Painter's Lodge Reel Reports

New Resort Video!

Painter's Lodge - Oak Bay Marine Group — 2011-12-19

We created a new resort video and have it posted on our YouTube channel! Check it out!

See You Next year!

Painter's Lodge - Oak Bay Marine Group — 2011-10-10

Another season comes to an end at Painter’s Lodge and a lot of fishing addicts are starting to go through withdrawal already…especially since this year’s Chum fishing is still going strong. Our season started off with a bang, there were plenty of Chinook waiting for us when we opened in April and continued with incredible Chinook fishing right until late September. There were many highlights but the most memorable fish has to be the 39.5 pound Tyee that Jan de Bruyn landed in the Tyee Pool, thereby enrolling him in one of the most exclusive fishing clubs in the world. This year also saw an incredible run of pink salmon with the months of August and September seeing day after day of anglers with their limits of fish. Add in the beautiful late season weather and we had a truly wonderful late summer and fall. But now all of the guides are breaking down their gear and packing it away for the winter…but I’ve already heard them whispering about the new tricks they want to try NEXT year, so until then, thanks from all of the crew at Painter’s Lodge and April Point Resort.

~ Dwayne, Marine Operations Manager

"As another rewarding season comes to an end, I am greatful for having bennat the side of so many great people including our guests, over the past 6 months. Ahoy to all of our new and returning crew and a big thank you to our strong management team for steering this ship in the right direction once again. Cheers.

~ Justin, Front Desk

I had my 8^th season at Painter’s Lodge and once again I had a great summer even though it rained through most of August it was a great year! Of course I’m going to share with you all my favorite pictures of the season...

~ Caylin

2011 Octoberfish Chum Derby Winners

Painter's Lodge - Oak Bay Marine Group — 2011-10-10

Drum roll please. Our 2011 Octoberfish Chum Derby winners are...

Brett Smalley with the largest Chum, 13.2 lbs., won himself a four day/three night all-inclusive fishing getaway for two on the MV Charlotte Princess at Langara Island, including airfare from Vancouver, accommodation, meals, your own boat and gear, catch care and more.

Cathy Della caught a 13.1 lbs. Chum and won a Four day/three night getaway to April Point Resort & Spa on Quadra Island with any combination of three activities — choose from guided salmon fishing, wildlife tours, whale watching, spa treatments, kayaking and more.

Our random Bonus Prize goes to Darcy Ninnes, he caught 8.4 lbs. Chum and won a three day drive-in fishing package for two at Painter’s Lodge

Congratulations to all our Chum Derby winners!

~ Caylin

One More Sleep

Painter's Lodge - Oak Bay Marine Group — 2011-10-09

Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all of our Canadian readers! It is a beautifully sunny Sunday at Painter’s Lodge. We are hosting our final Sunday Bruch-Thanksgiving style.

Tomorrow we say good bye to everyone, guests and staff members we part ways. We will reunite in the spring of 2012. We hope to see you all there. Here are some of the amazing crew that helped make our season such a successful one.

Stay tuned for our Octoberfish Chum Derby winners. They will be announced tomorrow morning!

~ Caylin

Sea Lion Visit

Painter's Lodge - Oak Bay Marine Group — 2011-10-08

We had a visitor at the dock today. A sea lion was feeding from the fish table instead of the usual seals. This big guy was fighting seagulls for his snack…guess who won.

Don McCusker caught the largest Chum of the day which weighed in at 10.7 lbs. Kyle Ashton caught a beautiful 15 lbs. hatchery Coho.

We only have 2 more days before the end of the Octoberfish Chum Derby and the end of our 2011 season. We will hold our final Sunday Brunch tomorrow with all the Thanksgiving fixin’s. UMMM. This is one thing I will defiantly miss during the winter.

~ Caylin, sad to say good bye

New Derby Leader!

Painter's Lodge - Oak Bay Marine Group — 2011-10-07

Today was the perfect fall fishing day. The shined all day long and helped warm the fisher people up out on the water. Once again the chums flooded our docks. Not one person came back empty handed.

Brett Smalley landed the biggest fish of the day and is consequently our new derby leader today! 13.2 lbs. was 1 of 8 chums in his boat this morning. This was a great bonus for a first time salmon fisherman. Now Brett has to wait 3 long days to see if he gets to take home first place prize.

~ Caylin, enjoying the warm fall sun

... and the Chums Keep Coming

Painter's Lodge - Oak Bay Marine Group — 2011-10-06

The Chum Derby has lots of entries coming in. Jennifer McRae won the largest fish of the day…TWICE! She caught a 9.2 and a 10.1 pound Chum.

Robin Decock and Goop Thysse limited out with Bruce Aikman up at Green sea Bay this morning. The fish were hitting later this morning so half the boats stayed out later to catch more fish. This worked out for Chris Duke whom also got his limit after 5 hours of fishing.

Today’s largest fish was caught by John Clavin with a 12.8 lbs. chum. Neil Janssen is still in the lead with his 12.9lbs chum.

The St. Jeans bin has been full since the end of October. Most guests chose to have their Chum smoked. It`s an excellent way to enjoy this species of salmon.

Learn more about St. Jeans at http://www.stjeans.com/

There are only 4 more days in the Octoberfish Derby so get out there; you could win some great prizes and have the time of your life at the same time.

~ Caylin

Alan's Chum

Painter's Lodge - Oak Bay Marine Group — 2011-10-02

The Chum Derby has lifted off with great success this season. The chum are flooding our docks and can be seen surfacing all over the place; this is a common characteristic of chum Salmon. The weather has been touch and go this week, mostly cloudy with periods of rain and sun, so dress warmly when heading out to sea.

12 years old Alan, from Vancouver, won the first daily prize (October 1^st) with his 12.3 lbs. Chum. He’s here with his day, grandpa and uncle. Boys only this trip. Nice work Alan, you’ll have a great story to tell when you get back to school on Monday.

~ Caylin

3 Ladies, 1 Lucky Girl

Painter's Lodge - Oak Bay Marine Group — 2011-09-30

Heather, Amy and Tricia set of this morning bundled up and ready for their fishing adventure with Keith. Little did anyone know they were going to come home with a Tyee.

Richard was the first guide to return to the dock; he had 2 chums but informed me that Keith would be coming back with a 25 pounder… Sweet. When Keith boat tied to the dock the ladies jumped off and started weighing the mornings catch. Heather had a 12.4 pound chum and Amy’s a 6 pound chum. When Tricia’s “25” pounder was on the scale everyone watching, guides included, were pleasantly surprised to see 30.3! Congratulations Tricia’s you are now a proud member of the Captain’s Club, enjoy your bragging rights.

The wildlife tour this morning also had a great time. Meeting up with a Humpback Whale in Eagles Cove, near the north end of Quadra Island was a great way to end the tour.

~ Caylin

Fall Fishing

Painter's Lodge - Oak Bay Marine Group — 2011-09-29

The Chums are here! With boats returning to the docks with their limit (4) it’s a great time to do some fall fishing. Chums aren’t the most attractive salmon with their giant under bites but they are just as delicious as the rest and they put up a great fight on the rod.

Our Octoberfish Chum Derby will be starting on October 1st and run through October 9th; this will be your last chance to win great prizes just by fishing folks.

Prizes include accommodation and activities at two of the Oak Bay Marine Group’s properties and a prize will be given to the largest fish every day. Find all the details on our webpage at http://www.painterslodge.com/lodge/events/octoberfish/

~ Caylin