Although there is a road which goes almost to the lodge from Campbell River, NWL chooses to include a short 30-minute scenic float plane ride that drops you at the dock right at the lodge. We arrived in Campbell River the night before the trip was to start, giving us time to enjoy this quaint fishing town as well as being ready to fly from the east side of Vancouver Island over to the west side the following morning. Lucky winner Tom Taylor from Great Falls, Montana, was coming along and planning on bringing his daughter, Trinity, so I took my youngest daughter, Annika, to share the experience.īrian and Kelly only operate the lodge during the peak of the run, so we had reserved our spot for the first week of August.
NOOTKA WILDERNESS LODGE PRO
However, Lisa didn’t get the nod for this trip since we would be taking a Sportsman’s News Pro Member Sweepstakes winners and a guest. I had taken my wife, Lisa, on my first visit to NWL due to her love of fine food and lodging, as well as the calm waters of the sound. I’ve had the experience of visiting this lodge on four different occasions and whenever I need my fix of great fishing, good food, waterfront lodging and Ritz Carlton quality of service, I book a trip with Nootka Wilderness Lodge. Living on the water during your 4 day stay just completes the package. The float plane ride into the floating Nootka Wilderness Lodge is breathtaking. Brian and Kelly Gage are owners/operators of the Nootka Wilderness Lodge, which provides a five-star experience in the Nootka Sound. From mid-June through September, this is one of the best places in the world to visit if you want to experience sheer numbers of fish. Not only do the rivers, which originate in the area, have monster runs of fish but the abundance of bait fish in the area makes for a major feeding ground for fish from the north in Alaska, all the way down south to the rivers of Oregon. There is a lighthouse on Bligh Island with documentation about this landing and what it did to put British Columbia on the map.Īll of this history of Nootka Sound wasn’t our primary purpose of this trip, but a byproduct of something the Nootka Sound is much more well known about today, which is the world class king salmon (springs) and Coho salmon (silvers) fishing that takes place in these waters. It is located approximately 170 miles north of Victoria, British Columbia and is steeped in history.
In the late 1700's, Captain Cook landed on the western side of Vancouver Island in what is known today as the Nootka Sound.
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