Pacific Rim Fishing Charters
Pacific Rim Fishing Charters
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Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada
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Washington1 contribution
Aug 2023 • Friends
I loved my stay at Pacific Rim. The hosts Glenn and Diana are fun and welcoming. The place is clean and cozy with a very much appreciated non-corporate feel. Glen always gives great fishing advice and even if you're not fishing on one of his charters, gives you tips on how to have a great trip. A+
Written April 30, 2024
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koosheems
Hillegom, The Netherlands81 contributions
Aug 2017 • Friends
We (4 Guy's from the netherlands) did the evening harbor sail, the boat was hi-class an the captain Mr. Glenn was really fun! Best excursion EVER!! Thank you for this great evening, keep up the great work! If you are looking for the best possible Canada experience: stop looking, call Glenn from pacific rim fishing charters!
Written August 28, 2017
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tknutson
Calgary, Canada1 contribution
Jul 2017 • Friends
What can I say! I was amazed at our experience with Pacific Rim. We fished for three days and caught well over 270 pounds of fillets. Accommodations were perfect. Jeff, our guide, worked tirelessly and knew where the fish were plus he's hilarious.
Highly recommend planning a trip with Glenn and his group
I am already planning our 2018 trip
Highly recommend planning a trip with Glenn and his group
I am already planning our 2018 trip
Written July 30, 2017
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meredith804
Calgary, Canada3 contributions
Aug 2016 • Couples
This is the second time we have fished with Pacific Rim, the reason is they were good the first time so we came back for more. Glenn is very easy to deal with for the booking of the boat.
We went out with AJ, he is very professional with his job but easy going as well. He was very flexible with the plans according to the weather.
There are lots of fishing charter companies in Ucuelet, and yes they all come back in at the end of the day with fish..... But, I would recommend Pacific Rim Charters if your looking to do some fishing in Ucuelet.
We went out with AJ, he is very professional with his job but easy going as well. He was very flexible with the plans according to the weather.
There are lots of fishing charter companies in Ucuelet, and yes they all come back in at the end of the day with fish..... But, I would recommend Pacific Rim Charters if your looking to do some fishing in Ucuelet.
Written August 15, 2016
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Steve
3 contributions
Aug 2022
Glenn and Dianna were amazing hosts. The property is a great location and rooms have everything you need
Written August 16, 2022
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ORtouring
Poipu, HI34 contributions
Jul 2022
We just got back from a three night stay and two days of fishing with Pacific Rim Charters and Lodge. I have to say we weren’t particularly pleased with the experience. I looked at several charters in the area and chose Pacific Rim Charters because of their 60# a day guarantee. I thought they have to be pretty confident in the guides and the fisheries to offer that. Unfortunately I didn’t read the fine print on the guarantee. If the guarantee is what might convince you to use them, I’d strongly encourage you to read the terms and conditions which admittedly we should have done.
Our first day the fishing was decent and we came back with three salmon and one rock fish totaling 30# gross weight. The second day was almost a total bust. We caught one chinook the guide estimated to be 8 pounds and one smaller salmon around 3 lbs. And that was it for the whole day unless you count the three very small salmon we caught and the guide threw back. At one point during the day we asked the guide about the 60# guarantee and he said he knew nothing about it. Since the salmon weren‘t biting we went farther out to try to catch some halibut. We were unsuccessful there too and only caught some odd looking and very small rock fish while trolling.. We then tried bait and the wind came up and the swells were getting too big to drift bait for long so the guide decided it was time to go back to the dock.
That 60# guarantee really means each fisherman will catch a minimum of 15# a day and this includes anything you choose to throw back as long as it meets the legal size (the guide didn’t even ask if we wanted to keep them as I think he assumed as did we that we would catch more, and who ever keeps a 12-14” salmon). When we got back and spoke to the owner, Glenn, it was disappointing to hear that our only option was to go back out right then. Glenn offered to call the guide and send us back out. But as we’d packed up and left the boat and were both tired we declined. Our guide never suggested we stay out longer and just fish the sheltered side of the inlet until we had the 30#’s of fish in the boat. It would have been much easier than getting our gear together and going back out. When asked the guide said he didn’t know anything about the guarantee and he’d decided that was it for the day. What bothered me was how adamant Glenn was and how quickly he put the responsibility onto us for not insisting the guide stay out longer and that we should have kept the small salmon as they were over 30cm. It seemed pointless to go back out because either the fish weren’t biting or the guide didn’t know where to go to find them.. Later on that evening I went back and spoke to Glenn about how it shouldn’t be up to the client to have to push the guide for more fishing. It should have been the guide’s job to do that and, Glenn should have clearly communicated with the guide what the 60# guarantee meant. So Glenn offered to buy us dinner by crediting my credit card $200 Canadian which I accepted because we obviously weren’t going to be getting more fish and Glenn wasn’t going to offer any other alternatives.
To rub salt in our wounds when we went to the fish packer the next morning to get our fish there was two other guys there we talked to who used a different guiding company and were collecting their frozen salmon and halibut and it looked like they had about 200+ lbs. to our measly 20#’s.
No company is perfect and all companies have their bad days. What makes a good company is how they respond. We thought Glenn’s first response was very negative blaming us and he only offered the credit after I went back to him a second time to tell him how displeased we were.
The significant cost of this trip was probably the worst trip investment I’ve ever made. It was made more so since this was a lifelong dream to do this and at 70 I’m unlikely to do it again.
Our first day the fishing was decent and we came back with three salmon and one rock fish totaling 30# gross weight. The second day was almost a total bust. We caught one chinook the guide estimated to be 8 pounds and one smaller salmon around 3 lbs. And that was it for the whole day unless you count the three very small salmon we caught and the guide threw back. At one point during the day we asked the guide about the 60# guarantee and he said he knew nothing about it. Since the salmon weren‘t biting we went farther out to try to catch some halibut. We were unsuccessful there too and only caught some odd looking and very small rock fish while trolling.. We then tried bait and the wind came up and the swells were getting too big to drift bait for long so the guide decided it was time to go back to the dock.
That 60# guarantee really means each fisherman will catch a minimum of 15# a day and this includes anything you choose to throw back as long as it meets the legal size (the guide didn’t even ask if we wanted to keep them as I think he assumed as did we that we would catch more, and who ever keeps a 12-14” salmon). When we got back and spoke to the owner, Glenn, it was disappointing to hear that our only option was to go back out right then. Glenn offered to call the guide and send us back out. But as we’d packed up and left the boat and were both tired we declined. Our guide never suggested we stay out longer and just fish the sheltered side of the inlet until we had the 30#’s of fish in the boat. It would have been much easier than getting our gear together and going back out. When asked the guide said he didn’t know anything about the guarantee and he’d decided that was it for the day. What bothered me was how adamant Glenn was and how quickly he put the responsibility onto us for not insisting the guide stay out longer and that we should have kept the small salmon as they were over 30cm. It seemed pointless to go back out because either the fish weren’t biting or the guide didn’t know where to go to find them.. Later on that evening I went back and spoke to Glenn about how it shouldn’t be up to the client to have to push the guide for more fishing. It should have been the guide’s job to do that and, Glenn should have clearly communicated with the guide what the 60# guarantee meant. So Glenn offered to buy us dinner by crediting my credit card $200 Canadian which I accepted because we obviously weren’t going to be getting more fish and Glenn wasn’t going to offer any other alternatives.
To rub salt in our wounds when we went to the fish packer the next morning to get our fish there was two other guys there we talked to who used a different guiding company and were collecting their frozen salmon and halibut and it looked like they had about 200+ lbs. to our measly 20#’s.
No company is perfect and all companies have their bad days. What makes a good company is how they respond. We thought Glenn’s first response was very negative blaming us and he only offered the credit after I went back to him a second time to tell him how displeased we were.
The significant cost of this trip was probably the worst trip investment I’ve ever made. It was made more so since this was a lifelong dream to do this and at 70 I’m unlikely to do it again.
Written July 16, 2022
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Sophia T
11 contributions
Sept 2021 • Couples
We had AJ captain our charter he was amazing, professional, and very helpful! He is very knowledgeable and helped us catch our salmon. We will definitely be rebooking and requesting AJ next season
Written September 14, 2021
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Skippy's fishing adventures
3 contributions
Aug 2021 • Friends
Our recent trip to Uclulet was with Glenn and his crew for our Uncles 75 birthday
All he wanted was to catch a big Salmon.
After two days of unbelievable fishing on world class equipped vessels our guide AJ maxed out 5 licenses with Halibut and salmon we filled 4 large igloo coolers and headed home.
The lodge Dianna and her crew worked endless hours making sure our rooms were always ready for our return clean and organized.
Needless to say we have already booked next year with them again.
All he wanted was to catch a big Salmon.
After two days of unbelievable fishing on world class equipped vessels our guide AJ maxed out 5 licenses with Halibut and salmon we filled 4 large igloo coolers and headed home.
The lodge Dianna and her crew worked endless hours making sure our rooms were always ready for our return clean and organized.
Needless to say we have already booked next year with them again.
Written August 11, 2021
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Dick C
Courtenay, British9 contributions
Aug 2019
I've fished with Pacific Rim with both Glen and AJ. The experience was unforgettable. Truly very professional people. Nothing but action and satisfaction pretty much sums it up.
Written June 28, 2020
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Shafiq
1 contribution
Aug 2019
This used to be a very good charter. Their service level severely dropped last couple of years. Use a different service provider.
Written June 3, 2020
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