On anchor in Echo Bay in place for the BC famous pig roast. I could use a good meal, wait I could use another one. Last night I met some great folks on a small boat like mine when I pulled into port for a shower an a load of laundry. I figure it was time to clean up a bit after a week straight of early to rise fishing, and late to bed drinking with a friend from Spokane. After putting the laundry in and a quick shower they invited me up to the 3rd deck for dinner. I looked at my boat and then back at theirs and said sure. Stepped onto their boat and it didn't even lean when I did. This boat was amazing 80 feet long and a back deck bigger than mine at home. Dinner was great and some new friends made. Cruising with this crowd can be real nice.
The salmon bite has slowed down quite a bit making my search for that dream King or Spring salmon harder and harder to find. Each morning the fog has been so thick that even running with my radar keeping a straight line has been tough. Also watching out for the ding dong pacific boats without radar just running fast and blind has been real tough.
I am not sure where the days are going but they have been fun none the less fishing has been a bit of a mixed bag due timing and my intrest in exploring this great area. The next few days will be the start of my northward push after a quick store visit and refueling at Port McNeil my plans are to push up to Rivers Inlet and explore everything in between and try to put one of those large salmon in the boat. I have been living on crab, shrimp, salmon and cocktail sauce for most of my trip and I can say that it has been great. On sunday my plans are to spend some time running around with a local woman who spent a year and a half living off the land. She runs a little tour and can make the tour fit everyone's needs. Most of the cruisers seem to like the wildlife tours with some plant life tours my plans are for a more survival twist. It is funny her trigger to do what she did was from a book that she read as a child "My Side of the Mountain" that book has been in my head for many years as well. More on this after the tour.
Shrimping has been a miss for sure as the commercial season just ended and they don't seem to like my traps yet. So far the count has been 60 huge prawns. I hope to do better with that.
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to be continued.....
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