Atlantic Unicorn

Caught this beautiful 27" 9-10 pound St. Mary's River Atlantic Salmon on the very last cast of the last day of fishing on my trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula this past week. Amazing fight, the powerful fish stayed down and deep the entire time like a Lake Trout that drank too much coffee and constantly made blistering runs back and forth, often under the boat, and often too close to the prop of the motor for my liking. Once at the surface, it took another couple of minutes before he was ready to be netted, but we finally put him in the boat. After losing another two earlier the same day and being almost out of time to fish, I nailed this beast on a size 12 caddis nymph under a float no more than 10' from the tip of my rod. It was such a relief to finally add the mighty Atlantic to my lifelist, a fish that's been haunting my dreams since losing a 20+ pound individual last August on Lake Ontario after taking a nearly 600' run and throwing the hook on a leap. This fish was probably the most desired lifer to date of my angling career, and it was worth the 12 hour drive north to catch him. I plan to make many additional trips in the future as well to catch even more of these addicting fish.

This past week of fishing on Lake Superior, its tribs, and the St. Mary's River also yielded many wild Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Splake, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Coho Salmon, Lake Whitefish, Cisco, and White Sucker by method of fly fishing, bait fishing, lure casting, and trolling. I'm in the process of writing a full expedition report for this trip which should be posted within the next day or two so keep an eye out for it!