Day 9 August 16th 2015 

My Final day

Woke up in Shearwater to this peaceful scene. 

We had 5 more Salmon to catch to limit out at 32, but I had to be at the dock by noon to fly home from Bella Bella. 

And it didn't really bother me either way.  

But the boys wanted to limit out so we headed to Idol and caught 5 - 10+ pound Coho between 9:30 and 10:30 now we had time to drop the Prawn Traps!

Last 5

This Last one gave us 32 salmon in the boat, with Shawn and Greg

Thanks boys, it was an awesome trip, I was able to reconnect with Brian and Robbie, Shawn who I hadn't seen since our last fishing trip a few years back at Winter Harbour, and was able to meet Greg, who was an awesome addition.  Cheers, 

The Final Coho

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Day 8 August 15th 2015

With all the Jelly fish in the water, these strange creatures were in abundance - in all the years fishing, Evan and I had never seen one, in 2 days we saw Dozens.  Shawn who had spent 7 years in these waters had only seen one before.    What are they???  Here's a clue, they like to stay just under the surface, and can be hundreds of pounds, this one was close to 200 lbs, based on it size. 

So what is it? 

Give up? 

They are Ocean Sunfish

The ocean sunfish or common mola, Mola mola, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. It has an average adult weight between 247 and 1,000 kg (545–2,205 lb). The species is native to tropical and temperate waters around the globe. It resembles a fish head with a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally. Sunfish can be as tall as they are long when their dorsal and ventral finsare extended.

Sunfish live on a diet consisting mainly of jellyfish, but because this diet is nutritionally poor, they consume large amounts to develop and maintain their great bulk. Females of the species can produce more eggs than any other known vertebrate,^[1] up to 300,000,000 at a time.^[2] Sunfish fry resemble miniature pufferfish, with large pectoral fins, a tail fin, and body spines uncharacteristic of adult sunfish.

Ivory Island, very cool lighthouse and good fishing - By 12:15 we had 13 salmon in the boat so we went Halibut hunting. 

Suzanne Rock, we tried our luck slaying some halibut, but got paid out with a very nice Snapper.

The Boys, Shawn, Sandy, Greg and Evan...13 Salmon and a snapper, not a bad day

Shawn filleted all these like the pro he is.

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Day 6 August 13th 2015

This morning we woke up to 15 keepers, which we were able to keep fresh in the bait-well on the back of the swim grid. I know it isn't the best shot, but there were 3 more traps behind that one.  

Heading back to Shearwater, picking up Shawn and Greg and saying goodbye to Robbie. 

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Shawn and Greg are now with us, Shawn was a guide for years in the area and Greg had Salmon fished once in 25 years.  Greg is fighting the fish while puffing on a Cohiba

Seriously, not 60 seconds after we dropped out lines and we had a 12 pound coho in the boat, 60 seconds later I pulled another nice coho in...

I asked Greg what he thought of Salmon fishing, his smile was ear to ear and said this is $%#^ing incredible! We caught 7 Coho, 4 rock-cod and 2 snapper that afternoon.  

We had crab with garlic butter for an appy and Penne Crab Alfredo for dinner with some awesome Red wine which the boys had brought.   After dinner we sat on the back deck with cigars and scotch, as the sun went down.   Now that is Fishing!

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Day One

Granville Island @ 5:37 am August 8th 2015

Getting ready to head up the British Columbia Coast to Shearwater BC., on the Netta Jean.  Three of us are starting out, Evan the Skipper, Robbie the pirate, and myself Sandy.   Our first stop of the trip will be French Creek, to pick up our 4th Skallywag, Red Beard or Brian. 

Just as we are leaving Vancouver we pass this Row boat which turns out to be  

Row The Pacific 2016 click on the link to check out what they are trying to accomplish

The Sun coming up over Vancouver - it is just 6:34 AM so we made it out on schedule

A very nice way to start our trip

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Since we are starting our another adventure tomorrow, exploring the waterways from Vancouver to Shearwater on the "Netta Jean ". We felt a Breaching Humpback was an appropriate photo to get the adventure started!  Our trip will be taking us approximately 400 nautical miles up the West Coast of British Columbia,  Weather permitting we will be in Hakai Pass by Monday morning, please follow our progress, as we will be  sharing stories and photos of our journey. Cheers, 

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