Vancouver, BC - September Fishing Recs?

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Heading to Vancouver in September with my wife for an anniversary trip, and I want to try and get out one day to fish. I know next to nothing about the fishing there, so I was hoping for some recommendations from you guys. The idea of trolling downriggers doesn’t appeal to me that much, but maybe I am missing a really cool aspect of that fishery. If there was some good fly fishing to be had that would be ideal, but I’m definitely not against spin fishing. Also, I love sight fishing but I realize those options are probably limited as well.

It’s tough to find info online since it’s difficult to explain the type of fishing I prefer, so I figure if anyone would “get it”, it would be you guys.

Any suggestions? We are staying in a few places, but the best days for me to fish will be while we are staying downtown (I think it’s considered downtown) and maybe when we are on Bowen Island. We are driving up to Whistler too, but I don’t know how much time I’ll have to fish up that way.

Thanks!

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The terrain is so rugged, I cant imagine there being a flat anywhere. Its like 100’ deep immediately off the banks.

If it were me I would focus on things like Hiking or Sailing. The things we can’t do here because its 1,000F outside right now.

I took a float plane out to an Island once when I was there and did a sea kayak trip… It was really cool actually.

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Yeah, hiking is pretty high on my list for both my wife and me. For fishing, I was leaning more towards finding a trout guide so that I would at least get to walk along some nice streams and fish. I haven’t really freshwater (cold water) fished much, so that could definitely be fun. Not trying to catch any trophies or anything, but it would be cool to see some new species or to learn some new stuff.

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Bryson, if this is you from sc the best bet is hiking. It’s like they say,deep water trolling,or jigging and to find streams they are all about but you will need local knowledge. It’s like they will be coolish then and rain possible. You are going to be in the most populated area.

Come up to our place when I get the Toadfish launched and take her on a cruise up here with your kids too.

Shoulder seasons are great because all the summer tourists have cleared out.

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Your best bet is to stick with the hiking and outdoors if you are staying in Vancouver proper. You’ll have to make a trip to get some good fishing. Vancouver Island has fishing, but it is massive. If you have time, VI is an option or head north or east towards Okanagan.

One great option if you have time is hike a glacier. We traveled up to Whistler and hiked Blackcomb and went inside the glacier. It was amazing.