MAY 8, 2022 – PRUTH BAY TO CODVILLE LAGOON

Awoke to blue skies and warm sun, aren’t we so lucky this early in the season to enjoy such beautiful weather! Today we are transiting to Codville Lagoon, a short 3 hour run where we will spend two nights. Shrimping is good in Codville so we will be putting pots down this afternoon and also maybe some ling cod fishing. We had a gorgeous glassy smooth cruise and as we cruised into the narrow entrance to Codville Lagoon, 4 orcas were just coming out of the lagoon, so all we could do was take the boat our of gear and get the camera ready! I didn’t want to miss the up close encounter so basically pointed my camera in the general direction and hoped to capture some pictures! These incredibly beautiful and graceful creatures with their synchronized swimming passed right alongside our boat and one went under the boat right where I was standing, it’s just so cool to see them up close and in the wild, what luck! We motored to the back of the lagoon where we found ourselves the only occupants. After getting settled of course Shannon and I had to get out the shrimp pots and go out for a drop. We decided only soak them for an hour and see what we got, but we only yielded about 30 out of 4 pots. That’s a lot of work for 30 shrimp, many of them quite small. But we do this for the fun of it, yes it’s a lot of work, but we love the thrill of the hunt. We finished just in time as the sunny skies faded and gave way to rain that became quite impressive over the course of the evening. After hot showers had by all, we gathered on our boat for baked chicken thighs in lemon and olives, smashed potatoes, and Caesar salad. Another great day.