Tim Milne

There’s nothing like wrapping up a project! Each season Big Coast finishes its broadcast run with an amalgamation of 12 episodes featuring the best of saltwater boating, angling and adventure from that given year. As we turn the page on Big Coast Season 17, it’s easy to reflect on nearly 20 years of Greatest Hits shows. […]

Big Coast was on a serious Island mission end of 2024 season, fishing Denny and McInnes Islands a ton…and preparing for the grandaddy of them all…Haida Gwaii! For the second year in-a-row the Big Coast Albacore Crew was headed North to Sandspit for the 2025 Haida Gwaii Longfin Tuna Poke. It’s always cool to get

There’s nothing like a home tack. For a West Coast angler it’s a special place. A sacred space close to home…or dock or marina The 2024 season in Bella Bella was a beauty. Fishing was oftentimes tough in local mainstays down Hakai way or up across Milbanke Sound. There was some decent early fishing but

We of Big Coast infamy have been incredibly fortunate over the years to fish Port Hardy on Northern Vancouver Island.  More specifically, we’ve had a beauty run fishing with Jim Henschke. Now Big Jim’s story is not untold. He’s shown up in newspapers and fishing magazines from time-to-time and we’ve trolled 15 years with the

Running the British Columbia Inside Passage is the stuff coastal dreams are made of! Nautically speaking, it’s one of the coolest things you can do with a good boat and the ocean, as we’ve been doing our best to showcase on Big Coast for the past decade! As we’ve always spent a ton of early

One day last Spring a good friend in Bella Bella named William Hall approached me about assisting with the Heiltsuk Nation Men’s Health Program (Kaxla). The program was aimed at providing healthy and often healing opportunities for men in Heiltsuk Nation. While spending time in traditional territory, the program would provide a certain re-calibration, stressing

Sometimes I’m not sure what to say about Duncanby Lodge. Owner Sid Keay will tell you it’s the Happiest Place on Earth. With tie-dyed staff and relaxed vibe Duncanby may be the finest fishing outpost in British Columbia. Located at the mouth of Rivers Inlet, a couple hours North of Port Hardy and a couple

We knew way back when I was talking to Jeff Hanak at the BC Outdoors Show in Spring that threading the needle from Bella Bella to Barkley Sound would be a nautical challenge. You see, Jeff is not only a head honcho and lead guide at Eagle Nook Resort in Barkley Sound, he’s the BC

Over the years I’ve spent a steady amount of time in Barkley Sound. In early Big Coast days I fished the Sound ton with Mikey Evans and Jes McFarlen at Parksville Boathouse and spent time on the troll with a number of nefarious West Coast Vancouver Island characters. Like the slightly famous Kenny Myers, Mel

There has always been something mystical about early season, running the boat and wetting that first line. After a long winter of tying leaders, gear shopping and prep, taking care of boat everything and hopefully making a trip or two South…kicking off West Coast salmon season is a bonifide right of passage. In our case,