Dec 2013 Newsletter

shooter! If you have never seen a bait ball well...... It's
made of nylon and fish eggs or roe, a little slimy (well
a lot slimy) but I had used the one that landed the
fish, so most of the slime was gone from sitting in the
river. I poured Jäger into my cup, dropped the bait in
the cup and bottoms up! The guide and my comrades
cheered and a round of high fives was given. We
fished for a few more hours and landed just under 20
fish. It seemed as though the tradition of the “bait ball
shooter” was a success, as far as luck goes.
The day was over on the river but the night was just
beginning. We joined up with our wives at the resort
as they spent the first day receiving pampering from
the staff at the resorts spa. We talked of both days
experiences, cleaned up and headed down the street
for supper. Now if you are in Harrison Hot Springs,
I can't nor can the rest of our group, say enough for
the meals we ate at Morgans on Main Street. The food
was fantastic and the service was second to none.
During the meal my brother proposed a toast to me
for being the first ever to do a Bait Ball shooter. Oh
well…revenge is sweet they say!
The next morning was a little foggy with a chance of
a headache, when we drove to meet with our guides
Chad and Mur. Today the girls fished with us. There
were the Mahan's on one boat and the Davies on
another. I couldn't wait to see the look on my wife's
face when she felt the power of one of these fish.
Well it didn't take long and the rod bent and the
battle started. Wanita was in a tough battle with a
prehistoric giant as well. There were a few choice
words for her first fish, I think she was trying to
encourage it to come in quickly but others may think
different. What a trooper as she reeled the beast in
and was relieved when it ended up in the fish cradle.
Measure, tag, release…awesome!
We landed 20 some fish this day between Wanita,
Paula, Coby and myself on the boat. Bill and Shannon
caught their share of fish as well on their boat. All of
us shared great laughs and shaking arms during our
full day of fishing. Our fishing day finished we took
some more group photos and headed back to the
shore where we tagged our group’s biggest fish it
measured around 6'1 and 220 lbs ( inside joke ).
Another thing that we had taken in during our trip
was in Chillawack. During the fall from September
to October there is a haunted house and maze
called Reapers. This was unannounced to our party
of 6 as Wanita had arranged this outing. It was very
frightening as the others in our group can attest to.
I've never seen the look of fear, nor has Wanita ever
felt someone else's fear come crashing down upon
her, so much as we did on that evening.
This trip was fantastic. If in Harrison Hot Springs I
would highly recommend BC Sport Fishing Group
whom have a shop right in the Resort for booking
all your fishing needs. As well give Morgans a try, you
won't be disappointed. Finally if there in the fall take
in Reapers, it's a scream!
Keep your hook wet
Hardcor.
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