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A special thanks to Darcy Porsnuk who shared these photos from his recent trip to the MV Charlotte Princess.

Regular visitors to OBMG websites will have noticed an addition to the resort pages...Pedder Bay RV Resort & Marina in Metchosin, 35 minutes from Victoria. Last summer, OBMG opened a brand new, 78 site RV park to compliment the full-service marina and boat rentals. This year, we added a Coffee House to make the Resort & Marina a hotspot for RVers, campers, anglers and boaters.

Shaw TV (the local cable company) visited the resort last week to shoot a short video on the property. Have a look and we hope to see you soon at Pedder Bay!

For more information, visit www.pedderbay.com.

 Hey folks. Cookie here for the final installment of the season. The season is ending with a bang. The best late August fishing I have seen in 10  years continues here with most boats getting in to multiple Chinook and Coho every day. McPherson Point has been the hotspot for four days now with electric bites happening throughout the day. It has been overall the best season in years and fisheries is predicting similar fishing next summer because of excellent ocean survival rates for maturing salmon. It has been awesome from day one right to the end.

Farewell.

Tight lines,

~Shawn "Cookie" Pennell
MV Charlotte Princess

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Check out these recent photos from the MV Charlotte Princess at Langara Island.

Hey folks. Cookie here again. Wow!! The fishing remains fantastic here at Langara. Many boats limited out on Chinook this morning and the bite is still going on. McPherson to Langara Rocks has been the hotspots the last couple days with big Chinook including several tyees being taken from 12-35 pulls. There are also some big Coho being caught in the 12-15 lb. range. Anyway I must depart for a bottom fishing foray off the west side as it is like glass out there.
 
Tight Lines
~Shawn "Cookie" Pennell
 

Many thanks to Katie MacKay for this stunning photo.

Hey everyone. Cookie here again with tidings of joy from Langara. Chinook fishing was spectacular the past few days off of Coho Point in the mornings and an electric bite off of Gunia and Boulder all afternoons. 7 Chinook in the tyee class, over 30lbs. have hit the dock in one day and there are many more to still come in. Double headers on 25-35lb. Chinook is just fine by me. Bottom fishing has been fantastic as well with several large halibut coming in. The largest hali of the day is yet to come in but is pushing 80lbs. Everyone is all smiles and the sun is shining.

Sunburns, burning arms and tight lines,
~Shawn "Cookie" Pennell
MV Charlotte Princess

Hey folks. Langara is still fishy. The present group is doing fantastic with several tyees being caught. Three 34 pounders top the list for the last two days and a 165 and 95 hali top the bottom fishing trips. Andrews and Coho had amazing bites this morning with many boats limiting on Chinooks. 25 pulls is the magic mark for many of the fish caught today. The big halis came from the Lighthouse and Langara Rocks respectively. Gunia point is also still fishing well with many Chinooks there in shallow from 10-20 pulls.

Fishy fishy fishy fish
~Shawn “Cookie” Pennell
 

Hi Everyone,

I have just returned from the Charlotte Princess and the group that was on board was fantastic. Everyone enjoyed fantastic meals, beautiful sunshine and calm seas.

The fishing had slowed down a bit compared to previous trips but that did not dampen everyone’s spirits. Most guests put in long hard hours on the water and were rewarded with numerous battles with Chinook and a few Coho. The majority of fish seemed to come from Gunia Pt. and Boulder Rock but there was still some action at Coho and Andrews Points. Most of the fish were in the 15-25 pull range in the mornings and from 50 – 75 later in the day. If the final morning was an indication, then the incoming guests are in for some more amazing Langara Island fishing. There were numerous Chinook taken off of Andrews Point with the fish of the trip being a 34 pounder caught by Jeff Betts.

~Steve Sinclair
Manager, Northern Resorts
 

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Salmon and halibut fishing has long been a sport dominated by men. But, we've seen a trend toward women enjoying fishing at our resorts and often outfishing the men. Here are some photos of women who've defeated the stereotypes and proved to the world that GIRLS FISH TOO!