Wednesday morning we had a nice visit with the lady at the fuel dock. We told her how cute the sea otters were and she rolled her eyes. It seems the otters were re-implanted here a few years ago as they had become extinct many years back due to over hunting for the pelts. That was a long time ago. Well, there is a group flying over the area, hired to count those little critters. They were up to 600 and told her that they expected another 1800 before the count was done. This is a problems for the fishermen, and those abalone and crab lovers among us, cause these “cute” little creatures are devastating the sea life. Yea for man’s interference with nature!
We loaded up with fuel and good spring water and headed off to our prawn trap at the bend. We were quite pleased to find a decent catch. Three dozen prawns with half being jumbos. Yea for the cat food!
The trip started out in good weather but by the time we set the prawn trap went into Queen Cove the weather was deteriorating. The converted gillnet boat we moored next to at Tofino was anchored in the cove. The folks that live on her appeared to be teamed up with a dive boat that was diving in the area. We saw them diving as we headed up the coast the next day.
We saw a bear foraging along the beach as we sounded the cove (49dg 52.929' N / 126dg 58.980' W) for a good anchor site out of the wind. After getting anchored and getting settled in we had a wonderful dining experience on those succulent hand-sized prawns.
More to come,
George and JoAnne
