Oysters, clams, shrimp, prawns, crabs and mussels abound and go very nicely with a fresh caught salmon, halibut, ling cod or red snapper. Our charters afford you the opportunity of some of the finest salmon fishing in the world. Other saltwater species are halibut, cod and snapper. Coho, or silvers, are the most acrobatic of the Pacific salmon and are notorious for ripping a hundred metres of line from a reel, then racing back toward an angler with such speed that keeping the line tight is impossible. Pink or humpback salmon appear about July and taper off by early October when they head upstream to spawn.
Sockeye salmon turn bright red once they enter their spawning rivers.
Signicifcantly smaller than chinooks, sockeye offer superb flesh for eating and put up a good struggle. Chum salmon are quite large. A fishing path follows the river for 19 miles between the Robertson Road clubhouse and Cowichan Lake and is maintained and sign posted. The Comox Valley features many lakes with Comox Lake being the largest, boasting trophy-size Cutthroat as well as Kokanee, Rainbow and Dolly Varden trout. Strathcona Park has 10 alpine lakes stocked with rainbow trout that can be reached by hiking from either the Mt. Washington or the Forbidden Ski areas.