2015 Trip

Last summer my father, friend (A.J.), and I traveled to Labrador City to visit my family who lives there and to fish.  This trip was relatively short (June 28, 2015 - July 5, 2015).  We left on a Sunday morning and didn't arrive in Labrador City until Monday afternoon.  Google Maps shows that it takes a little over 18 hours to drive the 924 miles, which is pretty accurate.  With basically 4 days of travelling to and from, that only left us with 4 short days in Labrador City to fish.

That Sunday we drove over 10 hours and spent the night in Baie-Comeau, Quebec at the Motel Manic 2000.  We woke up early on Monday and headed in on "the road" (QC-389).  That is where the people thinned out and the country became more rugged and remote, more so with every mile.  The road takes about 8 1/2 hours to complete, twisting and winding about 360 miles to Labrador City.  The road is made up of decent paved portions and large dirt/gravel portions.

Along the road, there are a series of 4 hydro-electric dams operated by Hydro-Quebec (Manic 4 was never built, but they had planned on 5 dams so kept Manic 5's name).  Manic 5 is the largest of the dams and is one of the largest arch and buttress dams in the world.  My video doesn't do Manic 5 justice.  I'll try and get better photos and videos of it this year.  

We made it to Labrador City on Monday and had a great 4 days of fishing and relaxing in some of the most beautiful country there is.  Here are some photos of the fish that were caught, primarily at The Narrows in Labrador City:

A.J. caught some great fish also:

Here is a video of my father catching a beautiful lake trout:

Here are a couple other videos of A.J. and myself catching northern pike:

Future posts will focus on the upcoming trip next month.  I'll explain the duration, route, different areas we are going to fish, equipment we will be bringing, etc.