Haida Gwaii - Salmon Paradise!

[Montaigut]

For all of you avid salmon fans out there this is probably one of the very best spots on earth. You will find them all: chinook, coho, pink, sockeye and chum.

My son and I are regular visitors. Here are a few pics of our latest trip.

First day; off bright and early.

First catch: David's spring, 18 lb.

Fishing, cigars and nothing else in the world that matters. Talk about disconnecting...

First day catch in...

David enjoying a nice smoke.

A regular visitor, along with whales and orca.

Can't wait to get back!

[ChanceSchmerr]

It is a spectacular place. I cruised in and through Haidi Gwaii in 2004 onboard the HMCS Oriole, Canada's Navy Tall Ship. A fantastic experience! We never caught any salmon though, mainly Lingcod and a massive Starfish that crawled into our Crab Trap haha!

[thechenman]

Thanks for sharing the pics...amazing...love the shot of the eagle as well.

[CanuckSARTech]

Thanks for sharing - beautiful and alluring, and quite the fish also!

[#2 man]

Thanks for posting those great pictures !! ........Brings back great memories fishing Salmon on lake Michigan

[hoyopr]

Great photos, and it is a great area with some excellent fishing, also there can be some big Halibut taken up the BC coast as well as in Alaska.

[El Presidente]

Great stuff

All I want to do right now is go fishing for a few days!

[laficion]

Great photos Dan, the beauty of that spot make it a perfect place to disconnect.

Thanks for sharing the experience

[tmac77]

Great photos, and it is a great area with some excellent fishing, also there can be some big Halibut taken up the BC coast as well as in Alaska.

Indeed you are correct. I have been going up to Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) for 4 years now. Amazing plance amazing fishing. Here is one I caught last year.

[Ken Gargett]

fantastic. and not conducive to spending the day working.

[Ken Gargett]

i see one rod and reel combo. was that typical of the gear?

[tmac77]

i see one rod and reel combo. was that typical of the gear?

Gear is a good long salmon rod with Islander mooching reel (which are things of beauty http://www.islander.com/main.php) spooled up with 20 - 25 lb test depending upon your preferance. Fished using either weighted line or from a downrigger. We usually had one or two on the rigger and one or two weighted lines on the larger boats and on smaller boats one rigger and two weighted lines. Mostly going for Springs (chinook Salmon) and coho but you get all types up there including some nice halibut I got a nice one a couple of years ago and here is the pic. Along with a few more from the area.

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[tmac77]

not sure if I loaded the pics correctly buzz back if you can not view them

[hoyopr]

Nice photo of the Halibut and great weather as well.

[tmac77]

Would be very cool to get a group of FOH members out there on a trip sometime.

Here are some more pics that I tried to post earlier but for some reason did not go through.

[tmac77]

mmmmm I must be doing something wrong.. ooops I just realized that the file sizes are too big.

Will try and reduce and post later