We've been on the road for a week now and after leaving Prince Rupert we headed to Terrace. Arriving Terrace in the afternoon of Sunday evening we drove to Lakelse Lake campiang. Campsites in B.C. have really impressed us as the ones we stayed at so far have been very well maintained and comfortable. Lakelse Lake is a beautiful lake with a campsite, hiking trails, fishing opportunities and more.

View on our way to Terrace

We decided that this would be the place where we would try our luck fishing for trout in the lake! Robert prepared the rods while Victoria was reading up on the fishing regulations. We had gotten our licenses back in Campbell River and with the licenses came a booklet thick as a smaller book with details of what you can fish and where. Who knew fishing was so complicated?

Sometime around 6pm, we were FINALLY ready to try out our gear and went down to the lake. This is when the fun started and if somebody had a video camera would have been able to make a pretty funny comedy. Victoria was float fishing and squirmy about putting the earth worms on the hook but once it got on, the real fun started.

Ewww.....wriggly worms.....

Within 5 minutes, Victoria got a fish! Yay! Fish! Wait!!! What to do when you get a fish? How do you get it out of the water? What kind of fish is it? Hmmm..... are we allowed to catch this fish? Where is the book that describes the fish you can keep? Are we allowed to keep this one? Is it big enough? A trout?

Gone fishing.....

Victoria with her fish

We got so flustered by actually catching a fish that Robert ran back to the tent to get the regulation book. Victoria got soft hearted and suddenly felt sorry for the fish and wanted to release it which we did.

Beautiful evening for fishing

After the initial excitement over the first fish subdued, we realized that the biggest fish was this one and we should have kept it. All the other fish we caught were tiny and in the end we let them all go back into the lake. Needless to say we did not have fish for dinner...

tiny fish

Robert with his catch :)

written by  Victoria & Robert on September 8, 2009 from Terrace, Canada
from the travel blog: the Canadian Arctic
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Awesome blog you guys, I'm really enjoying reading it and living vicariously through you. Vic I would have released the fish as well. If I had to hunt and gather I would probably die.

written by  Annelle H on September 9, 2009

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It's really breathtaking beutiful up there and the fish looks tasty. I know Victoria knows how to clean it. We love to read your reports.
Gunnar and I have been to a guided tour in Eskilstuna today to learn more about the city we live in. The sun shines and we had our lunch outdoors. Still a kind of summer.
With love
Maud and Gunnar

written by  Maud Naess on September 9, 2009

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