Bobby Kimoto Charters

Maynard & Barry Nichol
May 1st, 2008 
2 day / 3 night fishing package

Day 1

 Our morning started off with grey skies and light wind from the SE but the forecast was not good. We decided to target bottomfish and had some good luck with nice Vermillion & Yelloweye rockfish eager to take the hook. The wind picked up and the rain began to fall but that didn't ruin our day. We sets our goals higher and we went looking for Halibut. Barry had our 1st Hali on while trolling but lost the battle shortly after the fight began. A little later, Maynard worked his magic and hooked a beauty 20lb'er jigging a herring off the bottom. Trying not to get out-fished Barry hooked a flounder, but it was Maynard's day to reign supreme.

Steve Johnson & Rick Grant
May 3rd, 2008 
Full Day Charter

  The forecast was for light winds from the NW increasing to moderate later in the day with cloudy skies becoming sunny in the afternoon. How better to spend a day on the water with some old friends. It didn't take too long before Steve had action with his 1st bite of the day and successfully landed a nice 14lb Chinook. Rick didn't waste any time neither as he hooked and landed a nice 10lb (chicken) Halibut. With the wind and seas building, we headed back to the dock, loaded the prawn traps, rounded up some bevies, lunch and snacks and headed into Clayoquot sound to try our luck in prawning in protected waters. It was a great afternoon and a couple of hours later we had 95 Spot Prawns and 48 Side-stripe Shrimp to round off the day. Bon appetit gentlemen!

Trevor Thingelstad, Simon deGroot & Ali Ezletni
May 4th, 2008 
6hr Charter

  It was a beautiful morning for bottom-fishing. The wind had eased from NW to light variables under 5 knots and the ocean conditions improved as the day passed. It didn't take long after our jigs hit the bottom when Trevor hooked our 1st bottomfish of the day. Simon was quick to get into the action as well landing a nice Yelloweye rockfish. As we drifted with the tide, Ali caught a nice Vermillion rockfish and after catching our limit of rockfish plus a couple of Lingcod we decided to try for salmon and halibut further off-shore. Ali was not to be disappointed with a bite on the starboard rod and successfully landed a nice 14lb (chicken) Halibut but the sea was a bit too much for the crew to take so we called it a day.

Darrell White & Chris Kent
May 6th, 2008 
5hr Charter

  After departing Nanaimo at 6:00am for a half-day of fishing in Tofino, Chris & Darrell arrived at the dock shortly before 9:00am. Our lines were in the water before 10:00am and it took awhile before we had our 1st bite around 11:30am. Darrell was quick to take the rod and successfully fought a nice 16lb Chinook which bit our gear near the bottom. We continued to fish and our efforts were rewarded with another bite off the bottom on the same gear. Darrell battled another strong salmon and landed another nice 16lb Chinook. Shortly after that we had a couple of other bites and caught a smaller 10lb Chinook and a Copper rockfish then called it a day.
  Total catch - 3 Chinook @ 10, 16 & 16lbs & 1 Copper rockfish

Bill Coxford, John Hutchinson, Ryan McElgunn & Dave Smart
May 18th, 2008 
6hr Charter

  It was a cool damp morning but that didn't deter these boys from a day of Halibut fishing off-shore from Tofino. Luck was on our side with great action through the tide change. John got us started with a nice 15lb (chicken) Halibut and then shortly after we landed John's fish, Ryan hooked a heavier one! 15 minutes later, Ryan battled and successfully landed a beauty 43lb'er! Dave got into the action hooking another (chicken) Halibut from the bow. We moved up on our drift and set the gear back down. 30 minutes into our drift we were blessed with some double-header action for Bill & Ryan and after we landed both fish, our drift and luck had changed. It was time to call it a day.
Total catch - 5 Halibut @ 10, 10, 15, 18 & 43lbs

Frank Sirlin & Bob Landucci
May 20th, 2008 
6hr Charter

  Overcast skies with sunny breaks and occassional showers was the forecast for the day. The morning wind was steady from the SW giving us a 1 foot chop on a moderate SW swell so we decided to fish off-shore for salmon and halibut. While we trolled our gear near the bottom, Bob started the action off fighting and landing a beauty 25lb Halibut. Our next bite had Frank on the rod fighting and landing a nice 14lb Chinook. Then we were blessed with some double-header action but our luck soon changed when one of the fish dropped the hook during the fight while a sealion stole the other. With lots of excitement but not much in the fish-box, it was time to call it a day.

Matt Horn & friends
May 22nd, 2008 
6hr Charter

It was a cheerful morning for Collin, Nick, Matt, Mark & Monte, buddies from way back going fishing with Bobby Kimoto Charters in Tofino. The morning was sunny with favorable off-shore fishing conditions, a 1' chop on a moderate SW swell with light variable winds.
After a little more than an hour run we dropped our gear and within minutes Matt was fighting our first fish. His experience had a nice 11lb (chicken) Halibut in the boat within minutes. Collin was next to battle our 2nd fish of the day and successfully landed a 13lb (chicken) Halibut. After a change in location, Nick took his turn fighting our third fish of the day, a nice 12lb hatchery Chinook. Monte got in on the action twenty minutes later and successfully landed a nice 13lb'er.
We made another move to try our luck at jigging bottomfish to end our day. Collin and Stephan enjoyed some double-header action as we drifted some pinnacles catching various species of rockfish and keeping six. Our catch for the day, 2 Chinook @ 12 & 13lbs, 2 Halibut @ 11 & 13lbs, 3 Black rockfish, 1 Copper rockfish & 1 Quillback rockfish.

Lotta Hollertz & John Kreuger
May 25th, 2008 
7hr Charter

Overcast skies, calm seas with light SE wind made for a great morning for guests John and Lotta, visiting from Switzerland, to enjoy their first fishing experience from Tofino.
Shortly after dropping our lines into the water, Lotta fought our first fish of the day and landed a nice 16lb hatchery Chinook salmon. Fifteen minutes later, John got his chance to fight our second fish of the day and successfully landed a nice 13lb (chicken) Halibut.
Then we had to excercise some patience waiting almost 2 hours for our next bite but it was worth it. Lotta had hooked a BIG one and the battle was on! With a little coaching, Lotta worked her fish to the surface and landed a beauty 53lb Halibut. John fought his second fish of the day an hour later and landed a small 5lb Chinook. Then we called it a day returning to Tofino with 2 Chinook @ 5 & 16lbs and 2 Halibut @ 13 & 53lbs.

Enrique Coll & Ryan Bacon
May 26th, 2008
5hr Charter

High fog kept the skies grey and the wind down for Enrique and Ryan's fishing trip in Tofino.
A short run off-shore had us fishing within 30 minutes when Ryan was the first to get a bite and after a good fight, he landed a nice 20lb hatchery Chinook. Not wanting to be out-fished, Enrique got into his first fish of the day twenty minutes later and successfully landed a nice 19lb'er. Our luck dried up so we decided to move and try another area.
It was a good move as we got 5 additional bites and some double-header action but luck was not on our side as only Ryan was able to get one to the net.
We moved into the pinnacles to jig for some bottomfish to end our day. After they each caught a nice Vermillion rockfish and their daily limit, we called it a great day of fishing!  Total catch - 3 Chinook @ 13, 19 & 20lbs, 3 Vermillion rockfish, 2 Quillback rockfish & 1 Canary rockfish.

Peter Hussey, Winnie Stearns & Bob
May 27th, 2008
2 day / 3 night fishing package

Day 1

The weather was nice with no wind predicted, high overcast and calm ocean conditions for Bob, Winnie and Peter's fishing trip. Bob started the day off landing a nice 17lb Chinook but the action was slow for most of the morning.
We decided to change fishing techniques and jig for bottomfish around some pinnacles. Our action picked up with Winnie catching a nice Yelloweye rockfish and Peter catching a few of his own. After a couple of drifts we decided to call it a day and head in.
Total catch - 1 Chinook @ 17lbs, 3 Black rockfish, 1 Copper rockfish, 1 Quillback rockfish & 1 Yelloweye rockfish

Chris Forbes, Terry Burns & Phil Oaten
May 27th, 2008
5hr afternoon charter

After making the drive from Nanaimo in the morning, it was time for Chris, Terry and Phil to kick back, relax and go Halibut fishing. We headed off-shore for about an hour and dropped our spreader-bars and bait to the bottom. We had beautiful conditions, calm seas and feeding Humpback whales to watch as we drifted with the current.
Terry started the action off hooking his first bite and landing a nice 22lb Halibut. Phil, who was fishing from the bow, hooked his first bite and the second for the boat, a nice 10lb (chicken) Halibut. Moving back up on the drift and not wanting to get out-fished, Chris hooked his first bite and landed our biggest Halibut of the day @ 26lbs. On our next drift, Terry hooked another small 10lb (chicken) Halibut. We tried another drift but the current had changed and so did our luck so we called it a day and headed in.
Total catch - 4 Halibut @ 10, 10, 22 & 26lbs.

Peter Hussey, Winnie Stearns & Bob
May 28th, 2008
2 day / 3 night fishing package

Ken Bennett & Family
May 30th, 2008
2 day / 3 night fishing package

Day 1

More overcast skies, calm seas and light winds were in the forecast for Ken, Dorothy, Murray & Karen's first day of salmon and halibut fishing in 2008. We ran off-shore, stopped after 45 minutes of travel and tried our luck with birds feeding on the bait that was boiling on the surface. The sounder looked good but we never got a bite so we moved further off-shore where we found more birds and Humpback whales feeding on the bait on the surface and tried again.
It didn't take long for Karen to get a strong bite on the port rod and start our day off landing a nice 16lb hatchery Chinook. Then we got into some double-header action for Murray and Ken. Ken's fish spit the hook but Murray was able to boat his salmon, another nice hatchery Chinook weighing 15lbs.
The bite was on! A Humpback whale breeched along side our boat and then proceeded to swim into our port downrigger line peeling the spool of wire out like fishing line until it snapped. We actually had a whale on, WOW!
I repaired the downrigger and no sooner having both rods fishing again, Karen and Ken had some double-header action! Two more Chinook weighing 9 & 11lbs were added to the fish-box. Then Murray picked up a nice 10lb Chinook and Ken's next fish to the boat was a nice 11lb (chicken) Halibut. Karen brought in another Halibut weighing 15lbs before we called it a day.
Total catch - 5 Chinook @ 9,10,11,15 & 16lbs & 2 Halibut @ 11 & 15lbs.

Ken Bennett & Family
May 31st, 2008
2 day / 3 night fishing package

Day 2

The morning was sunny and the ocean was calm for our second day of fishing. We started fishing where we finished the day before and it was no surprise that the birds, whales, feed and fish were there. We didn't even get a chance to get our second rod in the water before we had our first bite! The bite was on! Karen was first up and successfully landed a nice 16lb Chinook to start our day. Murray was next on the rod boating a nice 15lb'er.
Total caatch - 6 Chinook @ 12,14,15,15,15 & 16lbs & 4 Halibut @ 8,14,15 & 21lbs