The Jordan River is a small river by Vancouver Island standards. It is located half way between Sooke and Port Renfrew and can be found by taking the Colwood exit off Highway 1 to Highway 14 and following the scenic route past the village of Sooke. The river flows...
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A lifelong saltwater angler since age 5, Tom Davis has over 45 years in the BC fishing tackle industry. A Victoria resident who fishes the Juan de Fuca Strait as his ‘home waters’, Tom has been involved in local salmon enhancement programs and fisheries advisory committees on southern Vancouver Island for over 30 years, including organizations such as the Sport Fishing Advisory Board, the Pacific Salmon Commission, Fisheries Renewal BC and the Sport Fishing Institute of BC, who awarded Tom the Bob Wright Legacy award. As a respected fishing writer for various magazines, including BC Outdoors and Pacific Yachting, Tom has conducted hundreds of fishing classes and seminars throughout BC and the US.
In the last two decades halibut angling has really taken off in British Columbia. The popularity of these highly prized fish has been increasing on a yearly basis and in some areas of the coast halibut actually challenge chinook...
Gabriola Island is one of those places where people live a quiet life and the problems associated with big cities and big industries seem far away. However that has all changed as the Pacific Pilotage Authority has a proposal in place that has the residents of Gabriola...
Between the 1950s and the late 1970s herring strip was the principle natural bait used by BC salmon anglers who preferred to troll rather than cut plug or mooch with herring. Trollers also used herring from four to seven inches in length. However, strip sales far exceeded sales of these...
Leatherback turtles are listed as endangered under Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA) and they have a critically endangered listing on a worldwide basis. They are found in all of the major oceans in the world, except in the most extreme northern and southern latitudes, and consist of four major populations divided into Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and South China Sea groupings. One of the reasons they are so widely distributed is because they have the unique ability amongst reptiles to internally regulate their body heat. This means they can adapt to colder sea temperatures which they encounter once they move away from the tropical latitudes on either side of the equator. These turtles are true ocean wanderers, often following the currents for up to 15,000 km a year. One tagged specimen apparently traveled just over 30,000 km in a single year.
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