What a week it’s been!  With easy access to the whole fishing grounds, QCL anglers last week enjoyed one of the fishiest trips of the season.  Working the inshore sweet spots from Green Point all the way around to Cape Naden, our guests found their share of chunky Chinooks, many in the 21 to 28 pound class, with lots of high-teeners and enough Tyees to keep it interesting!

It was certainly a good trip for Saskatchewan angler David S, visiting the Lodge for his 8^thtime, when he joined the QCL Tyee Club, boating a beautiful 37-pound Chinook with his guide Mark Kasumovich and fishing buddy John P.  Andy S came from Washington state to enjoy some great QCL fishing and was rewarded with a 41 pounder with some help from his guide Tristan O’Brian.  Gary V, fishing with his wife Janice and veteran  QCL guide Nick Mercer, returned to the Bell Ringer with one of the season’s largest salmon, a stunning Tyee that tipped the scale at 45 pounds! For a lot of first-timers, seeing some big salmon up close is pretty inspiring, hopeful that they will get a chance to tangle with one like that someday!

When our guests chose to move offshore they found it pretty easy to “double-up”on their efforts.  Halibut fishing has been a breeze lately, with many boats investing a whole 30-minutes to pick up a couple of nice “chickens”for the freezer.  While they’re out there they spend more time trolling for Coho and they’re finding really nice fish.  We’re seeing 12-13 pounders every day now and the occasional 14-15.  The second half of August will be pretty exciting!