Winter fishing in Sooke can be as productive as in the summer as Orryan, who was visiting the Sooke area from Edmonton ,experienced. His crew hooked up with Al Kennedy of Reel Excitement Charters, below, a couple of weeks ago when the weather was cooler but clear with the temperature around the freezing mark. It beats Edmonton, he said, which at the time was in -25 to -30 range and snowing.