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Biggest fish of the year caught at Sund’s!

Monday, August 30th, 2010

My oh my.  What a day.  Paul Sprangers went BIG with Captain Duddley today.  In the morning tide off Van Isle Paul caught a 42 lb chinook, making him Top Dog of the whole summer with the largest summer caught so far.  Then in the afternoon at Baronet Pass, Paul did it again, catching a 34 lbr.  With 76 lbs of fish caught in 1 day, he joins a pretty exclusive club at Sund’s Lodge!

We had an amazing beach bistro as the sun shone all afternoon and the wind was flat.  It was just perfect.  Lots of other big fish were caught and the sockeye run continues to amaze us.  Experts are now saying it is the strongest sockeye run in 100 years.  This definitely feels like a charmed summer.  What a day!  It was all punctuated by a great beachfire on the breakwater at dusk.  Simply amazing….

Aug 20 am and Aug 20 pm

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

One group left today and NAILED the big fish….over 15 chinooks caught in a few hours fishing.  Rick Cromer went big with a 35 lbr but lots of other BIG fish were taken as well as limits of sockeye.

Then in the afternoon, we have had some family and friends from around North America roll in and get into some nice sockeye fishing.  Team Naubert got 17 fish with 13 sockeyes…wow.  Nice work guys!  It is shaping up to be a great trip!

HOT @ Sund’s Lodge!

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Sat Aug 14 was the hottest day of the year for weather and probably fishing too!  It was insane out there..with daytime temps well into the 80′s (F) and over 25 degrees Celsius.  And the fishing was HOTTER!  The D Jac Fishing Invitational guys nailed em!

Ray Lees got the biggest fish of the day at 29 lbs, runner up was Jim Turner’s 28. Some huge 48 and 49 lb halis were caught.  Not to be outdone was Capt Roland’s boat, making a comeback tour at Sund’s Lodge for 2 days only, as they caught a record 5 sockeye.  AWESOME DAY!!!

Burgers, Oodles of Fish, and Sun

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Sounds like a perfect combo right?  Not all boats limited today but a few boats had extremely good luck with boxes full of salmon and halibut.  Team Canadian Sportfishing got into a   of Pacific Cod along with Italo’s nice Chinook.  The Fearsome Foursome from Montana had a great day, especially Mark and Don who limited on chinooks and got to release some nice Chinooks once their box was full of both halibut and Chinook salmon.  Big fish of the day went to Bill Behnke of Team Florida, who absolutely slaughtered the fish: sockeye, hatchery coho, and Chinooks.  Another enjoyable day here in Paradise!












Steady and productive fishing yields great results!

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

The bite today was slowe and steady and the gusy spent the whole Burger Boat day out chasing fish.  By the end, it had been quite a productive day.  Steve Fowler joined the tyee club in a HUGE way with this dandy 35 lbr. caught with Capt. Dudds. 

Max also went big in his own way- catching this 40 lb pink salmon – at least that is what the scaled said!

All in all a great day!  Check the pics and enjoy…

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A great day of fishing!

Friday, August 6th, 2010

You know fishing is great when you wear the guys out so they need a nap at the Beach Bistro.  By the time the boats tied up for lunch, half the boats were already limited out on chinooks and had switched over to trying for sockeye, which opened for catch and harvest yesterday.  Lots of big fish to report:  Len joined the tyee club with his 30 with Capt. Millar and Tony nailed this 34 lbs with Capt. Spenny.  Mary also did great with this 45 lb hali with Capt. Spennny but top hali award went to Chris on Capt. Duddley’s boat.  An EPIC day of fishing at Sund’s Lodge!

Great fishing today @ Sund’s Lodge

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

Wow.  The boats were out at 5am…burger boat day today and we fished till almost 5.  How did we do?  Well to answer that I can tell you its now 9pm and the guides are still packing fish.  It was an AWESOME day of fishing at Sund’s.  Several of the boats limited out on chinooks and halis.  Almost every guest caught at least one chinook, if not two.  Gary caught the biggest fish of the day at 29.5 lbs with Capt. Scott Sund.  Capt. Spenny’s boat caught the GRAND SLAM in ultimate style: a limit of halibut, a limit of salmon, a flounder, a cod, and a MACKERAL.  Wow…well done!  The  same guys also released 7 halibut over 30 lbs…not a bad day!

Lots of smiles and pats on the back tonight at Sund’s Lodge.  Wish you were here!

Let the Good Times Roll @ Sund’s Lodge

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Another great day on the Beach Bistro day.  The morning started with Mike Parker joining the tyee club with this 33 lbr- that makes the two biggest fish of the trip caught by the Parker boys.  Nice job guys!  Lots of other chinooks were caught in the morning tide and some nice cohos too.  Gabe caught the biggest kid fish with his 22 lbr.  But the real star of the day was Katherine Bernal, who after the Beach Bistro, went out with Capt. Dudds to the deep water of Queen Charlotte Strait to nail a 92 lb halibut.  It got pretty rough out there but Katherine battled the fish and ended up with the largest halibut ever caught by a juvenile at Sund’s Lodge.  Way to go Katherine!

July 27 first day of new group brings in a few HOGS

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

 

The group arrived today from as far as England, and as close as Vancouver with folks from California, Seattle, Kamploops and Minnesota sprinkled in.  The first afternoon was a bit slow but the few fish that hit the dock were absolute slabs.  Brad from Kamloops caught the biggest ling cod of the summer at 40 lbs and Andrew Parker nailed this beautiful 37 lb chinook at Flower Island with Capt. Shaun.  So far it is the 3rd largest fish of the summer.  Way to go guys- those are some real hogs!

Mary Joins the Tyee Club!

Friday, July 2nd, 2010
After years of trying, writer Mary  Peachin joined the Tyee Club at Sund’s Lodge!  Trolling on the north shore of Malcolm Island, Mary’s rod bent over with a huge fish.  After a monstrous fight, the behomoth surfaced and guide Geoff Duddridge told her confidently, “Oh yeah, this one is the one!”  Sure enough, the huge chinook tipped the scale at just over 30 lbs.  Congratulations Mary!