Kyuquot Sound, British Columbia

Five angling enthusiasts recently made the 8-hour trip from Vancouver, British Columbia (including a two-hour ferry ride to Vancouver Island) to Fair Harbour, and then journeyed 45 minutes more by boat to Rugged Point Lodge on Kyuquot Sound for three days of fishing. The albacore tuna we’d hoped to catch were within an hour or two of the coast but nonstop northwesterlies of 15 to 30 knots didn’t encourage that run so we fished near the coast — and enjoyed plenty of action, as this gallery shows.

Arrival at Rugged Point Lodge

Canadian Salmon Tackle: It’s Different

Lingcod: Supreme Predator

A Pacific Halibut Comes Aboard

A Romp of Sea Otters

A Tiny Coastal-Island Community

Trolling for Salmon in a Northwest Chop

Yelloweye Rockfish — Great Light-Tackle Sport

Rocky Reefs — Where Lingcod Lurk

Copper Rockfish from a Shallow Reef

Pacific Halibut Muscles in on the Action

Where Bald Eagles Abound

A Welcoming Lodge

A Big Chinook Salmon Comes to the Net

Salmon Flashers

Salmon-Trolling Setup

Salmon Success

Chrome-Bright Chinook at the Boat

One More Chinook for the Fish Box

Humpback Whale Sighting

Lingcod’s Nightmarish Maw

Sea Otter, Livin’ Large
