Idol Point

A proud Mike with 28 lb spring

Two nights @ Idol Point….yielded one 28 lb. spring for Mike and a very hot anchorage.  The weather is as hot up here as it is down there.  With the heat inland, comes the fog.

When we entered the bay that I think Rick and Faye have named “Eagle Bay” – there were floats strung on a line just about all around the bay.  After a bit of outrage that someone should try and keep us out of this anchorage, we deduced that they are holding Kelp.  It appears that this is a method of stringing kelp and in the Early spring when the herring spawn, the Bella Bella peoples can then just come and take off the Roe after spawn.  It’s the only logical explanation.  The bay is usually abundant with herring, so it stands to reason that there would be herring spawn in the spring.