When asked about the best fishing days at the lodge, Ryan said there have been many days when clients caught 150 salmon in a single day. Fortunately, our group is witness to such a day. Upon returning to the lodge, a crew of three greet you at the dock to wash and resupply boats, and take care of fish. One evening they worked near midnight filleting the day's catch. From the fillet table, salmon are washed, wrapped, and whisked into a huge flash-freezer in the mid section of the barge.
Erratic weather is a daily occurrence.
Rainfall totals 160 inches each year. Adding wind and sunshine makes sunscreen, caps, and sunglasses vital necessities. Clover Bay Lodge provides rain gear for each guest. While fishing in this region, it is not unusual to see humpback, killer, and minke whales, and porpoises with arched backs swimming across the surface. Once, a seal stole a freshly hooked salmon while it was being reeled in.