With our first baby due at the end of July the boys thought it may be a good idea to get me out at least once more this summer before life gets a little hectic. So they arranged a day on the water with Scott at West Lake Willows targeting the King of the lake. I used to do a good amount of Salmon fishing when I lived in the Toronto area, but since being here I have found myself in a boat that I don't feel comfortable out there in, so a charter it was.
First of all let me say that Scott is a great captain, i've done my fair share of charters and he really made the day. We pulled in to West Lake Willows at 5:30, he was ready to go and we were out and fishing by 6:30, and the guy did not stop all day. When he wasn't changing lines or netting fish, he was trying to entice them by culling "Come on big girl" (between us, I'm not sure that works but hey at least he was trying). It is always a good feeling when you can tell the captain wants to catch fish.
All in all a great day, we went 5 for 11 with that all five being salmon and one laker who decided that he didn't want in the boat, our biggest fish was 22lbs and put up a decent fight. Scott got some new mooching reels, like the ones they use out west and they really do make for a fun fight with the fish.
Big thanks to the boys for arranging this and a bigger thanks to Scott, I can't recommend him more, if you have family in or want to impress some clients this is the place to be. The boat alone is worth the charter costs, fish are a bonus.
Hopefully, I will be able to get out again at some point, but I'm sure we will be visiting West Lake again in the future.
Check out the video:
http://youtu.be/kYg-f36Qpyw
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