Welcome to Good Hope Cannery in Rivers Inlet, BC, Canada!
This week on Lodge Life we are heading over to Wadhams Point to catch some Coho. Wadhams is another old cannery site that we visit almost everyday to walk the dogs. The staff take turns going so that we get a break from the day to day cannery life. That's also one of the reasons we went out fishing.
We are a spoiled group of staff up here at Good Hope. Kevin took me out fishing to bring some meat home. I sent a couple coho to St.Jeans Cannery to have canned and shipped to my family in Barrhead, Alberta. I had the guys fillet another salmon into 4 pieces to bring home for the freezer. Also I caught my first Halibut at "The Kidney" which is half way between to mouth of the inlet and Calvert Island.
Our 5 hour fishing tournament was amazing, all thanks to one playful Humpback whale. It swam and danced around us for almost an hour. Smacking its tail on the water and breaching and twirling around in the kelp beds.
The radio was dead and we were all sure that we all got skunked... except Teddy who released a 2 pound hatchery spring... which barely counts. When we arrived back to the cannery we were surprised to see both Randy and Nina had caught a salmon each, guided by Dwayne Walkus! The champions of the 2023 GHC derby.
The year is quickly wrapping up so stay tuned to see what it takes to end a season at a wilderness lodge on the west coast of Canada. I'll also be working on a video of highlights of the season, including a lot of new footage!
Thanks so much for watching!
Take care until next time!
21 авг 2024