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Fishing Report for June 12, 2019
The Chinook salmon just keep piling through! This is perhaps the best fishing I’ve seen in twenty years. In depths of 180 to 220 feet at the waterfall, there is loads of bait and fish.
read more...Fishing Report for June 5, 2019
Chinook fishing has been electric over the past week. I had the best Chinook fishing trip I’ve ever experienced on Gabriola on May 28th.
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read more...Fishing Report for May 29, 2019
Chinook fishing is superb from Grande to waterfall, and offshore Thrasher to Entrance.
read more...Vet bills got you down? Pet Friends Gabriola can help
Two local friends, Penny Sidor and Lisa Millard, got together in October to create a slush fund to assist animal owners with big bills. So far, Pet Friends has made 12 donations, ranging from a badly-needed grooming to several hundred for emergencies and ongoing problems.
read more...Fishing Report for May 1, 2019
There are huge amounts of Chinook traveling “the Highway” from Thrasher to Entrance, in water depths of 600 to 800 feet.
read more...Fishing Report for April 10, 2019
As of April 7th, there has still been no announcement on Chinook retention in Area 17 for April through July. Hopefully, we will have a positive report soon!
read more...Harmony Habitat responds to climate change
read more...Where the money goes that is raised by the Gabriola Auxiliary for Island Health Care
While some think it all goes to our clinic, only $16,500 has gone to the Health Care Foundation to help finance upgrades to the reception area, the communications network and to purchase equipment. The rest of the $130,000 raised by the Auxiliary since 2012 has gone to help local non-profit societies bring much needed health related programming to Gabriola.
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