Joe's Salmon Lodge

20/01/2025

If you need something to do on a Sunday night, please leave us a review on Facebook! Let the whole world know how much you love it up at Joe's Salmon Lodge!

18/01/2025

Throw back to our very own Doug Stuffco on America Outdoors Radio telling the story of Joe's Salmon Lodge and why it is such an incredible place to experience! Have a listen!

31/12/2024

Cheers to the New Year! Who is coming to see us in 2025?

30/12/2024

Despite it’s name, the lingcod is neither a cod nor a ling. It is also known as known as the buffalo cod, cultus cod, or Buckethead.

Around 20% of lingcods have blue green to turquoise flesh. The color, which is disappears after cooking, may be due to biliverdin, but this has not been established beyond doubt.

Biliverdin is a green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, and is the pigment responsible for a greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.

23/12/2024

Pour yourself a little Egg Nog and Holiday Cheer and enjoy this episode of Reel West Coast at Joe's Salmon Lodge 🎄☕🎁

Brendan heads up to Joe’s Salmon Lodge where he does some old school cut plug fishing for monster salmon and ends up getting a surprise catch in the beautifu...

13/12/2024

With so many smaller islands surrounding the waters near Joe’s, it virtually does not matter what direction the wind blows we can always get you out somewhere protected enough to drop a line and get you out of the washing machine. Maximize your fishing time

11/12/2024

If that's not an inviting sight, I don't know what is.

05/12/2024

A brief overview of what you can expect from your trip up to Joe's! The only thing missing from this list that you can plan on is "Lifelong Memories"

03/12/2024

Big fish still roam at Joe’s. Come catch your new personal best with us in 2025. Winter deals on now!

03/12/2024

Thanks for the incredible video Lutz! We love it when our guests share pictures or video from their trip. If you have something from your time at Joe's you think is worth sharing please send it to [email protected]

Fishing Trip

01/12/2024

We want to be the first to wish all our family and friends of Joe's a very Merry Christmas!!!

With the lodge put away for winter, now it is time for us to get down to work to make sure your 2025 experience is memorable. For some of you, you might remember Nic Tremblay, a previous fish master and guide at Joe's. Between the two of us we have been working with fisheries and the ministry of agriculture and food. For most of our customers from last year, we had a huge issue with how we had to fillet your fish. We did not settle for the " that is the new way it is to be done" attitude we received. One half your salmon had to remain intact.!!! If you landed a tyee, half could be portion sized servings, the other half had to be left as a whole slab. Now you are left with a 10 lb piece of salmon. Nic has been feverishly working so Joe's can get our Seafood Processor Licence, then we can go back to the old way of filleting your fish. We are very confident that we will have this licence in place for the 2025 season.

We are pleased to announce Joe's now has an American contact who will be heading up customer requests in the US. Mike Mathews was football coach for Oregon State University. . Mike has been a long time customer of Joe's. This will be Mike's 20th year coming to Joe's. On his first trip he brought his sons Mack aged 10 and Mitch 12 at the time. Mike and his boys sure do know their way around the waters at Joe's. What a passion this family has for Joe's and fishing. If you have any questions about what to expect or if there are any hoops that US citizens have to go through, Mike is your guy to contact, plus if you want to book a trip, contact MIke. His contact info is:
Mike Mathews at 503-816-4281. email [email protected]

As our dates are starting to fill up, we strongly suggest you get a hold of Mike, Doug or myself for your 2025 fishing dates. We want to make sure our old customers are looked after before we start to look after our new customers. As usual, we run specials at this time of the year so give us a call and let's get you and your group inked in!!!! Call Doug at 604-819-8853, or Mike to find out what Christmas specials we are offering to our long time customers. We do need those deposits to hold your spot for the 2025 season, prior to us doing the sportsman shows this year.

This year we will be booking trips at six Sportsman shows. Please stop by and enter a chance to win some gaff or just to say hi and reminisce about the previous season. Here are our shows we will be doing.
Washington Sportsman Jan 29-Feb 2,

Pacific Northwest Sportsman Feb 12 - 16,
Central Oregon Sportsman March 6 - 9.

On the Canada side we will be in
Calgary Feb 21 - 23,

Abbotsford March 7 -9. and

Edmonton March 20 - 23.

The 2025 season will be a full house at Joe's, so make sure and give us a shout prior to us going to the shows.

Joe's has been getting more and more requests for guided services. If this is something you would want, book your guide early, as we do have a limited number. By using a guide you will not be compelled to follow the group to the fishing hole of the day. This is more for the fisherman that wants a relaxed fishing experience, contact Doug or Mike to book your guide.

Thanks to everyone for sending those pictures to us to use in our promo material. Also don't forget to put your experience on Tripadvisor. Also to all of you that filled out the questionnaires, Thank You !!!!!. I think for the most part all inquiries were answered. Some of those suggestions were great !!! If you have more suggestions, please contact me at this email address.

Our salmon recipe comes to us from Garry Meyer, Fundraiser MC and Entertainer!!
Marinade-
1 - TBSP brown sugar
1/2 cup rye or whiskey
1 - TBSP molasses
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 - TBSP soy sauce
1 - TBSP each salt and pepper
2 - garlic cloves minced.
Combine marinade ingredients, mix well. Pour over your salmon that is in a dish flesh side down. Marinate overnight in the refrigerator.
When ready to grill, remove salmon from marinade and place skin side down on heavy foil. BBQ until the flesh is opaque and flakes easily, 20 - 30 minutes.Your salmon will be a hit at the table !!

Wishing everyone an early Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Grace and myself. Thank You for your continued support at Joe's Salmon Lodge.

"Tight Lines"
Remember,,,, Only at Joe's !!!!!!

16/10/2024

We are loving all the photos being sent in from your trips to Joe's Salmon Lodge. If you have some pictures you'd like to share with us please send them to [email protected]

Can't wait for next season!

30/09/2024

As we wind up another successful season at Joe's we hope everyone made it home safely.

A huge thank you to all the people that came to Joe's this year for a memorable experience. Nice to see lots of returning people and the new faces also.

You will be glad to know our staff has been dismantling Joe's and that it is under tow back to Vancouver, by our good friends at Thunder Bay Tugs, where she sits until spring. The lodge has a wooden hull and the saltwater parasites eat away at the hull in salt water and the only way to kill them is to park it in freshwater, so we park her in the Fraser River. Parking in fresh water is the same issue, with freshwater parasites and the only way to dispose of them is in salt water. Dismantling the lodge is like a huge lego project.!!! We will be assembling our "Lego" project in the spring, so we are open for mid June 2025.

When you are going through your Joe's pictures from 2024 and have any we could put on our website, please send them to myself. Our website will be getting a new face lift so stay tuned.
The fish this year were plentiful for the most part to say the least. The Coho's showed up early and stayed later than usual and the springs were ever allusive. Efforts to find their hiding areas always proved to be a challenge, but many anglers were up for it.

This year's charity fundraising derby for the BC Children's Hospital raised $127,500.00, which to date puts us within easy reach of one million dollars for next year's derby. A huge thank you to all the participants at our annual derby and of course to the people who have trouble keeping their hands down...at auction time. You have made some BC Children's Hospital kids' dreams become a reality!!! You all have made a huge difference.

We now have a big issue to contend with. That being the "new" way that a salmon has to be filleted. You must have noticed half the salmon was cut into portion size, while the other half remained as a full fillet, with tail on and a cut half way, without cutting through the skin. The reasoning behind this is for DFO to be able to identify the full salmon at a glance. Although it would only take one moment to put together the pieces of the portion size fish which is in a separate bag, When I cook up the 1/2 fillet of fish, I had better invite lots of friends over. We have complained on your behalf but it has fallen on deaf ears. We ask that everyone write a short note to fisheries and complain about this new regulation that became law August 4. Here is a link to send your complaint to: fishing-peche@dfo-mpo-gc-ca .

And for that leftover salmon, Grace has a great recipe:

2 cups cooked salmon mixed with one egg, 1/2 teaspoon onion powder, garlic powder, paprika. Add 1/2 - 3/4 cup any pancake mix. Mix and form small patties to fry in oil and butter. Flip when golden and flip over once (5-7 minutes). Serve with a dollop of zesty mayo. Zesty mayo is a mixture of lemon juice, mayo, a pinch of salt and lemon zest.

For all those returning guests and groups for 2025. Your spot from this year is your spot for next year. You can trade up or trade down your spot, it's your call. Just get a hold of us to firm those dates of your choice for next year.

Again Thank You for visiting Joe's. We will be sending out another update at the end of October.
Only at Joe's !!!!

Team Joe's.

28/08/2024

Another incredible derby in support of has finished at Joe’s Salmon Lodge and it was another one for the record books!!!

The amazing guests at Joe’s raised 127,500.00 for the BC Children’s hospital ( pretty good with a small group ) and the derby winner was Clayton Aelbers with a 30lbs Spring at the River. Lots of laughter, late nights and memories made by everyone and a big thank you to Dana Murzyn and Jyrki Lumme for all they donated and their entertaining hockey stories. “Way too much fun” as Andy Aelbers would say.

22/08/2024

Are you still coming up to see us this season? It’s been an epic summer and there are still plenty of fish to be caught. Please reach out to Carl and get your updated information for your trip or to book for next year!

Carl Rosenau [email protected]
1 (780) 982-2929

09/08/2024

Finding monsters and Kickin’ ass in Hakai Pass

31/07/2024

Kathy and Evita with a chunky 14 pound coho 🤠💪💯

24/07/2024

Two for one deal!!! Reeling up his catch of a salmon and had it to the boat when all of a sudden a ling cod came along and devoured his catch. Mark gaffed the ling cod with the salmon still inside the lingcod!!! Such aggressive fish those lings!