Low Tide at the Oyster River (Sunday, August 23, 2026)
Canada geese can be seen taking over the prominent deep hole located right at the end of the river mouth trail. This slot is a classic collection point for staging salmon. Arrived early morning to catch the 09:05 Campbell River low tide. The flats were vast, the...
Sunday Seaside Services with Mike Thede – August 2026
No Fish, No Problem: A Sunday Morning at the Estuary We didn't see a single salmon jump, but we still had a fantastic time on the water! Read about our recent outing to the Oyster River Nature Park, featuring some expert casting from new member Mike Thede, a chat with...
The Osprey’s Pool
Just returned from my annual late summer/early autumn fishing sojourn up into the high hills. It’s that time between Pink salmon mania and silver-sided Coho anticipation; time to rinse off those salty barnacles in some icy mountain meltwater. This used to be known as...
The Bite Was On….
A quick stop into the Big Q. hatchery confirmed it, no great wads of Pink salmon had rushed into the river. That meant, there would still be hordes of pinks still holding off the beach. Seeing that, my destination was straight to Henson Road beach access. Henson Road...
Pink Euphasid Fly
Sorry, I neglected to include a picture of the fly for those club members who may not be familiar.
Pinks by the Bushell
I know this is probably old news to a lot of folks, but if it is just add it to your pile of already known useful information. There are a ton of pink salmon along the beach from Salmon Point all the way down to the Oyster River and they are bitey! Thursday afternoon...
CAMPBELL RIVER/QUINSAM FISHING 13 AUGUST 2026
See-Oh drove TheCourtJester to both the Campbell and Quinsam rivers; but first was a detour to find Oh’s fishing bag that his equipment manager has foolishly left somewhere at Miracle Beach. After visiting the third and last beach access point, the bag...
A Quandary….
Here is a question for you; Q.- can you spot the incongruity in the photo shown above? Since this was the final day before this area of the Big Qualicum River becomes closed to angling, I had to see for myself whether any more salmon had piled into the Boundary Pool...
A Real Mixed Bag Outing….
As far as finding fish was concerned, today was a real mixed bag. First up, a quick stop into the Big Qualicum River to check out the Boundary Pool. Two weeks ago, there were about a dozen-and-a-half Pink salmon and one lonely Chinook holding in there. Last week,...