June 9, 2007:
We departed San Mateo Bay Sunday in a light fog. We retrieved our crab and prawn catches, which was anything BUT successful. We had one starfish in the crab trap and 2 prawns and one grayling fish in the prawn trap. That was a let down.
We checked out the entrance to Useless inlet, but didn’t want to risk going in through the waves breaking on the several rocks guarding the entrance. We checked out the cove behind Robinson Island but it was open to the weather so we headed for the anchorage tucked into Nettles Island (48° 55.761’ N / 125° 15.099’ W) in the Broken Islands National Park.
The Park Ranger’s float house is in the cove at Nettle Island. We watched a diving eagle try to make a duck his dinner – without success.
We had moments of intermittent sunshine and light sprinkles of rain. It was a calm and peaceful night and day. George went out in the afternoon and found a good-sized Rock Crab in the trap. Good enough for an appetizer. It was great!George & JoAnne
