A calm trip to Duncanby
Left a few hours ago from Hardy enroute to Alaska!
A Sunny day at Duncanby
A 4 nm trip across Rivers Inlet brings us into Duncanby Landing. We spotted a pod of killer whales (first of the trip) as we entered Duncanby. Fishing is spectacular here but the lodges are all suffering the woes of low head counts. There is an estimation that all of the lodges are down a minimum of 40% due to the current economics - it must be Murphys Law - fishing is spectacular but there are very few fisherman to enjoy it. There is also speculation that at least 3 of the existing lodges in the area will not see the season finish. Only the strong shall survive!
Mike catches about a 15 lb. ling cod and once again, the freezer is full to brim. Coho fishing is open again in Rivers (instead of Catch and Release) and the returns are nothing short of eye-popping. We had a lovely restaurant dinner with Faye and Rick and settled down to a few nights of DVD watching. We are awoken the first morning with a sea lion catching fish in the water about 50' off the boat and then into the bay comes a huge humpback whale to have his breakfast. Its a regular "Whale-a-palooza!"
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