Gabriola Sounder

Fishing Report for December 30, 2020

Happy New Year! Tip a glass to saying bye bye to 2020!

Fishing Report for December 23, 2020

Merry Christmas to all! May 2021 be kinder, more social, more positive, more productive, and more active than 2020! All the very best to all of you! We are very lucky to live in this very special place, Gabriola, where even in pandemic, the people and place are so unique and beautiful. 

Library stacks re-opening for browsing on November 21

Beginning Saturday, November 21, Gabriola Island’s branch of Vancouver Island Regional Library will once again allow customers through the doors and into the stacks.

Pet Friends turns two

It’s birthday number two for Pet Friends Gabriola. Pet Friends, a local community partnership, has collected nearly $22,000 since its inception in October of 2018, with a perpetual bottle drive and cash donations. The organization has distributed roughly $20,000 on behalf of animals, and is going strong. 

25th Anniversary of Gabriola’s Remembrance Cairn 2020

Remembrance Day Service cancelled due to COVID

Fishing Report for October 14, 2020

There were very few people fishing this week, myself included.

Markets Still Going Strong

The board and market manager of the Gabriola Agricultural Co-op would love to give a shout out to everyone who made this season’s markets a success so far: vendors and shoppers alike.

Fishing Report for October 7, 2020

  Chinook fishing has come to a standstill over the past week. Steve caught a 12 pound Chinook bottombouncing with a Blue Meany hoochie in 200 feet of water off the Grande, and that was the only legal Chinook reported on my fishing info line. 

Fishing Report for September 9, 2020

Rethinking what is a suitable donation for GIRO

Spring and summer are traditionally busier times for GIRO as residents begin the annual task of sorting through their closets and sheds to rid themselves of items they no longer need or use.