The biggest obstacle to me would be whether or not I want to cross the strait just to fish out of Sooke. If it were lights out, maybe but probably not.
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Peter, thanks for that info on moorage. As for why, how does a 35# King sound to you? That is what I caught there last summer outside Sooke (we had been staying in Victoria.) My biggest fish, ever, and reason enough to go back. Also I would like to go after halibut like Tom said.

Warren
 
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