Hi Chris! Thanks for the message! To anwser your question; The fishing typically is much better offshore, as of August 1st there is a non-retention for Chinook Salmon in the sound, add to that the extremely warm waters we have been experiencing for the last few years have made the fishing inshore a bit more difficult. That being said, September has great fishing in the sound, as the Coho Salmon have moved into the local waters and are frantically feeding before heading up their respective rivers and streams. John is right, open water does come with some additional factors, the biggest being the swell, and we experience people getting sea sick often. The best preventative measure for this is to speak with your local pharmacist and find what will be the best suited motion sickness preventative. Thank you for all the questions and great feedback! We look forward to hosting you again soon! Tight Lines, Jaime Ivars Hewitt General Manager Clayoquot Ventures - Tofino Fishing Tofino Fly & Tackle P.O. Box 652 561 Campbell st Tofino B.C. Canada 1-888-534-7422 or 250-725-2700

Dear cocotacao Being the person who personally checked your group in before the charter and then spoke to you afterwards, I am very surprised to read this "far from the truth" review. We had strong Westerly winds of 30+ knots and seas of 2 to 3 meters for a whole week last week, not a safe environment for people with very limited ocean experience to be walking around a boat trying to balance while holding a 10 foot fishing rod. Most of our trips were in-shore, where all of our guests enjoyed calm waters and were getting into some really nice Salmon. When your group came in to see us before the charter we spoke for a while about all the different species we had in our local waters, we even went through them one by one looking at pictures of what they looked like as you took notes of them. I remember you expressing a strong interest for catching a Halibut, and I told you that your chances on getting one were very low as you would be fishing in-shore due to high winds and the Halibut are mostly off-shore. I showed you on our nautical chart the exact spot where you would be fishing that afternoon. I can most definitely guarantee that you were informed that you would be fishing in-shore on several occasions. Your guide also let you now that the weather wasn't good off-shore once on the boat, it wouldn't be safe and that if you went "outside" you would most likely get sea sick, the decision was left up to you and you chose to stay in-shore. I apologize if your expectations of catching a certain size and amount of fish was not met, but that is why its called fishing, and not catching. Our guides are professional fishermen and put all their knowledge and experience to use when putting the lines in the water, sometimes the fish just aren't biting. You can forward your concerns to mother nature for that one. Lastly, I would also like to acknowledge that I myself answered your phone call “post-trip” that same afternoon. I kindly declined your demand for a full refund for not having gone "off-shore" and not having caught big fish. I did on the other hand offer you a considerable discount if you wanted to come back and try your luck again. Please understand that the owners of the company hire managers to ensure our guests needs are looked after, as the owners themselves are not always available. I hope this reply was helpful for you. Best regards, Jaime Ivars Hewitt General Manager Clayoquot Ventures Ltd