SUKOI
INLET ON ANCHOR
Tuesday,
June 30th
John
left for fishing before I got up this morning, leaving me to land the incoming
fleet. Far Niente and UnforgetAbell left Deep Bay at 6AM to catch the slack at
Sergius Narrows and arrived here to tie off to us at 7AM. It was a smooth
process. Once settled in, they all retired back to their boats for breakfast or
naps or both. Sukoi Inlet has been very quiet from all perspectives – not much
wildlife, and not one other boat. The only exception is an Eagle’s nest on
shore nearby, which has been fun to watch. The adult eagles have been feeding
in the bay near our boat, and twice now right in front of me they’ve swooped
down to retrieve bait from the water. The shoreline looks like it should be
teeming with bears but I have yet to see one, so that is curious. Deer were on
the beach yesterday when we arrived, and when I went to set pots I apparently
got too close to a group of herons on shore which I did not see, and they
departed delivering a sound scolding my direction! I caught up on my blog
today, finally, it seemed like I didn’t have much to say but I always find the
words, apparently. I am sure many of you are bored to tears which is proven by
the fact that I had 117 views of my first post and now average about 15 views
per post!! Haha. I guess I won’t have a career as a blogger.
John returned around
noon – finally – I was starting to get worried. His trophy for 6 hours of
fishing? One medium sized ling cod that resulted in four – 10oz packages of
meat for the freezer. Lings yield about half their size in meat after the bones
are cut away. Once again he was skunked on salmon which has been super
disappointing for him. The salmon run isn’t here either, apparently. With the
whaler back, I made my way out in the wind and rain to fetch my crab pots which
had now been soaking a full 24 hours. And the results are in…..absolutely
nothing. Not even a rock crab, shell, starfish….nothing. The bait was fully
intact, had not been touched. Honestly it worries me about the state of our ocean.
There should be some sort of life below here, we are on the edge of the Gulf of
Alaska! Enroute to fetching pots, I stopped to take some photos of the Eagle's Nest on shore, where an adult Eagle stood guard while its partner was out fishing. After a quiet afternoon, a little cribbage with Connie, I whipped up
dinner of Jambalaya with fresh crab, prawns, and hot sausage, and it turned out
so good! Add a salad from Connie and fresh sourdough from Bill, and we had a
perfect dinner. I made a fresh berry crisp for dessert and added in some
remaining Bing Cherries that I had purchased at our last stop, which was an
extra dose of deliciousness. Tomorrow we are off to Sitka.
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| Eagle's Nest on Shore |
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| Jambalaya Dinner! |
Where John went fishing today
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