Twin Strike Salmon Charters

09/04/2024

Great day of fishing for guide Eric. Early September fishing got to like it.

12/06/2021

Port Eliza Lodge is a Salmon and Halibut Fishing Lodge in Eperanza Inlet, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia

08/26/2021

Great fishing

Lately I have decided to try and Catch chinooks in the Esperanza area without a flasher. I have started trolling cut pugs on the down riggers, keeping in close to kelp beds and structure, fishing them 25-35 feet down. It has been working, I have hit several fish at Rosa, two at Sandstone (22 # and 20 # pictured below) the one morning up there and last night a good fish at Pin Rocks. A much different fight with no flasher, only hooks and the fish!

05/23/2021

There are some bigger fish starting to show up in the Esperanza area. We hit a 15 near low rock, and there were reports of some good fishing in the AM near Ferrer. We still have space for Bring your own boat or fully guided trips in prime time slots!

12/14/2020

Esperanza Inlet 2020 season review! The 2020 season was dominated by Covid-19, having to rebook American guests for 2021, and scramble to be Covid compliant for the guests we had. The weather was more windy than usual in 2020, particularly early in the season where we seemed to constantly have winds from the South bringing rough seas. Ferrer is the main place to fish in that weather, and fortunately it was producing this year.

CHINOOK: There was excellent chinook fishing at Ferrer through June right up to the closure on July 15th (we got 6 in an evening fish the last night). Overall 2020 for Chinook was an on-shore fishery. The fish were travelling along the beaches and Ferrer, Pin rocks, Rolling Roadstead, Sandstone, Mushroom and Grassy all produced fish throughout the season. Unlike 2019 we had a good fishery in the inlet as well, with good fishing at Rosa in late July thru August, and we were still getting fresh fish out of there into mid September until it rained. The offshore for Chinook was hit and miss, most Chinook fishing was close in, 40 to 60 feet or water. The biggest fish at the Lodge was 30.5 lbs (caught by me at mushroom) so there weren't a lot of really big ones.

COHO: Coho fishing was a bust this year. They stayed offshore all summer, way offshore. The biggest we had was 15lbs, and they were rare, unlike 2019 which had good coho all summer. There were some in the inlet in September. Hopefully 2021 reverts back to normal with lots of coho around as we can retain hatchery or wild fish in the inshore areas (area 25)

TUNA: With warm water coming North there was some Albacore Tuna fishing. We had one group get 19, and other groups go out with moderate success. anywhere from 25 to 50 miles out!

HALIBUT: With less pressure the halibut fishing was good, and known spots were less busy. It was nice to have the regulations change mid season to allow two under 90cm per day to get your possession limit on smaller ones in one day.

We are booking for 2021, we offer fully guided fishing and bring your own boat packages. If you want to come up early season (May through mid June) we offer bring your own boat and food options. You can use the BBQs and the full commercial kitchen to make cook for yourself and just rent a room from us. We are looking forward to the 2021 season already!

02/21/2020

Book now filling up fast

Halibut Limits for 2020: The Sport Fishing institute of BC has recommended that Halibut limits in BC stay the same as 2019. This would mean keeping 1 fish per trip between 90cm and 126cm (about 60 lbs) or two under 90cm (about 20lbs). While this is a recommendation only, it does signal that halibut limits will likely be similar in 2020. In the Esperanza Inlet area we also expect salmon limits to be similar to 2019. Those limits were 4 per day, of which 2 could be Chinook. While we are booking up, we still have several prime time openings for guided, or bring your own boat fishing adventures on the West Coast of Vancouver island for 2020!

01/23/2020

Were excited to start the Sportsmen's show in Puyallup. Come visit us at booth #905 in the Expo Hall. We are here until Sunday!

01/15/2020

Come and visit us

Port Eliza Lodge will be at the Washington Sportsmen's show! 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 #𝟗𝟎𝟓 in the Expo Hall. Drop by to discuss affordable Bring Your Own Boat or Guided Fishing adventures in Esperanza inlet!

02/06/2019

Fishing season is fast approaching starting to book up. Give us a call if you want your preferred dates.

11/19/2018

In this video, we hear the story of two commercial fishermen whose boat capsized while fishing, one sport fisherman who fell overboard while guiding guests a...

03/31/2018

Interesting reading. We need to fix this problem. They are killing more fish than the whole Canadian sports fishing quota.

During the International Pacific Halibut Commission meeting in Portland, I’ve learned many facts, figures, issues, problems and most shockingly, a big reason for declining juvenile halibut nu…