Trip Report - We went fishing to Great Pacific Salmon Lodge - Pic Heavy!!

[omega50]

Trip report?
Was it everything you hoped for?

[FallAirFever]

Well it's been a couple days since we got back from our fishing trip. When I last posted we had just arrived at the lodge, the weather was beautiful!
We had a beer on the deck, got settled in, met the staff and had a great meal.



Shea, our guide, asked us if we there to fish, we said "of course" and his response was "be on the dock before 5". Oh boy!


It was a nice morning, a little early, but very beautiful.

A quick run out to our spot and we were on the hunt for Chinooks! It didn't take long to get our first fish.



Not the Chinook we were hoping for, but hey a nice Halibut will do just fine!!

The weather was amazing and the Salmon started to co-operate.



Then we got into the Salmon!!!





Everyone in our grou boated a Salmon but me, I was the KING OF THE ROCK COD!!!


The Salmon bite slowed so we headed to hit some bottom fish. We caught all kinds of cool fish.
A Snapper.

Caught 2 nice snapper, one was 16lbs.

A Dog Fish:


and some more Halibut, caught our limit!


Then back on to the Salmon, caught one more, 4 for the day, 4 halibut, 2 snapper and a handful of rock cod. A wonderful mixed bag.

We took a little break to feed the eagles, really cool sight to see.




We spent 16 hours on the boat that day, our guide was nothing short of amazing. Man can he bait a line in a instant and saw strikes that I missed when I was staring at the rod while he drive the boat. Shea thank-you for making our trip awesome!
Then it was back to the Lodge for a feast of crab and bed, we were exhausted.

[FallAirFever]

Day two was another early start. The wind was picking up a little so we hit another spot for Salmon. Unfortunatly the fish did not co-operate, the wind slowed and it was time for some bottom fishing.



Another limit of Halibut:




And a nice Ling Cod:


Our guide out-did himself again with having us on the water for 12 hours and working his butt off to put up with us newbies and trying to get us more salmon, but as happens sometimes the fish didn't agree with our plans.

We had an incredible trip, it was a whirlwind with a lot of driving and a couple of epic days on the water.


We came home with a great haul of Halibut, and a nice mix of Salmon, Snapper, Rock and Ling Cod. First meal this weekend is going to be some Halibut on the BBQ and as soon as I have time I am smoking up some Salmon baby!!

I think someone warned that this can be addictive, well it sure can, my buddy is already tossing dates around for next year. Thinking of a little later in the year when the Chinooks are running a little thicker and the maybe the Coho have started. Anyone thinking of taking a trip like this should give Jamie at Great Pacific Salmon Lodge a call, he was very accomodating to make our trip happen and we couldn't be more happy with the way it went.

It's been very tough to focus since getting back and I sure am looking forward to getting back on the boat with Shea!

REEL, REEL, REEL, REEL...!!!!!!

[Safety D]

My buddies are in Rupert heading out right this morning. Is the fishing on ?

[FallAirFever]

Originally Posted by Safety D

My buddies are in Rupert heading out right this morning. Is the fishing on ?

The should be into the fish pretty good!
Our guide was saying the fishing would just keep picking up from now until around the third week of June, for the Chinooks anyways. The Coho haven't really started yet from what I understand.

Hope he has a great time, who is he fishing with?