Monday August 14, 2017

We did all our morning errands of going to the bank (some/enough funds released), getting more loonies for future laundry, going to see Carol the Bead Lady, and a last minute run through the IGA (they had re-stocked with some fresh produce since yesterday). It was a lovely morning of light winds. We said our "see you later's" to Steve and Jess and got some photos of Stu-y and Harley. Stuart is looking pretty old these days and certainly has some bad hips, but he seems very happy. Harley is only 2 or 3 now and a going concern but still oh so mellow. And beautiful coloring.





We left at 11:00 and left EG to do a few more things at the dock and headed out around the corner into Broughton Straight to try some fishing around Malcolm Island. Byron ran into Chris from Sullivan Bay at the bank and so we found out about their food schedule. They're doing meals 3 nights a week, and Monday's are Indonesian night. (Other nights are the popular beef and pork nights). So Sue emailed and made reservations with Debbie for the following Monday.

At first we tried "buck tailing" which is just leaving the line and lure on the surface and trolling along behind you. Coho will apparently come to the surface at speed to grab it. (Sure they do). Then we used the diving thingy and put the line down deeper. We had only one engine in gear which meant we were going 3.7 to 4.0 kts which is also apparently not too fast for Coho. (OK, sure). EG caught up with us as we neared the northern point of Malcolm, Pulteney Point. We then went around to the other side of the island where we fished with Chris from Sullivan Bay two years ago. We put the lines in for a short while there, but we also watched the couple of small fish boats there to see what they were doing. And they all appeared to be packing it in, bring their lines in and taking off. We also had the fish finder on and saw no fish. Not signs of a good place to fish. So we bagged it and caught up with EG for the crossing. Queen Charlotte Straight continued to be "like glass" and it was a lovely day.

Up Wells Passage and continued up into Grappler Sound and then into Turnbull Cove. Beautiful and quiet and calm and glassy and comfortable as usual. Kinda like coming home. We anchored up next to EG and then went and put the prawn traps out. Bella and I went along for the dingy ride.

Back to Spellbound for Spaghetti Quattro dinner and we introduced Byron and Sue to Chelsea Handler. It was officially dark when they headed back to EG which was almost new now. The days are certainly shorter as the season has progressed, and as we've headed south.