Escott blog—WK 5 (Jan 31, 2016)
Memories of Summer Fishing: Sunshine, Salmon, and Smooth
Sailing
As we’ve started to dig into our vacuum-pack salmon stores
from last summer, it’s gotten us reminiscing about the stellar summer season we
had last year at Escott Sportfishing.
While there’s never a bad time to take a Haida Gwaii fishing
trip, there’s an undeniable pull toward those long days of summer, when the
Chinooks are plentiful and so are the sun’s rays.
Haida Gwaii and Graham Island, where Escott Lodge is
located, have some of the best salmon fishing in the world throughout the
summer months. So, while we trudge our way through February, we’ll whet our
appetites for the great season that’s to come by remembering some of last
summer’s best moments.
It’s hard not to grin from ear to ear when you get a haul
like this one. You’re looking at five Tyees—that is, salmon weighing over 30
lbs—caught during one amazing fishing trip. An epic haul, to say the least.
Courtesy of one of our favourite photographers, Guy Kimola,
this photo shows off some of the undeniably spectacular wildlife that swarms
the British Columbia coast. The orcas were particularly active in Haida Gwaii
in the summer of 2015. Here’s hoping they return for 2016.
When you book a salmon fishing trip with Escott
Sportfishing, you get to swap your office view for ours. Not bad, eh?
There’s nothing like pulling in your first salmon, as this
smile shows. Watching kids have the time of their lives on our fishing trips is
definitely one of the best parts of summer.
As much as we like fishing for salmon, we’re also big fans
of eating it. Just looking at this spread of salmon sashimi—freshly prepared by
our chef at Escott Lodge—has got us drooling in anticipation of the good eats
to come in summer 2016.
But most of all, we can’t wait to take our Escott guests out
on the summer waters of Haida Gwaii, where you really will catch fish that are this big.
