We pulled into Port McNeill about 1:00 and dropped anchor for the night, our shortest day of cruising so far, about 40 miles. We loaded the crab pots into the tender and dropped them in the water not far from the boat. Terry went into town in her kayak, while Greg, Cathryn and Bob installed the down riggers on the tender and took off a couple miles up the coast where we fished in 100’ of water looking for king salmon. It was a warm, sunny afternoon of trolling, but after a couple hours we concluded today was not the day for us to land our first fish. When we got back to Gold Rush we found Terry had not returned from town, so we grabbed the laptop and headed across the bay. We tried to post to our blog but couldn’t get an internet connection, so headed back to the boat to start dinner; it was Cathryn and Bob’s turn to cook. Back at the boat we were joined for an hour by friends of Terry and Greg’s, Preston and Lois. These folks spend their summers on their 50’ Nordic trawler on the Inside Passage, and winters in their 40’motor home, often in Baja. They haven’t owned a land-based home for several years, but are now building an RV garage with small apartment above it on Whidbey Island. After dinner we pulled our crab pots. The first had 5 big Dungeness crabs, so we were really excited, but the next three pots only resulted in 1 more crab. Still plenty for a meal and a snack.
We pulled into Port McNeill about 1:00 and dropped anchor for the night, our shortest day of cruising so far, about 40 miles. We loaded the crab pots into the tender and dropped them in the water not far from the boat. Terry went into town in her kayak, while Greg, Cathryn and Bob installed the down riggers on the tender and took off a couple miles up the coast where we fished in 100’ of water looking for king salmon. It was a warm, sunny afternoon of trolling, but after a couple hours we concluded today was not the day for us to land our first fish. When we got back to Gold Rush we found Terry had not returned from town, so we grabbed the laptop and headed across the bay. We tried to post to our blog but couldn’t get an internet connection, so headed back to the boat to start dinner; it was Cathryn and Bob’s turn to cook. Back at the boat we were joined for an hour by friends of Terry and Greg’s, Preston and Lois. These folks spend their summers on their 50’ Nordic trawler on the Inside Passage, and winters in their 40’motor home, often in Baja. They haven’t owned a land-based home for several years, but are now building an RV garage with small apartment above it on Whidbey Island. After dinner we pulled our crab pots. The first had 5 big Dungeness crabs, so we were really excited, but the next three pots only resulted in 1 more crab. Still plenty for a meal and a snack.
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