Here is another great walleye fishing video you will learn fishing tips and technique on how to use spinners for walleye. Al Lindner and Dan Sura will help you catch giant / trophy walleyes. There are many different types of spinner on the market and in this video you will mainly see how to use single hook spinners.
Walleye spinners will provide the following benefits: color, flash, vibrationand most important extra action to the bait. Nightcrawlers, plastic lures, leech and minnow can be used with single hook spinner.
You can buy your single hook spinner from the shelf or build your own spinner. Personally I like using spinners from Northland Fishing Tackle. Have a look on their website, you can order their 84 pages free catalogue loaded with tips, tricks and secrets. Even more interesting, they are selling walleye spinner kit where you can create your own! Once your have created your spinner, you will only need a sinker to start catching walleye!
Spinner Walleye
Discount fishing tackle
Discount fishing tackle
I know the walleye fishing season is at the door when I visit the fishing fair organized by Musky Canada every year in Lachine on the Montreal island. It's a routine every year, I get up early in the morning and I drive to pick up my walleye fishing buddy Marc Poirier. Marc was kind enough this morning to prepare two nice "café au lait" for our drive to the fishing fair. It's only a 20 minutes drive to Lachine from Marc's place. Lachine it's a portion of Montreal that we know well since we do some fall walleye fishing every year on Lake Saint-Louis.
Fishing fair from the old days
This fishing fair is kind of unique, the event is held in the basement of an old church. We got there around 9h00am and the place was already crowded. You can find a lot of discount fishing tackle such as: reel, rod, bait, home made lures, etc.. It's an opportunity to find some great discount tackle: new and used. For any serious musky angler in the Montreal area, it's a must event. It's one of the only occasion where you can buy the best handmade musky lure : famous Lambert brothers spinner bait. Christian and Stephane Lambert are always there to share their passion : musky fishing. If you are a musky angler, make sure you take the time to talk with them, they've been fishing musky for over 20 years!
Discount Abu Garcia Cardinal 303
I had on my short shopping list this morning to find an additional good quality casting reel. I found a great Abu Garcia Cardinal 303 with 7 bearings. With a gear ratio of 5.1:1 and a line capacity of 6 lb .test/210 yds this walleye reel will be a great one for one of my two sons.
Stinger walleye jig
I also found some great stinger jigs. They were available in boxes of 10 for 1$ / box. When Marc and I stop by this booth, we bough them all! For 12$, we now have over 120 great quality stinger walleye jigs! We also found some 1/2 oz jig for walleye, at 0.30$ each that was also a great deal. For spring fishing on the St-Lawrence, 1/2 oz is the minimum that you need in order to do some successful vertical walleye fishing.
The countdown has now started, less then 50 days and it will be walleye fishing opening season!
Pre-spawn
Understanding the walleye pre-spawn period
As soon as walleyes start assembling in their spawning area, this is a good indicator of the beginning of the pre-spawn period. Every year is different, it's the water temperature that triggers the walleye's biological clock that will tell them to move towards their spawning areas. Biologists have identified that walleyes will usually begin spawning when the water temperature is somewhere between 40˚f and 50˚f. Males are just like military, first ones in and last ones out of the spawning location! Since the pre-spawn period is mostly related to water temperature, it could start even if the lake, river or reservoir is still covered with ice!
Walleyes will usually stay in there pre-spawn location for about a month. Their preferred locations for spawning is among broken rocks / gravel in shallow water (1-3 foot range). They will occupy those preferred locations during the night and in the day they will rest in quiet pool containing 10 to 12 feet of water.
Keep in mind that walleye metabolism is slow during the pre-spawn period and you lure presentation must be very slow is you are allowed to fish!
Walleye fish
Walleye : The fish
We can currently find Walleye mainly in Lake of the Wood on the border of Ontario, Minnesota, the Missouri River and home of of the walleye world record: Old Hickory Lake in Tennessee (walleye trophy of 25 pounds caught in 1960).
Blue Walleye
Do you know that by 1971, the real blue walleye was considered extinct? Some anglers might think that they had caught a blue walleye since then but they were not true blue walleye. Here is a good hint to validate if it's a true blue walleye: wrap your blue walleye in newspaper and the slim will come off and the newspaper will turn blue; it's not a true blue walleye!
Walleye closest relative: the sauger
The closest relative to a walleye is the sauger, a fish often mistaken for the walleye. Here is a quick tip on how to compare a walleye with a sauger: saugers have a blackish overall body and on the dorsal fins, the sauger has dark blotches that the walleye does not have. The sauger will usually spawn later then the walleye, sometime in the same location but will never get as big. A 3-pound sauger would be a trophy one! Don't worry, over the years I've caught several saugers while fishing on the St-Lawrence river around Montreal and they just taste as good as walleye!
Why is a walleye called a walleye?
It's based on his prominent eye that the walleye gets his name! When light hits a walleye eye, you will see a white membrane that in the reality is a white substance that is behind the fish's retina. The white substance is providing the walleye with a better sight capacity than any other fish under low-light conditions. it's not because they are light sensitive that walleye cannot be caught in shallow water. If you think that walleye cannot be caught in shallow water, you better keep reading my walleye fishing blog!
What are lateral lines used for?
Lateral line definition: a visible line along the size of a fish consisting of a series of pore-like sensory organs acting as vibration receptors, or like sonar.
The walleye's lateral lines are extremely sensitive and it's with those lateral lines that walleye can tell where is a sound/vibration coming from. Walleye can hear the swimming motions of lures even the smallest jig you can imagine. Imagine if you use rattle rings on your jig!Next time you will be fishing, will you consider doing rapid turns and irregular patterns with your lures when casting and trolling for walleye?
Where to locate walleye
Know how to locate walleye
In order to catch trophy walleye, the most important tip is to know how to locate walleye. When you get to a lake, you must be able to map the water. You must understand the lake structure. First, you should locate all the fishing areas that can hold fish. Built a route to cover all the selected areas and always start fishing by trying to cover as much water as possible: trolling strategy! When you identify the potential fishing spots, keep in mind your preferred fishing style. I can't hide here that my strongest technique is: vertical jigging!
Study the lake map
One of my private strategy is to study the lake map several days prior to the fishing trips. If I'm planning to fish for walleye right at the beginning of the season, I will try locate any potential spawning area on the lake. From there, I will try to define the pattern followed by the female walleyes when they leave the spawning area towards they preferred summer areas. If you are reading my walleye blog, it's because you are connected to the internet.
Read walleye forums
I would also strongly recommend that you take the time to complete some reading on the most important walleye forums on the web. When you get to the lake, stick to your strategy. You can collect information from the local anglers but believe me, stick to your strategy! The only locals that I will listen to are the ones that don't talk : the indian native! Here in Quebec, you will find them living by all major reservoirs up north. With a good pair of binoculars, you will be able to see them and to locate where they fish! Have I told you, stick to your initial strategy!
Have a look at the below picture, you will find the trace of a walleye fishing trip in a very specific area of the Cabonga reservoir in Northern Quebec. This trace was taken using Mapsource on my Garmin GPS ;) Based on the trace, you can tell that this was a good sector for walleye fishing.
rattle rings
Rattle rings from Northland is of the best kept walleye fishing secrets! With those rattle rings, you can add sound to jigs so walleyes can locate them, even in stained waters line in the spring. Those rattle rings are designed to fit all hook shafts and they are made in USA.
The rattle rings are the most versatile and deadly rattle ever developed for walleye fishing. They are designed with a patented "silicone ring" and they emit a sonic "rattlin" vibrations to attract walleye and most important to trigger strikes!
"It rings the dinner belt!"This is a great walleye fishing accessories that can make the different when the fish are not really active. Make sure you will have several units in your tackle box since you will need to share that fishing secret with your fishing bodies ;)
Pecan Crusted Walleye
Ingredients:
flour seasoned with salt and pepper
1/4 cup cream 35%
1/4 cup white wine
1 large egg, slightly beaten
1 ripe pear, peeled and cut into slices
2 walleye fillets (1/2 lb. each)
2 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. minced scallion
2 Tbsp. blue cheese
3/4 Cup finely chopped pecans
3 cup all-purpose flour
juice of 1/2 lemon
Dredge walleye in flour then dip in egg and coat in pecans. Melt butter and sauté walleye 6 minutes on each side. Transfer fillets to a plate and cover to keep warm. Drain excess grease. Add scallions and pear. Cook 1 to 2 minutes. Add wine and cook a few more minutes. Add cream, season with salt and pepper. Add lemon juice. At the last minute, add the blue cheese and spoon over the fish.
This is one of my most popular walleye recipe and most important, it only takes a few minutes to prepare!
Balanced jigging rapala
Balanced jigging Rapala is one of my top 10 walleye fishing lures. First time I've tried this lure I was fishing on Lake St-Louis by Montreal, Quebec with one of the best professional angler in Quebec: Patrick Campeau. It was late in October and we were just drifting in about 10 to 15 feet of water. Our lines were not even ready that Pat's line was in the water and he was successful at catching several walleyes even before we start fishing. Throughout this fishing day, Pat showed us on to properly use the Balanced jigging Rapala.
Here are some major characteristics of the Balanced jigging Rapala:
- Available in 14 different colors, my preferred one is : Clown
- Body length from 1 1/4" to 3 1/2"
- Weight from 1/8 oz to 3/4 oz
After tying directly to the top eyelet drop the Jigging Rap to the bottom, indicated by slack line, or to depth fish are suspended at. A quick sharp rise with start the bait in a tantalizing circular motion right in the middle of eager fish. Tipping the center treble with a wax worm or minnow adds to the attraction.
I would strongly recommend to have one or two jigging rap in your tackle box and give it a try next time you will be doing drift fishing!
Remote control fishing pole
What kind of business men can you be to have prepared a successful business case that tells you that you should build a web site to sell Remote Control Fishing Pole? Some business men have some very unique flair for business opportunity! Guy, owner of Remote Control Fishing website must be a remote control fanatic in order to have such a business.
In order to use this unique fishing pole, first you will need your own remote control boat. The Remote Control fishing pole attaches easily on a remote control boat. Simply drive your bait around the lake until a walleye hits the bait. Then watch as your fishing line comes off the remote control boat , then simply reel your fish in!
I've looked at the different videos available on Guy's website but I've found the below remote control fishing video very interesting!
Less then 45 days and it will be my first fishing trip. It won't be a walleye fishing trip but still, a trout fishing trip is still better than a day at work ;)
Mike
Oven-fried walleye
1 cup cornflake
1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard
3 teaspoons lime juice
4 walleye fillets
6 tablespoons of milk
olive oil cooking spray
garlic powder
salt and pepper
Pre-heat oven to 450. Mix in a medium bowl: lime juice, mustard, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Place the corn flake crumbs in a flat container. Dip the walleye in the milk mixture and then in the cornflake crumbs, coat both sides. Place walleye on non-stick baking sheet. Spray with olive oil cooking spray. Bake until lightly brown, about 10 minutes. Turn the walleye fillets and spray the other side with olive oil cooking spray. Bake until crisp.
This is probably the easiest walleye recipe to do and the preferred kid's recipe!
Bon appetit!
James Bay Walleye fishing tournament
This tournament is the biggest walleye fishing tournament in Quebec. This catch and release tournament will take place from June 19th to June 28th, 2008 and it will be the 9th edition! This tournament has been originally organized in 1999 by Mr Richard Laplante and it's held in a little town named Chapais. This town is located in the southeast part of the James bay region and the population is about 2,000. The main site of the tournament is located about 6.2 miles from Chapais on the Bank of lake Opémiska. To get to the town of Chapais, it will be a drive on paved road of about 435 miles from Montreal.
Over 110,000$ in prizes and bursaries
There are two main categories in this tournament: Amateur and Pro-VIP. Within the amateur category, there would be more then 80,000$ in prizes in the different contests: Opemiska contest, James Bay contest, Feminine contest and the youth contest. The professional category is 30,000$ in prizes and there is a maximum a 75 teams.
Lake Opemiska
This water surface stretches over 11 miles in length and an average width of 2 miles. Its very irregular contours total a perimeter of 92 miles to give a total surface area of approximately 48 square miles. This lake constitutes in fact a widening of the Chibougamau River, which flows into the Rivers Waswanipi and Nottaway. Its surface includes many great bays, islands and peninsulas.
Tournament spokesman: Normand Byrns
Normand Byrns is a very well known professional angler and hunter in Quebec and he has his own fishing shows: Good Fishing (Bonne pêche in French) and Good hunting (Bonne chasse). While being the spokesman of this walleye fishing tournament, Normand takes the time to participate in activities with youngsters to introduce them to this passionate world of walleye fishing. Normand is also a great stand-up comic and he always animate the closing hight of the tournament and present the winners of each category with lot of surprises and a great deal of humor. Every year Normand has an outdoor movies tourney and I always enjoy attending those fishing and hunting video's event with my best fishing buddies Marc Poirier. The 2008 registration will start in April, you can visit the tournament website for more information: James Bay Walleye Fishing Tournament.
This year I already have a major walleye fishing trip planned on the Cabonga Reservoir in June. I think next year I will try to convince one of my fishing buddy to participate in this main walleye fishing tournament.
Storm Deep Thunderstick
Deep Thunderstick vs contour trolling
Trolling a Storm Deep Thunderstick over structure in water 20 feet deep or less is a great way to catch these scattered fish. This unique method of fishing is called "contour trolling" because you want to keep the lure at one depth -- typically right off a rocky bottom, or reef edge. This is the favorite fishing strategy of by good fishing partner "Pat Malservisi".
While "contour trolling", make sure you follow this excellent fishing tips: let out enough line so that the Deep Thunderstick starts to tick the bottom, then reel up a few feet until the lure is 1-2 feet off the bottom. Once the lure is running right, keep it there and follow that particular depth or contour. You can troll this lure a little faster (up to 2 miles per hour) and cover more water to find the active fish.
What are the best colors for the Deep Thunderstick?
My favorite Deep Thunderstick color is fire-tiger. The rule of thumb in choosing a crankbait color is,clear water = natural colors -- Tennessee Shad, black and silver, and blues. Dingy water = much-brighter colors, the oranges, greens and chartreuses. Storm is also the manufacture of one of my other favorite walleye lure : The Ultimate Thin Fin.
The Storm Deep Thunderstick is available in 4 different model:
- Original Thunderstick AJ: 4 3/8", 1/2 oz
- Original Thunderstick DAJ: 4 3/8", 5/8 oz
- Original Thunderstick DJ: 3 1/2, 5/16 oz
- Original Thunderstick J: 3 1/2, 1/4 oz
Abu Garcia REVO Premier
The best of the best for 2008
The Abu Garcia REVO Premier has been selected by Field and Stream's March issue as the fishing best of the best for 2008.
The REVO Premier is the lightest aluminum low profile reel on the market. This reel has been the reel of choice by professional anglers since it's introduction in 2007.
A new aluminum alloy makes this the lightest low-profile casting reel anywhere. This reel is tough enough to tackle trophy walleye. Strength comes from the single-piece aluminum alloy frame and crank side cover along with an aircraft-grade aluminum spool with Infinity ll™ spool design. The Revo Premier features a total of six bearings -- three stainless steel, two HPCR™ and one roller bearing. A linear magnetic brake system minimizes backlash, and the adjustable Carbon Matrix Drag™ system has no start-up resistance to offer consistent performance throughout the fight. The market price is about 259$US but have a look on Ebay, you could find one for about 180$US.
Just in case my wife Johanne takes the time to read my blog, I would leave details about the REVO Premier that could be a great father's day gift ;) Within such a gift, she could add a few Thin Fin and I will be a very happy father!
My dream walleye reel:
- Abu Garcia REVO Premier
- REVO PRM-L
- 6 + 1 Bearing + Roller
- Capacity : 12/145
- Gear ratio : 6:4:1
- Weight : 6.4Oz
Dummy anglers
You must look at this fishing video. Two dummies fishing and if I were them, there is now way I would have post that video. First of all, the fishing idiot is holding his fishing rod upside-down, just like a kid!
First, they catch a nice walleye but they decided to through it back because "they're not good for eating". What were they looking for, Atlantic smoked salmon?
Second, amazing video, a nice musky is grabbing the walleye and holding on to it! At several occasions, the musky will release the walleye and attack it again. Our two clowns are then trying to "gaff" the musky, what are they doing with a "gaff" while fishing? Were they looking for sharks?
I'm glad the musky didn't get in the boat, dummy anglers like them don't deserve it.
Mike
Walleye Fishing tips #23 - Rapalas or Thunder Sticks
In the Spring, the best way to catch a trophy Walleye is to troll along the shoreline just before dark or at day-break with a Rapala or Thunder Stick. A 3 or 4 inch Original Floating Rapala or a Junior Thunder Stick with a little touch of liquid fish scent will bring in the big ones. No need to do any speed trolling there, 0.5mph to 2.5mph is usually the best trolling speed.
In the Spring the best colors are red, chartreuse, blue and most of all "Fire Tiger". As Spring turns into Summer, silver and brown pick up as the other colors die off. The one color combination that works all year is "Fire Tiger". It's probably the best color combination ever created.
Walleye tagging project
Here are some amazing videos about a walleye tagging project in Grand River, Ohio Lake Erie. You will see the different steps in this walleye tagging project.
Fishing Glossary
I've now been posting walleye information in my blog for a while. As I go along, there is so many technical wording related to fishing that I though that I should start a fishing glossary. This will be an on-going post and I will keep it up to date as I get more and more walleye fishing information. Enjoy the reading!
Anadromous: Fish that live most of their adult life in saltwater but spawn in freshwater.
Algae: One cell plants usually having the ability to photosynthesize sunlight into energy. Initial step in a food chain.
Backtrolling: A system of boat control, simultaneously moving a boat slowly in reverse and order to present a slow presentation when jigging.
Bottom-bumper: A lure or a rig which strikes the bottom.
Bottom content: Bottom types in a body of water. (Rock, sand, gravel, silt, muck, submerged cribs, brush, trees, etc.)
Breakline: That point in a body of water where there is a definite increase in depth, it could be sudden or gradual and even change in cover, like a weedline or brushline; edge of channel or hole; where two layers of water meet and differ in temperature, oxygen and / or turbidity.
Clean bottom: The bottom of a body of water that is free of debris.
Cold front: The line of impact when cold air forces the warm air up-wards. As a cold front moves, cold air beneath is slowed down by contact with the ground, and piles up. This pile of cold air forces warm air up very rapidly, often causing storms.
Competitive species: An aspect of social condition involving the relationship of species within a body of water, particularly in regard to available food and spawning areas.
Controlled drift: A system of boat control using and outboard, electric trolling motor or drift bag to keep a boat moving along a specific course.
Crankbait: A lipped diving plug.
Deep water zone: A lake zone. hard bottom lying below the first major drop-off and below the open water zone.
Drop-off: A point where there is definite increase in depth.
Epilimnion: The warmer layer of water above the thermocline.
Euthrophic: A lake classification used to described bodies of water characterized by high levels of nutrients in proportion to their local volume of water.
Flat: An area characterized by little or no change in depth.
Hypoed lake: A body a water stocked with a species of fish to bolster its natural fishery.
Hypolimnion: The colder layer of water below the thermocline.
Lateral line: A series of sensory pores opening to the exterior along the side of fish.
Loose action plug: A lure whose side-by-side movements are wide and distinct.
Mesothrophic: A lake classification to describe fertile bodies of water between the late-stage and the early-stage.
Oligotrophic: A lake classification used to describe bodies of water characterized by low low amounts of nutrients in proportion to their total volume of water. Infertile lake.
Post-front: The period after a weather front. Usually used in reference to a cold front when the atmosphere becomes clear and bright, and it's accompanied by strong winds and a significant drop in temperature.
Post-spawn period: The period immediately after following the spawning characterized by poor fishing because fish are recuperating and relocating.
Post-summer period: A period of the fish cycle following the summer period. It can mean about a week or more of terrific fishing.
Pre-spawn period: The period of the fish cycle immediately before spawning when fish position themselves near their spawning grounds.
Pre-summer period: The period of the fish cycle immediately following the post-spawn. Fish mood is often positive, but fish establish a wide variety of patterns.
School of fish: A number of fish of the same similar species grouped together and moving as a unit to benefit from the defensive and feeding advantages associated with coordinated activities.
Shallow water zone : A lake zone. The area out to the first major drop-off.
Shoreline: The edge of a body of water.
Spawn period: A brief period of the fish cycle activity directly linked to seasonal progression and a range of suitable water temperatures. When a species reproduces.
Speedtrolling: Boat control technique in which a lure is trolled behind a boat moving at fast speed.
Suspended fish: Fish which are hovering considerably above the bottom in open water.
Thermocline: The center area of temperature stratification in a body of water. Specifically, the division between the epilimnion and hypolimnion. Temperature changes very quickly.
Tight action plug: A lure whose side-by-side movements are short and distinct.
Reef runner deep diver
From a basement , to a garage... that is their statement! Reef runner fishing lures are designed and tested in the USA. Their mission is to provide anglers with the finest in original designs, paint finishes, hooks, and hand crafted quality. The Reef Runner Deep Diver (800 series) is a great walleye lures that can be used when trolling or casting.
Reef Runner Diving Depths
Depth performance can vary depending on line diameter and most important length of line out. Based on a 10 Lb test monofiliment, the reef runner could dive down to 15 feet while casting and down to 28 feet while trolling.
Reef runner available colors
The reef runner deep diver is currently available in 47 different colors. Some new colors have been recently added : bare naked and Lights Out. Personally, here are my favorites colors that I used while fishing in Quebec : Pink Lemonade, Hot Tamale and Orange Crush.
Here are some details of the reef runner 800 series:
- Total length : 6 3/16"
- Weight : 5/8 oz.
- Hook size : #4
Most of all walleye anglers will use the reef runner while trolling. By nature, they will try to bring this lure as deep as possible. Try the opposite. When you are successful a identifying a plateau in between 8 to 15 feet depth, use your reef runner deep diver. You won't need more then 10 to 20 feet of line out to have it dive to that specific depth. Yes the lure won't be far behind the boat but it must be right behind the motor turbulence!
You can visit the Reef Runner website.
Trophy Walleye 16 pounds
Look at this great moment, 16 pounds walleye caught by a lady and released.
Thanks to "LAPPELanlgers" for publishing such a nice video on you tube.
Walleye heart on video
You won't believe this video! After a walleye was caught while ice fishing, the walleye has been left on the ice for 4 hours. Once the fish was cleaned, the walleye's heart was still beating. Have a look at this incredible walleye video!
Thanks to Heydavr, a Canadian youtube's user.
Trophy Walleyes 27 and 33 inches video
That is a trophy walleye, with more then 27 inches, I'm glad that these guys from Netherlands are practicing catch and release.
Look at the video below with a 33 inches trophy walleye!
Walleye fishing tip #22 - Leech tamer
If you are any serious about walleye fishing with leeches, this is one of the best fishing equipment you can get. The Leech Tamer is simply the best way to store and handle leeches. while walleye fishing. No more curling in stagnant water. It keeps leeches flat and accessible, and the durable vinyl-coated mesh will last for years. It floats and stores easily in livewells, baitwells and coolers, or just tie off the side of the boat. For less then 15$, this is a must walleye angler equipment!
Spinner trophy walleye
This 4 minutes walleye fishing video will show you how to catch trophy walleye with spinner. The host of this video is the famous walleye angler: Al Linder. Al clearly mentioned in this video that spinner can bring a lot to your presentation : color, flash, vibrations and extra actions to the bait. Single hook spinners are of the best trophy walleye lures. They can bu used either with leeches or crawlers.
Spearfishing
Spearfishing: a form of fishing in which the fisherman attempts to impale the fish upon a spear, which can be thrust or thrown by hand, or with a spear gun.
This spearfishing video was recorded in the St-Lawrence River, Quebec. I fish for walleye in this river every summer and I'm very impressed with the quality of the water that we see in this spearfishing adventure. This is a nice walleye caught and the quality of this video is excellent.
Spearfishing has been popular around the world for centuries. Spearfishing today employs more modern equipment such as : elastic or pneumatic-powered spearguns. Some of the best free-diving spearfishers can hold their breath up to 4 minutes and dive as depths as 150 feet. The common dive for spearfishing is usually about 1 minute and 50 feet depth
Fishing trip Nimmo Bay luxury fishing
Fishing trip of a lifetime - Wilderness Fishing Resort luxury vacation
Luxury Fishing resort location
Nimmo Bay Resort is a luxurious high-end helicopter fishing and helicopter adventure destination nestled along the Great Bear Rainforest coastline in British Columbia, Canada. This luxury fishing resort is located North East of Port Hardy on the Vancouver Island. Its main lodge building and an attached bakery were built on giant floats. A water-powered generator and a fast-flowing waterfall supplies 80 percent of the resort’s power needs. This luxury fishing resort is one of the 1000 places to see before you die. The New York based Forbes Travelers rank this luxury fishing resort as #1 in the world for helicopter tour into relatively inaccessible but visually stunning places. Visitors to Nimmo Bay arrive at Port Hardy and are then helicoptered to Nimmo Bay where for $2,000 a day they stay at a lodge or in private, inter-tidal chalets. If money is not an issue, I would recommend the Spring Steelhead heli-fishing trip for $13,170 CAD for five days (per person - double occupancy). You want to bring friends over? Why not renting the whole place for 4 days? They also have a corporate rate for 18 persons / 4 days starting at $158,040.
Luxury fishing trip details
The fishing trip of a life time would be an heli-fishing trip. Your pilot/guide will fly you to one of the twelve rivers available within the 30,000 square miles from sea level up to 7,000 feet. Depending on your fishing skills, you can catch and release up to 20 fish. While fishing, you can catch Trout, Coho, Chinook, Chum or Pink Salmon. You will never win the fight since this fishery is 100% catch and release. The helicopter will stay with you all day while fishing, no helicopter sharing here! There helicopters have seatings for 6 plus the pilot, they will carry supplies for the day, gourmet lunch, and fishing gear for both fly and casting. You can even bring your own Ipod and have it connected to the digital sound systems in the helicopter. I bet you that listening to Apocalypse now soundtrack while flying must be a blast!
Luxury fishing resort Amenities and Services
They have a selection of features and "comfort of home" around this luxury fishing resort:
- 5 X 10 snooker / billiard table
- Satellite TV
- Digital sound system
- Two cedar hot tubs under the Nimmo Bay's cascading waterfall
- Massage services
- Laundry facilities
- Helicopter pick up and drop off from Port Hardy
- Private chalet double occupancy accommodation
- Gourmet cuisine with special requests available
- Waterfall hot tubs & outdoor hot rain shower
- Floating Fire Deck (nightly gatherings)
- Fly casting lessons (Double & Single handed)
As a guess at this luxury fishing resort, you can swim in the clear water of Nimmo Bay and surf bikes, kayaks, paddle boats and water trampoline are available. If you want to follow their daily routine tradition. you can go for a morning coastal forest hike just before breakfast. Hiking boots and walking sticks are provided.
If you are running out of time to plan this luxury fishing trip and your fishing gear is not ready, stop by their online Pro shop, you will find everything that you need to complete this fishing trip of a life time:
- Angel double handed rod and reel kits (left or right handed) : 3,990$
When talking about delivering first class customer services, I really like the Nimmo Bay Resort theory of hospitality:
Expectations exceeded = memories created
If you ever visit this resort, send me a postcard ;)
