2013 very successful retreat

The Copper Island staff would like to thank all the participants of the 2013 fishing retreat for an exceptional time of good fellowship, fun memories and an abundance of fish.  We enjoyed reconnecting with long-time friends, making new friends and sharing the purpose of Copper Island Bible camp with our guests.  We trust you had a relaxed and enjoyable time at the Copper Island fishing retreat.

We always enjoy seeing fish come back to the dock.  We were excited to see a steady amount of nice Chinook and Coho salmon come in.  Despite having to release Chinook salmon over 77cm inside the Barkley Sound, many legal sized Chinook were caught along with some beautiful Cohos.  This year a number of nice halibut were also caught making this a surprisingly great year of fishing.  We hope next year's Chinook return will be strong in order to keep the big ones in the Barkley Sound.

Dawson Trautman (founder of the Navigators) once said: "The difference between catching men and catching fish is that you catch fish that are alive and they die, you catch men that are dead and bring them to life."

Thank you again for supporting the life giving work at Copper Island.  We trust that participants will continue to be encouraged and refreshed while helping others find life through Jesus Christ.