Day 21- Sunday, September 2, 2012- Barkley Sound- More Fishing, Less Catching.
After check of the forecast this morning, I informed the
crew that the wind is supposed to blow 25-35 knots starting this afternoon for
the next four days. Being we need to be
back to Dolphin Cove (Orcas Island) in a week, Val and I decide we need to head
to Barkley Sound today. We hate to spend
such a little bit of time here in the Tofino area but we’ll be back again, I’m
sure. Here are a few pictures of Tofino. |
| Weigh West Marina, Tofino. Our shore power chord...finally. |
We rig up our rods in advance and then set out for Barkley
Sound with three fishing spots our guide friends suggest we try along the
way. The ocean was flat…about a 5’ long
swell with no wind waves. It’s the
nicest we’ve ever had out here. We
fished all day and the wind never came up.
It was a gorgeous day. The wind
never came up at all.
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| Tanner and Connor enjoying peanut butter sandwhiches while Val and I fish. |
We couldn’t keep
the rock fish off our lines and couldn’t get the salmon or halibut to
bite. More fish but not the ones we
want. Val is really applying the
pressure to find those fish!
Late in the afternoon, we finished our run into Barkley
Sound. It felt like coming home as we
spent a month here last year (only the fishing was great then.) We went to one of our favorite anchorages by
Turret Island in the Broken Islands Group and the hook bit hard on first
try. Our position is 48 53'57.80N, 125 20'47.70W.
Plug it into Google Earth and find us if you can. We now have 866 miles on our trip meter.
Val made some halibut and shrimp for dinner. Connor worked on his Spanish. I showered.
As you can see, Val snuck off a picture of me in the big bathroom.
It’s pretty “alone” out here but nothing like
earlier in the trip. We saw a lot more
boats today, in fact, I’d say we saw more boats today than all the boats we’ve
seen combined since we left Port Hardy.
The sunsets here are amazing.
Have a great Labor Day Weekend.
