Sports Fishing It's all here to See and Do Landing a BIG ONE, not having boat payments, leaving all the work to a professional and thoroughly enjoying your experience,.... are all terrific reasons to contact your favorite deep water fishing guide to have a relaxing Vancouver Island Fishing Adventure. This summer my wife June and I were lucky enough to go fishing and eco-touring
with Top Notch - As I mentioned earlier Junie loves her fishing so she
was eager to get going and catch some fish. After a splendid breakfast Jim gathered us up
and away we went to the dock. He had just bought this new It was interesting seeing Jim use the latest
technology. Right from the dock Jim used his Global From there we ran up to the Gordon Group of Islands just to the north of Port
Hardy and set our rods for Salmon. The reports we had, were that it was a bit spotty
but we thought we'd try anyways. In the northern waters the salmon school and come in wave
after wave on their way to their respective spawning grounds. Springs, Coho, Chums and
Pinks can be so bountiful you can't keep them off your lines. As we only had one afternoon
of salmon fishing, try as we may, we never did get a hit, they just weren't coming
through that day. Needless to say we were a bit disappointed but that is the nature of
fishing, you've got to put in the hours and even then be lucky to hit it just
right. After we got home the following day Jim called and told us the bite was on
again, a record 212 lb. Halibut had just been caught and a whole bunch of 40lb+ Spring
salmon. What a treat though, Jim and Cathy were wonderful hosts and made our stay with them at the C-View B&B and our fishing with Catala Charters a highlight of the summer. Do YOU love fishing and being out on the ocean? .......give Jim and Cathy a call and get fishing You'll love it!! or give any of our other super guides and Charter outfits a call they're listed here
and set yourself up for some fantastic deep water Pacific fishing!! Our Charter Guides are here to serve.
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I like
fishing.... but Junie loves it, so when Jim called - she insisted we hurry up to
Port Hardy as quickly as possible and go fishing. Thank goodness the road is wide and easy
driving.
boat the week before so he was raring to show us all
the features. And what a super setup he had for the fishing. The cockpit is huge, with
lots of room to move around and play the fish. The two electric downriggers, made the
fishing easy. So out of the harbour we go with all the radios on and the whale
watching boats reporting in as to where the whales were today. We heard there were some
Grey Whales around, so as we were traveling to the fishing grounds we watched for those
giants, and it wasn't long and right on queue were a mom and her calf swimming off
the port side cruising up and down the coast. When they blew, they made quite a noise and
you can certainly see their smoke. It was very impressive seeing them so close up out in
the Pacific. 
Positioning System (GPS) that was hooked up
to his laptop computer. From the nautical chart on his computer screen, we could watch
where we were exactly as we zoomed down the coast. After a 40 minute run to one of Jim's
favorite Halibut holes, we set up for some bottom fishing at a depth of 275'.
Jim had inputted it's co-ordinates earlier and just had to press a button to set
the course and get us exactly over the hole. By using his sounder and GPS map setup he was
able to put us right on it and keep us there so we were able get down to where the fish
were..........And by golly it worked. Super Guide Jim
- did it all - Jim set up all of our gear, put us over the hole, showed us how to jig, ran
the downriggers, maneuvered the boat, provided an excellent lunch and manned the net.
Within 20 minutes Junie hooked up a nice 22lb halibut. She's a little bit of a thing, so
she had quite a fight to bring that beauty to the boat. She was pretty happy getting that
one! You can probably tell from the ear to ear grin on her face how much fun she was
having, way to go Junie! 
We
caught another ten bottom fish but no more halibut so we decide to head off and go see
some Orcas ( KillerWhales.) Because of the constant whale watching chatter on the
airwaves we were able to find them not too far away and had a 
great time watching the whales for a
couple of hours, I was amazed about how much Jim knew about the different pods and
individual whales in those groups. I guess being out on the water day in day out keeps him
in tune with who they are and what they are up to.