Pender Island Fishing Charters

Bon Chovy Fishing Charters has a boat based in Sidney, British Columbia. It is a beautifully rigged 30 foot Grady White!! What this means is that we are perfectly suited to operate our year round fishing charters in and around the Gulf Islands.

If you are looking for a Pender Island fishing charter, we can pick you up from the Port Washington government dock or Poets Cove.

We focus on chinook salmon and ling cod, but there are times when other species of salmon can be caught!

Recent Posts

Winter Chinook Salmon Season is Here!

As we transition into the colder months, Winter Chinook (also called blackmouth) take center stage in the Vancouver and Sidney areas. These fish are smaller than the summer Chinook but still provide excellent sport with their strong, aggressive fights. Winter Chinook fishing typically runs from late fall through early spring, with November being an ideal time to target them from our Vancouver and Sidney locations.

5 Nov

Fall Fishing Report for Vancouver

We had one of the best Septembers on record for numbers of chinook! The consistency of the fishery was tough to beat and we had solid opportunities on most days off the Fraser River Mouth and in Vancouver Harbour. It is now October and we are still seeing good numbers of migrating chinook and coho salmon.

9 Oct

September is BIG FISH month in Vancouver!

September is a month that anglers eagerly await in Vancouver!! This is when some of the biggest fish of the year enter local waters and it is also when fishing restrictions ease and almost everywhere is open to chinook salmon! The Bell Buoy, Sandheads, T 10, Point Atkinson and the Capilano Mouth are areas where local anglers witll target chinook salmon up to 30 or 40 pounds!

25 Aug

Mid Summer Fishing Report for Vancouver and Sidney

25 Jul

Vancouver Fishing Report June 17, 2024

Georgia Strait has been a lively one over the last few weeks. While on our Vancouver salmon fishing the abunance hales, salmon, seals and baitfish have been amazing to see. There are good numbers of coho showing in the Gulf Islands and a few showing up off the South End of Bowen Island. We will likely see more coho in Vancouver waters soon.

17 Jun

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