The ride in was ultra plush and we made it back in no time flat. If I recall it was about an hour and 10 mins. It was really nice to take advantage of this close in fishery. We burned 40 gals of fuel and used 4 litres of oil this trip.
Smooth seas.
We got back to Dick's and Owen cooked up a really nice meal for us. Steaks from a butcher shop along with garlic spot prawns and a baja salad. What a great way to end the day and celebrate his birthday. His wife even sent a small cake along for us to enjoy after dinner.
What an awesome day. We hit the sack right after we downed the cake and were asleep by 7:00 p.m. lol. We got up at 5 the next morning to head out earlier this day. We left the dock in the dark and headed out of Winter Harbour nice and slow on radar. Again one last stop at Kains before we lost reception and we were on our way.
Awesome sun rise on this morning.
We decided to start near yesterdays spot. The bird activity was way down but we spotted a boat on the horizon near our destination. We got a bit closer and saw riggers out and lot's of birds near by. We started fishing with no luck for about 1/2 an hour before we finally saw his line marker stick. It was a long liner not a tuna boat. That explained all the birds around them. We picked up the gear and decide to find some other water to fish. We started heading South West and the water temp picked up another degree and we spotted 2 commercial boats. One of the boats was doing pretty short tacks so we decided to start fishing. The water temp was around 59 degrees and clear blue in colour.
Starting the day off with a double and bloody decks!
Octuna baby!!!
To be continued......