After lunch we headed out of Roscoe, had disappointing results from our attempt at prawn fishing, and headed for Emily Bay in Briggs Inlet to anchor for the night. To reach Emily Bay we had to go through First Narrows at max ebb current, that was flowing at something close to 4 ½ knots, it took Teal quite a while to claw her way through the narrowest part while keeping clear of the charted submerged rocks.
Emily Bay (52° 23.550’ N / 128°00.807’ W) has a wonderful anchorage in the out flow of a babbling stream that holds the boat in line with the anchor regardless of the ebb and flow of the tide or light breezes that find their way into the little bay. This spot is a Bob Ross painting. High Mountain in background, small trees forward, a babbling brook, that little cabin and large tree in foreground. His Northwest influence is alive in little vignettes like this one.
August 2, 2007
We had a leisurely breakfast while waiting for the current at the narrows to mellow for our exit of Briggs Inlet and turn around the corner into Bullock Channel to collect just 11 prawns from our set the previous afternoon, and then on up the channel to explore the head of Spiller Inlet.
We found Spiller Inlet, while equal to most other inlets, was nothing to write about after having just visited Roscoe Inlet. After exploring the head of Spiller we went into Neekas Cove (52° 27.777’ N / 128° 09.552’ W) to anchor for the night with Honker a nicely-converted fishing trawler that we have seen somewhere before during our cruises.
August 3, 2007
After a peaceful night in Neekas we headed back to Bella Bella (52° 09.786’ N / 128° 08.433’ W) to top off our tanks before heading further north. It was windy through Sea Forth Channel – chop with white caps.
Got fuel, water, groceries, and took off from Bella Bella dock to gratefully find flat water all the way to Idol Point.
We trolled the point along with other fishing boats. We had a hit or two before the winds started up and as the day was getting on, the cap’n suggested we take an anchorage that he had in mind at Penny Cove (52° 12.294’ N / 128° 15.888’ W). We set the prawn trap and found a great spot to stern tie – our first of the season and it went surprisingly smooth.
The skeeter and black fly bites are really giving Jo a hard time. Some of them have gotten pretty swollen. The drawing salve has come to the rescue, but the itching and pain are beyond aggravating. Still on the hunt for the Benadryl.
More to come,
George& JoAnne
