Monday, August 24, 2009

Day 53 + 54 - Joe's Cove


Noone we know looking for beads


Our 7 Boat raft - stern view


Entrance to Twin Lagoon - rocks abound


"Moon Jelly"


Stephen - 6' smile and a 22 lb. coho


Excellent Shot Gayle!



Rope around the neck ?

One of our favorite bays on the coast, this tiny indent on Eden Island has the greatest gunkholing in the area. As from earlier explanations, this group likes to go "High Speed" Gunkholing,we go at fast speeds and cover great distances in our dinghies. This is the perfect terrain to do both highspeed and regular gunkholing. Hundreds of tiny little bays with wildlife and scenery that boggles the mind.
We stopped to do some fishing prior to going into Joe Cove and my nephew had the experience of a lifetime, he caught a 22 lb. Coho. Our resident humpback is still around, it was spotted (not by my camera tho) jumping straight out of the water a few times.
Everyone was arguing that Stephens fish couldn't possibly be a coho of that size, but sure enough, that night when we all anchored, it was the mother of all cohos! Congratulations Steven!
At the bottom of Fife Sound is a "Sea Lion" Rookery where upon blow up of some of Gayle's photographs, we spot a mature Sea Lion with a rope around its neck. We have since reported it to the local fisheries folks who will hopefully humanely treat the animal.
We went high speed gunkholing in and around Fife sound, visiting "Twin Lagoon", "Old Passage" and some midden beaches. Except for a few small rock dings when entering and exiting the Twin Lagoon, no drama!

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