Sund's Lodge

Bud's hali!

Bob Mathews 31 pound tyee

The strength of the fishery this summer continues to impress as we had another fantastic day of large #’s of wild coho, chinook, and even some pretty good halibut fishing.  Bob Mathews nailed the biggest salmon of the day, joining the Sund’s Tyee Club with his 31 pounder.  Bud and Melba Carter had a great day with Capt. Jim with double headers of big chinook and more cohos and halibut.  Marcia Douglas had to show how the women could do it- she limited on chinooks, coho and halibut.  It was another fantastic day!

Marcia showing off her limit of chinooks

Steve's salmon

Another day, another changeover at Sund’s.  Our group of 18 left in the fog and the other group of 18 came in, mostly from Montana.  Steve got this beauty 22 lb spring at Cracroft with Capt. Jim- and it was good enough for fish of the day!

Do these people look happy?

Another Beach Bistro day and another splendid showing by Mother Nature.  We have really lucked out this year.  The day’s weather started foggy and overcast and the salmon fishing was solid.  Boats moved up further along the Malcolm Island coastline and got into a fantastic bite at Black Bluff and Bere Point.  Guide Geoff Millar’s boat hammered 5 big chinook with 3 landing in the mid 20′s with the 3 Stooges (their name, not mine).  They had a ball.  Big fish honors went to Aleta who banged off this 28 pounder with Capt. Sammy at Bere Point.  All morning long the bite was solid for pinks, coho and chinooks.  By the time we got to the Beach Bistro site in the Islands the sun had cleared and we had a fantastic beach lunch hosted by Chef Paul Shand, Marc Jubinville (crab catcher extraordinaire) and Jaimie Parton.  In the afternoon some guests caught halibut, others trolled for salmon, and the whale watchers got into a fantastic show of Humpback and Orca whales.  It is days like this when we sit back in awe of the beauty of the Broughton Archipelago and the Inside Passage.

The Arizona 3

Aleta's big fish of the day!

Team Alberta poses with the mixed bag of fish

A great day fishing signified the best coho and pink fishing we’ve seen all year.  Team Alberta got the “United Nations” award for catching 3 different types of salmon and 2 halibut and a 23 pound ling cod.  Big fish of the day honors went to John Fowler for his 24 pounder caught mid morning at Bere Point.  Jeff Ostrove was just a pound behind.  It was encouraging to see cohos in the 10-13 lb range and the schols of pinks arriving!

John with his fish of the day

Jeff Ostrove with his silver medal!

This photo (above) is taken near midnight on a pitchblack night as Malcolm Island and surrounding areas was pounded by a thunder and lightning storm.  Andrew, the photographer for the Gary Cooper shoot on July 7-11, ran down to the dock and shot this.  The booming of the thunder and the lightning striking within a mile of the lodge was quite an experience for all.  Each thunder strike actually shook the buildings.  The animals went berserk and a small forest fire actually started on Malcolm Island at Point No Point from a lightning strike (it was quickly put out by BC Forests the next day).  It was the first storm of this kind we have experienced in the 27 years we have lived on Malcolm Island.

Just wanted to share a very cool picture with all of you!