| Many people are looking forward to the upcoming | | | | also saw some great size in early season fishing and |
| salmon fishing season in 2010. Return forecasts for | | | | the size continued throughout the summer. Because |
| some rivers in around Mid Vancouver Island and | | | | most of the salmon being caught this year are over |
| Wasthington are getting many fisherman excited. An | | | | 10 lbs, fisherman are giddy with excitement for the |
| early March salmon derby in Barclay Sound on | | | | 2010 season. |
| Vancouver Island saw the largest salmon in 27 years, | | | | Fishing for big Chinook should be good in May, June, |
| and not only that, but the largest amount of salmon | | | | July and August around the Barclay Sound area |
| over 20lbs seen in during the 27 year history of the | | | | instead of just July and August like is usually the |
| derby. | | | | case. While the poor economy had less overall |
| With salmon being this large early in the year means | | | | fisherman out last summer, this summer's fisherman |
| that later in the summer will see much larger salmon | | | | should be doing all they can to make sure they don't |
| than normal. Chinook salmon are generally around | | | | miss this season's fishing. We may not see fishing this |
| 5-10lbs during the winter months. This year most | | | | good for large salmon in a few years, so my |
| fisherman are reporting salmon most Chinook salmon | | | | suggestion would be to get out fishing while you can. |
| to be 12-15 lbs which is double the average size. 2009 | | | | This year, Ucluelet would be my place of choice. |