SALMON REPORT: Team Pautzke sets the Queen Charlotte Islands on fire
UPDATED June 19, 2010 / 9:40 p.m.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS, B.C. - I have a lot of fun at the expense of Pautzke Bait Co.'s director of operations, Chris Shaffer. I've known, worked, travelled and fished with ShaffDog for almost 10 years now, and can easily name him as one of my best friends in the world.

So, it's okay when I pitch him s*it about his travel exploits.

Shaffer, you see, has had "The Reverse Mojo" going on many of his worldwide fishing expedition the past several years. Whenever/wherever he shows up lately, weird things happen.

Fish stop biting. Animals go into hibernation. Sunshine turns to hailstorms and tornados. This week, though, Shaffer has found himself in exactly the right place, at exactly the right time.

All you need to do is look at the pictures.

Shaffer was making his very first trip to the Queen Charlotte Islands this week, and after nearly 5 years of disappointing fishing trip after disappointing fishing trip, here are the results. Enjoy.

Shaffer and fellow Pautzke traveller Chad Manning touched down via helicopter at The Lodge at Hippa Island, one of the spectacular properties of West Coast Resorts, and promptly started to put the smackdown on early summer Chinook filtering south along the Salmon Highway.

8CHECK OUT THE FACEBOOK BLOG for the rest of Shaffer's kickass photos!

-JS

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