Locally, the Tahsis, Perry, and Leiner Rivers have some sea-run cutthroat (November through April), summer-run steelhead, and Chinook, Coho and Chum salmon in the fall months.īetween Gold River and Tahsis, there are excellent angling opportunities for steelhead and trout at Conuma River, Sucwoa River and Canton Cree. Some of the lakes have stocked rainbow and cutthroat trout, as well as wild fish. There are great freshwater fishing opportunities all within an hour's drive of Tahsis. It's not uncommon to also catch albacore tuna, herring, or shellfish (crabs, prawns, clams, and oysters). In addition, there are many varieties of tasty bottom fish, such as halibut, ling cod, sole, greenling, sea bass, red snapper, cabezon, and several varieties of rockfish. At various times of the year, there are Chinook, Coho, Sockeye, Pink, and Chum salmon to catch. There are important salmon feeding grounds fronting Bajo reef, major salmon-holding areas in Nootka Sound and Tlupana Inlet, and productive salmon areas in outer Esperanza Inlet. Within an hour, you can fish for salmon in any number of fishing hot spots. Tahsis is located roughly halfway between two great fishing areas - Nootka Sound and Esperanza Inlet - and only a short hop to Kyuquot Sound. Tahsis is an ideal ecotourism base from which to pursue the saltwater fish of the Pacific. Tahsis has two full-service marinas, and the public boat launch facilities offer potable water, parking, storage, pay phone, picnic tables, public washrooms, and a sani-dump. Prawns, crab, oysters, clams, and scallops are also among the wealth of seafood available to the avid fisherman or woman. In the summertime, American, Canadian, and European fishing aficionados converge on the town to catch the local salmon, halibut, lingcod snapper, and rockfish. Tahsis and Tahsis Inlet lead to the internationally famous fishing grounds of Nootka Sound and Esperanza Inlet.
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