Going Home

By: Steve Cegielski, Operations Manager, All-Canada Show
With the fishing season well under way all across Canada, except maybe the far reaches where ice still dominates the landscape, fisherman are enjoying exceptional Canadian fishing action. We all love the anticipation of the trip and getting it started, but as we all know, all good things come to an end eventually and we all have to head home from a great adventure.
On most full service lodge plans that means gathering your belongings and remembering where you hid your keys once you arrive back in civilization.
Some do-it-yourself trips do require some easy weekending cleaning / organizing tasks that can easily be done. As a general rule, try to leave the cabin and equipment one step better than the group before you, and you’ll never have any complaints.
General cleaning of the cabin and basic garbage clean up is obvious, but here’s some areas that get missed some times.
Refrigerator can be come messy at times and the next group really doesn’t want your old rotten nightcrawlers left in the frig. Just a quick wipe down does the job.
Also extra attention the fish cleaning area after a week of filleting will go along ways….take the time to wash the surfaces free of scales and clean all equipment, so the next group can start fresh.
And last but not least – boat cleaning. You all know how the bottom of the boat looks after a week of hard Canadian fishing – line, sinkers, old plastics, mud, and even fish blood cover the boat from bow to transom. Take the time to pull each boat up onto shore, pull the plug and slosh with water until all debris is out.
How about taking the welcoming of the new fisherman to the next level? As the float plane is landing pop in the oven a pan of chocolate chip cookies! The smell of chocolate chip cookies as they enter the cabin is sure bring smiles to their faces and what a way to start your week in fishing paradise – CANADA!