Day 46 – Snug Cove to Takatz Bay

Another early transit morning as we departed Snug Cove for the run down and over to Takatz Bay. Hard to believe we are on the way back down now, having been to the farthest point north of our trip. It is still all new territory for us as we venture over to Sitka now, places we’ve not been yet this summer. Nothing much today in the way of wildlife except for a few humpback whale spouts in the distance and the occasional sea lion. More sea lions up here than seals. We arrived around 1:30 at Takatz which is yet another stunning anchorage. We motored back inside the long cove navigating around quite a collection of submerged rocks to get to a beautiful small bay that shoaled up into mud flats and grass. Bear country, again. We had noticed a few deep holes on our way in, so after we got settled John and Paul went out into the outer bay and tried to catch some halibut while Anne and I jigged off the big boat. After losing my bait 4 times to something I finally landed a small flounder or halibut, only about 14” – not legal and besides when we were getting ready to release him he did one last flip and jumped off the hook. The boys came back empty-handed, so John reset the gear and went out salmon fishing with Anne – they promptly came back with 2 salmon that jumped on almost immediately – they each caught one! Yay, salmon for dinner tomorrow, and more salmon for the freezer! We celebrated with cocktails and hot artichoke dip, then proceeded with dinner of grilled corn, greek salad, and grilled lamb chops. After dinner we went for a ride around the bay which is absolutely filled with eagles and watched them feed. We spotted a grizzly on shore but once again couldn’t get close enough for good pictures because of the mud flats. But we watched him through the binoculars for a while. This bay has gorgeous waterfalls and high snowfields seemingly rising straight out of the water, it is a definite stop for future trips.

These photos were enhanced by Paul using Lightroom which I am just learning to use. My camera tends to overexpose everything so he helped me add color back into these, so they are nice and vivid. ***Fish Size has not been altered*** (haha)