One of the great things about fishing at Minipi Lodge is, despite the fact that you’re going to have fun catching world class brookies, you never know what nature is going to provide you.

On one particular day me and my guests Steve, Lewis and Terry decided to go fishing on the Little Minipi River. So as usual Chris the pilot flew us to the Little Minipi OutCamp so that we could take a boat and navigate to the river. To reach the river we had to navigate for about 30 min to cross the lake and get to the outlet. The scenery was beautiful. To be there standing in such wilderness is an incredible feeling.

On our way to the river we saw something strange swimming across the lake. As we got closer we found out this strange thing was in fact a beautiful young caribou. I immediately informed my guests to get their cameras ready to video as I was getting closer and closer to the caribou.

The set up was perfect. We had the chance to get close enough to watch him swim but still keep a safe distance. What a wonderful moment it was. My first ever caribou in the wild.

After a few pictures and video we made our way to the river, and as we expected, had another great day of fishing.