While visitors to the lodge can enjoy a range of experiences while they’re here, certainly the big thrill comes with “going fishing.” For most of our guests, their trip to our remote fishing lodge in Haida Gwaii is a major highlight of their year, and we’re thrilled with that.  There was a time, many years ago, when the typical lodge guest called themselves a “fisherman” and their days spent up here were just the favourites of many fishing days on their annual calendar.  As a fishing destination there’s certainly a consensus that this is “the place to be.”

Nowadays, for many of our guests, this is the only fishing they will do all year.  They’re not so likely to consider themselves “anglers” or “fishers” or even “fishermen.”  But they wouldn’t miss their annual visit to QCL for anything!  That “QCL Experience” is a special recipe that combines a wealth of different ingredients that they’ve come to love.

 

Getting out on the water, immersed in nature, away from the all the noise and scramble of “normal” daily life, is a real treat.  Catching a fish – getting your own food – is a connection to our instincts, with our distant past.  The ability to take some fish home to share, proudly, with family and friends is every bit as exciting as catching it.  What we’ve discovered with our guests over the years, is how important that connection is.  With every vacuum-packed portion that you take from your freezer to share at your table, there’s a story that comes with it.  It could be the people you shared the catching with, the weather or the scenery at the time, or even the wildlife that tried to take the fish away from you! All of those ingredients come together to make each fish you take home a very special part of your adventure.  And we are so pleased to have some small part in that. Thank you for choosing to share that adventure with us!