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Catch The Fish of a Lifetime at QCL!

Several guests at Queen Charlotte Lodge have been catching chinook over 40 pounds last week! The question is, when will you be hooking into YOUR monster chinook or coho? Better yet, between the fish battles on QCL’s guided boats, you could get a chance to snap some photos of the other behemoths of sea, Humpback whales.

The great folks at at QCL like to keep me updated as to what their guests are experiencing at their Lodge. Here are some of the highlights from The Kingfisher Report at Queen Charlotte Lodge:

August 14
Greg McCoach boated a nice 44 pounder Friday but it wasn t quite enough to beat Joe Phillip’s 46 pounder.  Paul Reid released a beauty that taped out to 37 pounds – great job Paul!  Ross Wilmots 45 was the big fish on Saturday. Nice flat water on Sunday should see lots of boats offshore after Halibut and schooling Coho…

August 18
With sunrise coming a little later these days there is a certain urgency in the dining room at breakfast.  The staff is hustling just to keep eggs in the pan! Everyone wants to be on the water as soon as possible to capitalize on an awesome morning bite.  We are getting Chinooks just a little farther from shore this week, usually down about 40 feet in 140 feet of water…  First timer Andrea Dietel and her husband Chris, fishing with guide Mike Borelli have had a great time catching Tyees – a 35 & 37 on Monday, 32 & 48 on Wednesday.  Jeff Lund boated a beauty 40 pounder early in the week while Jessica Eussen, fishing with her dad Remy and guide Mike McLennan, landed and released an awesome 43 pounder off Parker Point.  Well done Jessica!  Burmah Martin has 3 big Tyees so far in her trip with 39, 40 and a 33 pounder which she chose to release.  Lots of fish in the mid 30s are keeping the Tyee bell ringing every evening…

August 21
The flat water and blue sky combination provided one of those dream days to be out on the grounds.  Some anglers took advantage and ventured offshore to watch the Humpbacks feeding steadily on needlefish and krill, a totally awesome experience that really should not be missed…Gonzalo De Braganza took the lead early on Friday, choosing to release the biggest salmon of the weekend, a chrome bright 45 pounder at Parker Point.  Great job!  Tony Vigini boated a nice 38 while Preston Kelts managed a 33 and a 38 pounder on his first day.  Tia Walsh celebrated a beautiful 37 lb Chinook on Saturday and Brent Lobson came to the scale with a fat 40 pounder.  The perfect water conditions had everyone fishing Halibut and Tom Levesque found a 69 pound reward Saturday with guide Derek Poitras out off of Eagle Rock…

Now, I trust you understand why QCL is at the top of my ‘Bucket List’. Contact the Lodge and book your next trip. Please tell them Muskoka Outdoors sent you…

*photos and report content used with permission from the QCL Blog

Fish like this ARE a reality at Queen Charlotte Lodge!

The fishing has been hot at QCL this past week. Read these fishing updates direct from, The Lodge:

July 14
Great fishing today had the dining room all abuzz as most boats encountered Chinook salmon of the larger variety.  Not everyone landed them but most have a good story to tell!  While Parker Point continues to be the hot spot, consistently producing good numbers of Chinook & Coho pretty well every day, Bird Rock was the place this morning.  The first boats out got into nice Springs in the 25 – 35 pound class right away…

Veteran QCL angler Andy Hintz was thrilled to bring a beautiful 40-pounder to the boat last night at Eagle Rock while fishing with his wife Carol.  The newest member of the QCL 50-Pounder Club is Gerald McMorrow who landed a beautiful, deep-sided 55 pounder at Parker Pt. late this afternoon, fishing with QCL guide Matt Burr.  Congratulations guys!  Well done!

July 10
Chinook salmon still range widely in size with lots of 20 pounders coming to the dock, perfect fillets for the table.  The Tyee Club continues to grow daily with several anglers finding those 30-pound-plus fish, often hiding along the edges of the kelp beds.  Ronald Halberg boated a nice 43 pounder Friday while Chris Holman landed his second over-forty for the trip, again off the east end of Parker Point.  Parker has certainly been the most productive spot over the past week, though Bird 2 hasnt been far behind.  Totem House angler Rick Rowbotham has done well this weekend with 33 pounders on both Friday and Saturday; electing to release todays Tyee.  Great job Rick!  Over-forties came today as well with Chris Ashwell finding a 42 and 15-year-old angler Cole Guolo opting to release a beautiful big Spring which taped out to 43.7 pounds.  Great job Cole and thanks for letting that big one go!  Loads of Coho are out there right now, averaging 8-10 pounds so everybody is having some fun with those.  Now is the time to break out those 8-weights and chase these fantastic game fish on the open salt water!  Its a feeling thats just hard to beat!

July 7
Summer has arrived in Haida Gwaii!  Big blue skies and warm breezes have motivated the staff to call it Hawaii Gwaii! We re certainly enjoying it.  A major bonus that QCL guests are enjoying right now is the light westerly winds are giving us very comfortable fishing conditions and anglers are fishing from Bird Rock all the way around to Green Point.  It seems the low slack tides are more significant to the fish activity this week.  While we get the odd snap happening here and there throughout the day, the bite hasn t really been happening until the low tide arriving in mid afternoon.  The mix of salmon remains strong with lots of feeder Springs still keeping anglers busy alongside the plentiful supply of Coho.  The Chinooks are hitting herring, anchovies and spoons at depths from 45 feet right down to 80 feet in 90 feet of water.  We ve seen some nice trophy-sized Chinooks caught again this trip with Matthew Bolsoy boating a mixed bag; an awesome 45 pound Chinook and a 41 pound Halibut on the same day!  Now that s good fishing!  Today we saw a 42 pound Tyee taken at Parker Point by Chris Holman, fishing with guide Mike Tustin.  Great job guys!  - End of report -

Now, I trust you understand why QCL is at the top of my ‘Bucket List’. Contact the Lodge and book your next trip. Please tell them Muskoka Outdoors sent you…

*photos and report used with permission from the QCL Blog