First Light Sportfishing

25/08/2024

Little legends!

25/08/2024

Never know what you'll hook into next!

19/08/2024

My summer seasons coming to an end but I've got a bunch of availability left August 25-29. The fish are turning the corner right outfront of Ucluelet! Message or Call!

15/08/2024

Some great fish hitting the docks this month! I've still got some availability until Aug 30. Feel free to call or message and set up a day on the water before the season wraps up!

03/08/2024

Good work fellas! Awesome seeing you again Steve!

03/08/2024

Some great chinook coming off Ucluelet's waterfront!

19/07/2024

Some big ones laying around this year... get after em!

19/07/2024

Such great memories already this summer

09/07/2024

Happy 70th pops! Thanks for sharing this hobby with me so young ❤️

27/06/2024

Some great fish passing through right now! Get after em'!
Feel free to message for availability
-Ucluelet, BC

19/06/2024

Back in time for brunch at Heartwood!

16/06/2024

The perfect way to spend a warm June morning, slow trolling springs tight to the shoreline!
Call now and book your trip!
250 888 2020

16/06/2024

The Salmon are here for the summer and it's great time to catch a trophy size Chinook!

08/06/2024

Congrats Rod, what a dandy!

07/06/2024

Still availability June 14-16 if anyone's looking to get out on the water with the family!

The Government of Canada has acknowledged Family Fishing Weekend (FFW) as a "celebration of the great tradition of sport fishing."

Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0510-Recreational Family Fishing Weekend - June 14 to 16, 2024

They will be providing, "an opportunity to fish in tidal waters at no cost". Continuing on; "unless you require a salmon conservation stamp, for the weekend dates of June 14 to 16, 2024, only."

"This is applicable to Canadian residents as well as non-residents, including adults, seniors, and juveniles. If you hold a valid 2024/25 BC Tidal Waters Sport Fishing (TWSF) Licence, you must carry it when you are fishing during the Family Fishing Weekend."

"Please note that all Conditions of Licence, closures, and catch restrictions are still in force. Before going fishing, ensure that you refer to the conditions of the 2024/25 TWSF Licence as well as the online BC Sport Fishing Guide"

Read the Fishery Notice:
https://bit.ly/3x87c6P

04/06/2024

A little peak at some footage we took early April off the Westcoast of Vancouver island with The Canadian Spearfisherman

The Team met up with Connor owner operator of First Lite Sportfishing for the Vancouver Island west coast opener for bottom fish. We battled some rough condi...

04/06/2024

What a great start to the season! Let's keep'er goin!

04/05/2024

I'm away in NZ for another week. Please pm or forward messages to [email protected] for now! Thanks

04/05/2024

TODAY!!!! 🎉

WE ARE OPENING TODAY📣

We’ve got all the classics and the heavy hitters. 🦀

🗓️ 7 days a week

⏰11 am - 6 pm

📍 2066 Peninsula Rd

TWENTY TWENTY FOUR 🙌🏼

ps. dear locals, we are still offering a locals discount so don’t forget to mention it 🫶🏼

23/03/2024

The herring have successfully spawned and taken off back to the deeps where many hungry Chinook wait for them! Some awesome fishing this past week. Great action on either tide just outside the harbor mouth
Call or message me for availability! 250 888 2020

13/03/2024

Chinooky, Chinooky, Chinookyy. Mmm that sweet smell of salmon in the air!

Book a beautiful morning trolling for salmon along Ucluelet's scenic shoreline. Filling the freezer and making memories that will last a lifetime!

Call or message Conor for availability #250 888 2020

27/02/2024

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24/02/2024

Ucluelet B.C.
Book now! Summer of 2024 is gonna be another unreal season. Come get your own freezer filler halibut!
Availability Feb-Mar, May-Aug

07/02/2024

Now offering winter fishing trips!
The herring are staging! Along with them the Grey's, humpback and even orca have showed up! Come fish winter Chinook and watch the show... Sea lions, eagles and whales feeding actively on the bait balls just outside the harbor all the way down to Toquart!

*Also in season: Halibut, Prawns and Crab!

03/02/2024

Hali's open... Let's go!

03/02/2024

https://www.facebook.com/100063821413059/posts/842863871184319/?app=fbl

⚡️That was fast! HALI OPEN FEB 3, 2024 - be sure to read the notice on the DFO site, in case it changes. LIKE AND SHARE! Today, this came in:
Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Subject: FN0084-Recreational - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon) - Halibut - Fishery Opening February 3, 2024

Effective at 00:01 hours February 3, 2024 until further notice recreational fishing for halibut will open coast-wide with the following measures in effect as noted below:

Licensing:

The 2023/2024 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licences and Conditions of Licence, are in effect until March 31, 2024. The 2024/2025 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licences and Conditions of Licence will be in effect from April 1, 2024 until March 31, 2025.

A subsequent Fishery Notice will be released prior to the start of the 2024/2025 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence which will announce the recreational halibut fishing measures from April 1, 2024 onward

Limits and sizes:

Effective at 00:01 hours February 3, 2024 until March 31, 2024:

The daily limit is one (1) halibut per day.

The possession limit for halibut is EITHER of:

---- one (1) halibut measuring 90 cm to 126 cm in length (69 cm to 102 cm head-off),
OR
---- two (2) halibut, each measuring under 90 cm in length (69 cm head-off).

No person shall retain a Halibut greater than 126 cm head-on length (102 cm head-off).

Head-off measurements are made from the base of the pectoral fin at its most forward point to the extreme end of the middle of the tail.

Annual Limit:

No person shall catch and retain more than ten (10) halibut in the aggregate from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024.

All halibut retained by the licence holder between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024 shall be immediately recorded on the 2023/2024 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence, or, if mobile access is immediately available, the licence holder may record catch in the National Recreational Licensing System or on an approved third-party app. The area from which each halibut is caught and its head-on length shall immediately be recorded.

The exceptions to these openings are:

Areas 121: No person shall fish for or retain halibut, rockfish and lingcod in Area 121 outside the 12 nautical mile limit seaward of a line that begins at 48 degrees 34.000 minutes and 125 degrees 17.386 minutes W and continues south easterly at a bearing of 116 degrees True to a point at 48 degrees 28.327 minutes and 125 degrees 01.687 minutes W.

Areas 121: Closed to all finfish, year round in the waters of Swiftsure Bank. Those portions of Subareas 121-1 and 121-2 inside a line that begins at 48 degrees 34.000 minutes N and 125 degrees 06.000 minutes W, then true east to 48 degrees 34.000 minutes N and 124 degrees 54.200 minutes W, then southeasterly to the International Boundary, outer perimeter at 48 degrees 29.618 minutes N and 124 degrees 43.553 minutes W, then westerly following the International Boundary perimeter to 48 degrees 29.605 minutes N and 124 degrees 56.190 minutes W, then northwesterly to the beginning point.

05/12/2023

What a year 2023... Almost surreal that it's coming to an end soon. Thanks everyone for coming out to Cowichan, Ucluelet and Nootka!

Time to rinse and repeat. I will be taking bookings for winter steelhead trips from now until March 25, 2024.
We will be drifting the mighty Cowichan river by raft. Fly fishing and float fishing for these beautiful beasts.

Winter saltwater charters out of Ucluelet will be offered until March 25, 2024 aswell
Winter springs and Crab!

Spring/Summer saltwater charter dates still available between May 10, 2024 - Aug 31, 2024
Salmon, Halibut and Lingcod!

Call or pm for availability
#250 888-2020

16/05/2023

What an unbelievable week of good weather! It was great to top of the freezers before a big summer. Thanks for coming out pops!

Availability until July 6

13/03/2023

2023 is gonna be an amazing season! We've started it off drifting the Cowichan River with some great guest. Now we are watching the herring spawn and prepping bait for the saltwater season.
Trolling Chinook over a morning coffee and then anchoring for some larger halibut is just around the corner.
I've got some availability between May 7th- July7th so call and reserve a date now!
Ucluelet, BC

250 888 2020 ask for Conor!

08/03/2023

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