Sund's Lodge

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….

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!

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!