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Dots are sea otters

Spring bite comes on at Kains

Flat calm offshore fishing

The boardwalk.

View of downtown Winter Harbour

Dock fishing at the government wharf.

Bottom fishing a few miles offshore from Lippy

I troll with a tie rod set up, connected to main most of the time. Sometimes I'll pop it off and hand tiller it when I'm farting around in the stern with the gear, or just feel like fishing a little more intently. Mostly I'm happy to sit comfortably in the house and miss all the strikes...

I do some salmon trolling in the PNW and one complaint I have with my 22 cruiser is that it doesn't hold a tack worth a damn. Due to the light weight, hull shape (?) I find that if I leave the steering (kicker) for a very short time in the slightest breeze or current, the boat will be veering...

Dock fishing is the most fun for kids. They caught 10 species off that dock.

Trolling Flower to Bold on Swanson.

Sam with a nice spring that took a sockeye hootchie.

Small one for dinner off Lizard Point in the fog.

Tied up in Telegraph Cove

Thanks for the tip Harvey. I just checked the map. Last year when we visited Alert Bay we walked down that way as far as the burial grounds. Looks like we should have walked just a little further. We'll do that this year. It would nice to pop back into Sointula as well, but it's actually...

We (Sam n Leo) will be in the area for little over a week in early to mid Aug. Last year we were in the area and did a bit of touring around. This year we will be staying in Telegraph Cove and taking it easy--some fishing and shorter trips.

When I my boat off for servicing I asked if they could look over the trailer. It is 10 years old and felt a little heavy on the tow over. The trailer is an EZ Loader single axle with surge brakes for my 22' C-dory. Yesterday I got the call saying the brakes were corroded and in bad shape, it...

Oak Bay 2017