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Fisheries and Oceans Canada Produces Tide, Current and Water Level Charts

BC Outdoors Magazine Team·July 26, 2013

Keep safe in all your boating and fishing adventures. Fisheries and Oceans Canada charts high and low tides by time and height at over 700 Canadian stations. This site allows you to hone right in on your prospective fishing or boating area and search 7 day predictions listed by the starting date...

Fisherman’s Pita Pockets

Linda Gabris·February 8, 2014

by Linda Gabris. Originally published in the 2014 May issue of BC Outdoors magazineMy family loves this refreshing shore lunch that's ready to serve as soon as the boat lands on shore. What I like about it, aside from the taste, is the fact that little precious fishing time is...

Fishing For Lingcod: Reeling In BC’s Tasty Sport Fish

Tom Davis·April 24, 2020

Lingcod Background The lingcod is not actually a true cod; it belongs to a group of fishes known as greenlings,...

Fishing For Sockeye Salmon On Babine Lake

Raeanne O’Meara·August 24, 2022

August is many things: a time for berry picking, a time for camping, a time for relaxing and a time...

Fishing Nootka Sound: Big Fish & Bigger Tales Await

Dennis Reid·January 2, 2020

If ‘big’ is a word you associate with fishing, you will love fishing Nootka Sound. That’s because there are big...

Coho salmon with Bon Chovy Charters. Photo by Chase White.

Fishing Port Renfrew

Dennis Reid·October 4, 2021

Saltwater trolling in Port Renfrew is accurately summed up by two words: big and close. When you fish for salmon,...

Five Must-Have Lures For Lake Trout Fishing In The Lakes District

Raeanne O’Meara·April 19, 2022

The Lakes District (an area in northern BC between Prince George and Smithers) encompasses over 300 wilderness lakes of all...

Round turn and two half hitches. Credit: Raeanne O’Meara.

Five Useful Beginner Knots In The Outdoors

Raeanne O’Meara·November 1, 2019

I will be the first to admit – tying knots has never been my forte. Despite knowing that it is...

Fly Fishing in the Summer Heat

BCO Contributing Author·January 8, 2013

By Tom Johannesen I’ll be the first to acknowledge the fact that we have lots to do over the summer months and finding time to go fishing is, many times, not a top priority. If a little time can be freed up between working around the house and holidays, lake fishing...