Another Hot Week!

The week started with clear skies and temperatures over 30 degrees celcius. Our group from Sportquest Holidays were out catching fish.

Congratulations to Michael, Derek and Bob on catching their first ever salmon. It was a memorable trip for Brain who since the age of 14 had a dream to catch a Steelhead. Now 59 years young, Brian achieved his dream at the first attempt by landing two super Steelhead in one day. There were big smiles and a few tears around the dinner table that night.

Thanks to everyone for making it such an enjoyable and fun week.

Fun in the Sun!
This last week the Steelhead fishing has been exceptional. Kalum River Lodge anglers have been catching loads of big healthy Steelhead. “This is the best early season Steelhead fishing I have seen in 31 years of guiding” says Head Guide Andrew Rushton.
As well as great Steelhead fishing on the Skeena River we have had some super catches of salmon on the Kitimat River.

With such a varied fishery there are plenty of options for everyone. Looking forward to next week’s fishing already!

Salmon, Steelhead and Trout!!
It’s been a great week for Kalum River Lodge anglers with good catches. Fish landed this week include Chinook, Chum and Pink Salmon as well as Steelhead and Cuthroat trout.

The Skeena River has large numbers of Steelhead showing up at the test fishery so we are anticipating a great season.

We have been out testing our newest Hyde Powerdrifter. It’s a super boat and a great addition to the fleet.  Looking forward to using it during our summer season!

The good weather has arrived and our summer fishing season has started!  Our guides have been out fishing on the Kitimat River and the Chinook have been biting. These fresh fish are a challenge with their fast powerful runs.  When Chinook first enter the river they can be very aggressive and are an amazing salmon to catch on the fly.

Our spring Steelhead season is now over. Our guests caught some great Steelhead and enjoyed their time out on the rivers. With the melting snow pack the rivers are running high. We will be out fishing again later in June and look forward to the arrival of our first guests of the summer season.

We had a great week with cousins Rob and Kirk. The guys worked hard and were rewarded with several hookups with large Steelhead. Sometimes bringing them into the bank is not an easy task!

Despite the forecast for warmer days, the past week has still been fairly cool. Our anglers had some successful days but had to work hard for their fish this week. However, one lucky angler landed a 20lb and a 16lb Steelhead on his first day. Some fresh Steelhead were landed through the week as well as some nice trout.

The first week of April gave us a mix of weather with a couple of beautiful sunny days and a few days of snow, showing us that winter had not completely left yet! Our new guest Arkadiy landed four super Steelhead on his best day. This is definitely not the time for anglers who like fishing in warm weather! The forecast for next week is for warmer temperatures so it should start to feel more like spring.

Only a couple of weeks to go until our first anglers arrive. We are looking forward to being back on the rivers catching some feisty Steelhead and trout.

Even with the winter weather our guides are still out on the river enjoying some great fishing.  At this time of the year a bit of warm weather is all it takes to get us back on the water. Winter is a time of great contrasts with the white landscapes, evergreen forests, clear water and blue sky days.

We are counting the days to when the first spring Steelhead enter the coastal rivers.  By late March our first guests of the year will be exchanging stories of the fish landed during their trip. A  bonus for spring anglers are the good numbers of trout eagerly waiting to take your fly too!