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 3 August 10th 2015

Leaving Bull Harbour, heading to Hakai Pass, looking forward to fishing...

There won't be as many photos as it is FISH ON Time!

Evan holding the very first fish caught on the Netta Jean, it was a 35 lb Tyee caught by Photographer and Tyee Slayer, Sandy  

It made for a great start to the day. 

Still can't get over how these trees live on the barren rocks. 

1 Tyee (a spring over 30 lbs) 4 coho a ling-cod, a couple rock cod and a nice snapper, Robbie, Evan and Brian...I was too tired to figure out how to increase the the timer so I could join them, but the smiles say it all!

We anchored in a bay of Calvert Island 

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