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2017 was full of smiles and surprises. Looking back at the pictures of 2017 and remembering the excitement of the hook-ups and amazing show’s provided by Mother Nature, we had an outstanding year in Chignik Bay. Dahl Porpoises and thousands of Pacific White Sided Dolphins rolled into the Chignik district and gave us two weeks of jumping, spinning, diving shows. I’ve never seen them before but we all enjoyed it, the dolphin schools at times could literally be seen for miles. We had the most cooperative bears for viewing in Chignik Bay Lodge history; they were great to allow us to watch and photograph them. Killer Whales cruised around us for a few weeks as well! The topper was a walrus; an “Aleutian Dragon” climbed up and wallowed on the beach at Lake Bay for about a week. It shocked us as we’ve never seen them in our area. Smiles…
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2016 provided spectacular fishing in Chignik, King and Cohos were relentless, bordering on the “best ever.” River kings averaged 30 hook-ups a day, salt silvers were limits of big Coho usually accompanied by limits of feeder kings, river Coho quite literally smoked the drags on a number of reels, and the river was full of fish. Halibut remain in deep water, more work than they used to be, but still quite rewarding and successful with quality fish to catch and enjoy. Everything was really excellent, including beach combing, bear viewing, and fly-fishing char. It was all we could hope for it to be and topped off with great guests, new and return groups, friendships renewed. Below are some highlight shots. Week One Started off with steady, chrome on each tide. 70 pound Halibut while mooching for kings. Lindo, from Germany said repeatedly, “you live in paradise.” Week two the onslaught…
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