Since returning from the Vancouver Island trip, I’ve been pretty low energy, concentrating on keeping my expenses down (I’ve ditched the car! RIP Lola, you will be remembered), eating healthily and resisting the temptation just to eat ice cream and… Continue reading
Leaving Hot Springs Cove, we were going to try to push through to Ucluelet. Again, no wind, thick fog and lots of big swells, and at around 90mins North of Tofino I was suddenly hit with an attack of the… Continue reading
We were due to get up at 5, however I managed to set my alarm for FOUR AM, meaning we were up a full hour earlier than necessary. Mega-barf. At 6 we left, and hit Nahwitti Bar at slack –… Continue reading
While at Forward Harbour I switched out the raw water impeller, tightened the alternator belt and cleaned the raw water filter in an attempt to fix the mysterious exhaust smoke. One of these things (probably tightening the belt) seems to… Continue reading
On the weekend I went out fishing, as I just had got a brand new downrigger! Meaning I had two downriggers, and so could run two lines deep. In the winter the only type of salmon around are Chinook, as… Continue reading
It’s been a few days now since the end of my trip, and I’ve had time to figure out what worked and what didn’t Things that worked I am getting pretty damn good at assembled/breaking down the porta-boat, I can… Continue reading
Children will sing, bells will ring and somewhere there is a very confused pig spreading his new wings. I finally caught a salmon. A chinook at that! DAYS LATER EDIT: APPARENTLY IT WAS A PINK. I SUCK AT SALMON ID.… Continue reading
It’s true – this weekend I hooked FIVE salmon and only got one in the boat, and that one was tiny so I just lifted it in. That makes 6 salmon in total hooked and 1 boated, meaning I’m batting… Continue reading