Ryan Orr Lodge Manager, Hippa Island
The past week at Hippa presented some wide variation. We started the week right where we left off, with excellent spring salmon fishing. As we moved into the second half of the week the spring fishing seemed to slow down. This type of change can often be blamed on bad weather but in this case the weather remained pretty decent for the duration of the last 2 trips. This week we started to see more coho and the bottom fishing has remained steady so there have been plenty of full fish boxes heading home.
While we continue to try fishing elsewhere, the best spring fishing over the past week was once again at Freeman Rocks. There have been some springs caught off the Lighthouse, off the Shipwreck and at a handful of different spots on the inside but the vast majority have come from Freeman Rocks. Most of the springs are in the low to mid 20’s in terms of size although we did see quite a few more tyees this past week than the previous one. We also added a couple more 40+ lbers to our Brag Board with a 41 lber brought in by Allen Robins and our new season record, a beautiful 46 lber caught by Mick Rogers. Nice work guys.
There have also started to be more coho showing up although still less than we were seeing at this time last season. Most of the coho are in the 8-10 lb range and as can be expected they put up a good fight for their size! We anticipate that more coho will continue to show up in the coming weeks and this always adds a lot of excitement to the salmon fishing.
As the trend has been for most of the season, we continued to have strong bottom fishing results over the past week. The Hump slowed down a little but it has continued to produce a steady stream of nice halibut ranging from 30 to well over 100 lbs. Any boats that have put in some time there have almost always been rewarded. The largest halibut of the past week, which was also caught at The Hump, was a 124 lber brought in by Jim Kulow. There have also been halibut caught off Sadler Island as well as around Red Rocks and the Flattop Rock. For the other bottom critters (ling cod, red snapper, etc.) the Southern Freeman Hump has produced pretty much nonstop action.
In terms of weather over the past week, there was the typical mix with a little of everything. We did not have any really nasty weather so the outside remained fishable for pretty much the whole week although the wind did tend to build in the afternoons. We also had some beautiful sunny days providing the warmest weather we have had all year. Looking at the forecast it looks like we will be experiencing NW winds over the upcoming days so hopefully this will bring a little sunshine back.
The past week at Hippa presented some wide variation. We started the week right where we left off, with excellent spring salmon fishing. As we moved into the second half of the week the spring fishing seemed to slow down. This type of change can often be blamed on bad weather but in this case the weather remained pretty decent for the duration of the last 2 trips. This week we started to see more coho and the bottom fishing has remained steady so there have been plenty of full fish boxes heading home. While we continue to try fishing elsewhere, the best spring fishing over the past week was once again at Freeman Rocks.
There have been some springs caught off the Lighthouse, off the Shipwreck and at a handful of different spots on the inside but the vast majority have come from Freeman Rocks. Most of the springs are in the low to mid 20’s in terms of size although we did see quite a few more tyees this past week than the previous one. We also added a couple more 40+ lbers to our Brag Board with a 41 lber brought in by Allen Robins and our new season record, a beautiful 46 lber caught by Mick Rogers. Nice work guys. There have also started to be more coho showing up although still less than we were seeing at this time last season. Most of the coho are in the 8-10 lb range and as can be expected they put up a good fight for their size! We anticipate that more coho will continue to show up in the coming weeks and this always adds a lot of excitement to the salmon fishing.
As the trend has been for most of the season, we continued to have strong bottom fishing results over the past week. The Hump slowed down a little but it has continued to produce a steady stream of nice halibut ranging from 30 to well over 100 lbs. Any boats that have put in some time there have almost always been rewarded. The largest halibut of the past week, which was also caught at The Hump, was a 124 lber brought in by Jim Kulow. There have also been halibut caught off Sadler Island as well as around Red Rocks and the Flattop Rock. For the other bottom critters (ling cod, red snapper, etc.) the Southern Freeman Hump has produced pretty much nonstop action. In terms of weather over the past week, there was the typical mix with a little of everything. We did not have any really nasty weather so the outside remained fishable for pretty much the whole week although the wind did tend to build in the afternoons. We also had some beautiful sunny days providing the warmest weather we have had all year. Looking at the forecast it looks like we will be experiencing NW winds over the upcoming days so hopefully this will bring a little sunshine back.
If you have recently visited Hippa, thank you for joining us and we hope to see you again. For those of you who have a trip planned to Hippa in the near future, the staff and I look forward to your arrival. If you have any questions or comments feel free to e-mail me at rorr@westcoastresorts.com.
Ryan Orr
Lodge Manager, Hippa Island
