Fishing in Canada

Every few years or so, Ryan and his dad take an incredible fishing vacation.  These two love to fish and  West Coast Resorts offers an unbeatable experience!  Each day, they would get up before dawn and head out with a private guide.  They fished for salmon (king / chinook or spring / coho) first and then, when they hit the limit, would fish for halibut and ling cod.  And, wow, did they catch a lot of fish.  Paula and I each have a freezer full.    

They had beautiful weather and calm seas.  The sunrises were apparently gorgeous.  They saw bald eagles and killer whales.  The killer whales eat salmon, so seeing them is not a good thing when salmon fishing.    

The cool thing is that the lodge is built on a barge.  That way, it can be towed to different locations seasonally to follow the best fishing.  Ryan and Frank were fishing Milbanke Sound in British Columbia.   

Because of the remote location, the lodge is only accessible by sea plane or boat.  Very cool to be flown, literally, to your doorstep.  Not very cool when they had an aborted take-off while trying to leave the lodge.  Ryan told me they couldn't get enough speed for liftoff and almost crashed into the rocky shore.  But, they circled around and managed to fly out of the sound on the second try.        

One day, the boys were so close to a sea otter that they could see him cracking open his dinner.  The sea otter floats on his back and uses a rock to crack open whatever he is trying to eat.  Listen and you can hear the clicking as he cracks open this oyster or abalone. 

It was a great trip, as always, with bonding time between father and son.