Friday, 28 June 2013

June 15 - June 21, 2013 Craig to Orr Island (Carcass Bay)


Craig, Newly named Carcass Bay(Between Lulu Island and Baker Island), Orr Island – June 15 – June 21, 2013

 

Let the fishing begin – John and Elise arrived on June 15th.  They changed their flights so that they could fly into Craig instead of Petersburg since we were close to Craig and they wanted to fish that area also.  We went to their friends George and Janette’s house on Craig and they gave us a lot of fishing areas so we headed out on June 17 for Lulu Island to the new bay we named Carcass Bay.  The reason for the name is that Tom, Steve and John caught so much fish (they got  Silvers, Halibut, and many Black Sea Bass on Day 1).  We spent over 2 hours processing the fish into Seal a Meal bags so that we could get it into the freezer. Carcasses back to the sea so that is the why it is now named Carcass Bay.

This was the day 2 catch – the big one in the middle is the King Salmon that Tom caught! Many more Silvers, Halibut and Black Sea Bass – another 2 hours of fish processing!  Day 3 – guess what- more fish.  Dean went out with the guys this time and had the magic touch for LindCod!  We now have a full freezer of fish and the plan is to buy a chest freezer in Juneau as we really don’t want to be done fishing but we are out of Freezer space.

 


Tom with his first King Salmon – Day 2 of fishing!

More Cruising, whales, sea otters, and seals!  I also managed to spot the Shrimp pot that Tom had lost in the channel the night before so we can continue to Shrimp and Crab. The weather has continued to be good – a bit cooler but usually in the afternoons we get sunshine and smooth water.  Yesterday Elise and I went with Glen and Liz on their dinghy for a two hour cruise around the islands. We found an old Marble/Granite mining area that was amazing – old open mining pits and lots of Granite blocks that have been abandoned in the early 1900’s.

 So far Linda on Reflections has the record Salmon and just over 25 pounds!

 

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