Atlantic Salmon

[Paul1913]

So in a few hours the family and I are taking a 12 hr trek to the Gaspe region of Quebec. My wife has a friend who still has family in the area so we're staying there. Beats camping with 3 kids under 7.

I also took the opportunity to book a day of guiding on the St Jean river. Conditions have been hot so we plan to start early 0430 or 5.

Got my go pro. I'll keep you guys posted.

 

[salmotrutta]

That sounds like a blast

 

[Shmogley]

nice man! cant wait to see how it goes. i had the luck of getting into a few in ssm area last weekend. all grilse but hey im not complaining.

 

[Paul1913]

Killing some time did some stripped bass fly fishing.

Not a monster but ill take it. Out fished the locals.

 

[Dozer]

Sweet - have fun bracie Keep us updated with pics

 

[Paul1913]

One of our friends, their family is from the area. This was used to catch big Cod back in the day.

 

[Paul1913]

So after 2800+Kms. Finally back at home. The trip was a blast. Totally fell in love with the area. There's something about being on the coast like that. It's hard to put a finger on it.

So I ended up going out with the guide on Wednesday on the St Jean River. Wow what a sight. I had two on the line but they spat the hook within a few seconds.

From the guide who was watching up top said hook set looked fine, just head shakes and rolls and they got off.

I had my go pro with me so I'm piecing together a video. Lots of work.

Here are a few pics.



Ill post the vid when I have it done.

 

[Paul1913]

 

[flowerjohn]

Wow. That looks like a really nice trip!!

 

[Brian]

Great pics...
At least you got to feel some head shakes; next time you'll get em...

 

[Paul1913]

https://youtu.be/-o_KvIokOCY

 

[chinooky]

Thanks for sharing. Looks like a dream location. The guide has you addicted on the product guaranteeing that youll be back for more hehe

 

[Paul1913]

Yep. Addict for life. At the end of the day he told me that even though there are so many fish in the river he's surprised that I even hooked up. Didn't land them but still awesome.

 

[fisgfreek]

Thanks for the video looks great. Now I feel like an addict waiting for my fix.

 

[Paul1913]

To add to it. From the guide. "Think of the salmon like a steelhead on meth" .... Yup

 

[Kit]

Great video Paul! Looks like a great time.

 

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awesome! sure a great looking place to fish, gin clear deep water. sure do have some different regulations for fishing there. wish some of them were adopted for ontario