Salmon Enhancement

The Esquimalt Anglers are active in Coho enhancement on Craigflower Creek and operate a counting fence. In the fall adult Coho are captured and counted and returning over the fence. To track our enhancement activities, we starting tagging fry in 1997.

Helping at Nitinat

In order to assist with the acquisition of salmon eggs for Goldstream Hatchery members of the club assist with the egg take at the Nitnat Hatchery. In exchange, we receive Nitnat Chinook eggs which are reared at the Goldstream hatchery and then reliesed in Esquimalt Harbour and it gives us best summer Chinook fishing off the Victoria waterfront in decades.

Club members are very active in the Goldstream hatchery contributing many volunteer hours in the ongoing operations of the hatchery. As a result of the salmon enhancement activities of the Esquimalt Anglers there has been a significant improvement in sport fishing in the Victoria area waters.