beside salmon what is there?

[kevin200100]

hey was just wondering what you could catch of the beaches of north Vancouver to Squamish beside the salmon when they run?

[TieFlier]

In terms of table fair fish there are some pockets of rockfish (rock cod), greenling, lingcod and flounder. I'm not sure if you can keep these fish in some or all areas you mentioned, be sure to check the regulations. There are also perch, sculpin, the odd sea-run cuthroat the even rarer steelhead (I saw one caught last year off a beach), and perhaps a dogfish (although they would chew your fly pretty good and probably cut your tippet). Most of the fish I mentioned like deeper water (20 feet plus) and hang out close to bottom, so it may be difficult to catch from shore. Cutthroat in this region are very limited in number, but do exist. While fishing for salmon off beaches I have caught scuplins and flounder. The nice thing about fishing in salt water is that you can use flies intended for salmon and still catch other species. Bait fish patterns are productive as well as shrimp patterns.

[Some fly]

This is something I have been thinking of trying as well but with all the rock cod protected areas now it has deterred me. From what I researched flounder can be caught by wading and using clousers popped along the bottom but have not tried it yet.

There are areas I fished as a kid in Indian arm that hold lots of flounder and greenling but I don't know if you are allowed to fish there anymore. All the rock cod protected areas have me confused on where I can and cannot fish now so I have not fished in the salt for along time.

[Pippen]

There are areas I fished as a kid in Indian arm that hold lots of flounder and greenling but I don't know if you are allowed to fish there anymore. All the rock cod protected areas have me confused on where I can and cannot fish now so I have not fished in the salt for along time.

If you have a look at the regs for Area 28 it's not too difficult to figure out.....but rockies and lings are closed in the entire area.

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/r.../a-s28-eng.htm

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/m...urs/28-eng.htm

There is a list of Rockfish Conservation areas.....and if you click on them it will bring up the map of each "specific" one but also further down you will see a map like this that shows where all the RCA's are within the area.

[kevin200100]

thx can u fish the rockfish if u catch and release?

[Tangler]

thx can u fish the rockfish if u catch and release?

No. No fishing at all.