Did you book the right salmon fishing lodge?

Choosing the right salmon lodge

In this blog we have discussed lodges and what makes one right for you. After all you are spending a lot of money to go after these wonderful fish. There are a lot of things to consider but when it gets down to it we really just want to catch big salmon. All lodges show pictures of big fish and build your hopes up but how are you to know who is really catching the big fish?

It really comes down to the old saying, "the proof is in the pudding". My personal experiences at The Good Hope Cannery Have shown me that for consistently catching big fish there may not be a better place. I have many photos of big fish that my wife and I have caught, many were released.

The proof:
Photo #1 shows the 3rd largest salmon ever caught with a rod and reel, best part is it was caught in 2012! According to the Florida-based International Game Fish Association, the Rivers Inlet Chinook is “the largest caught by rod and reel in a quarter century and the third largest ever,” This monster was released to move into the river to spawn. I was there that day in a boat next to the action, also that same morning a fish over 70lbs was caught and released along with several other very large fish.

Photo #2 shows a digital version of the Tyee scoreboard. Each days catch of large fish is recorded on a large board. That's almost 250 Tyee salmon (over 30lbs), this doesn't include all the Coho and other salmon and the many many Kings under 30lbs.

Photo #3 Shows a good day our boat had, there were some tired arms in that boat. Yep, I released 103 lbs of salmon in one day.

So after you consider everything else, the most important thing is catching big fish. It is worth a little extra to fill your freezer, have some great stories and maybe a trophy for your wall.