We awoke to clouds and pulled the prawn trap, which was totally empty. How would prawns get through the tidal rapid, dummy. The crab traps yielded 7 Dungeness, 6 legal, and one throw back. Good eatin’ tonight!
On our way out we trolled and near an un-named waterfall, George caught a 24” Coho. Now we have a choice for dinner: salmon or crab? What a tough decision.
Turns out the light wasn’t good to take pics of Teal in front of the Kynoch Falls which had been the plan. The sea got a little rough in Mathieson Channel as the day wore on. Clouds remained all day, with the sun trying to peak through - off and on it succeeded. We were glad to get out of the chop when we turned into Sheep Passage and anchored at Windy Bay (52° 47.113’ N / 128° 12.597’ W).
Hook down at 6:15. Fish cleaned by 7 PM and crab cooked by 7:35. We decided on salmon with a crab cocktail. This “eating out” is quite a treat.
George saw a pod of Orcas swim through the anchorage. Too far away to get a good photo.
August 7
Sprinkles of rain last night. Seeing blue skies on the way into Klemtu (52° 35.594’ N / 128° 31.308’ W). Arrived at 3pm.
Fueled and filled water tanks and went off to café for a late lunch. Hit the band store. No Benadryl but got some more fly/mosquito spray.
Took a tour of their newly dedicated Big House with Doug Neasloss. Doug heads the dept. of tourism and served as our tour guide, a great wildlife photographer, and is very active in Band heritage politics. He just celebrated his 25th birthday. Very bright young man.
Klemtu is a First Nation Village. Very low key and only one paved road, which this black lab just lazily walked into the middle of and laid there. The road that leads to the big house and to the school are gravel. Very rural town, so to speak.
At the dock we met folks on two boats who were on their way back from Alaska and had spent weeks in the rain. Hopefully the rain is over for the summer and it will be great for us when we arrive later this month. We also visited with kayakers who were spending time at the village.
More to come,
Georg & JoAnne
