6/5/13
Left Ketchikan after two days of sightseeing and shopping. Filled the tanks, fuel and water and did laundry. Rainy most of the second day in Ketchikan.
We cruised up to Meyers Chuck on the 5th and spent a pleasant evening there even though it rained off and on all day. We ordered sticky buns from a local resident and had fresh hot cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Well worth the 3.00 a roll she charges. Meyer’s Chuck is a quirky place, got a photo of the downtown area showing the fire rescue station, the phone company, post office and newspaper facility to post. It's a full service town.
6/6/13
The winds were forecast to come up strong in Clarence Strait so we went around the corner and anchored in Santa Ana Inlet.
Very nice and protected, not very pretty but it was OK. We hiked to the small lake about a half-mile from the anchorage. It was a cross-country brush whacking trek as any sign of a trail is long gone. There are wood boxes lying on the ground every few hundred feet that once were nailed to the trees to mark the route. Strange way to mark a trail. The route is thick with moss and rotting fallen trees and some devils club so it’s not an easy hike. I found a hole hidden by moss and went in up to my knee where the girth of my knee and thigh finally stopped my downward momentum. Luckily I have strong bones and nothing broke but it is sore. Hike is not really worth the effort, the lake is not much to see and there is no nice sandy beach like at Codville Lagoon and no real vistas or views to be had. Sophie found the lake, walked out onto a log and went swimming much to her surprise. She thought floating bark pieces were hard ground and when she stepped off the log she was in over her head.
Came back to an empty crab pot and a very full shrimp pot. Probably the best pull of the trip so far. Big ones from 250 feet right at the head of the bay.
I discovered that I had dropped the shrimp pot in a closed area a few days ago, oops, my bad, better be more careful about reading the reg’s before shrimping, crabbing or fishing. Not sure why the area was closed but it was. This area was open so were legal again.
6/7/13
Anchored in Thoms Place. Nice anchorage, no crab and few shrimp. Several trollers were fishing at Thoms point so Dean and I went out fishing. Nothing. Drug my coho killer around for a couple hours with no bites.
6/8/13
Moved on to Anita bay. Still raining. A dozen gill netters were fishing the bay so we had to carefully weave our way through the maze of nets lining both sides of the bay and found anchorage at the very end of the bay. Still raining.
6/9/13
Woke up to sun and blue sky and a beautiful green grassy shoreline white fluffy clouds in the hills, a small heard of deer wandering the beach and a couple eagles flying overhead looking for breakfast.
Four crab in my pot, two keepers, the others within a ¼ inch of legal. Everyone else pulled blanks.
Figured there had to be fish with all the gill netters working the bay so we tried trolling with the downrigger, mooching and jigging without luck. Caught a couple small halibut, a couple baby salmon and something unknown and unidentifiable, threw em all back after taking photos for proof.
On to Wrangle for some golf today with Steve and Michelle who flew in last night and meet up with Colliers who should be flying in this afternoon.
Weather looks like it has changed for the better. No wind this morning, water is flat calm running up Zimovia strait south of Wrangle. Clouds hanging in the hills and a bit of fog to the south but its warm and the sky and water is mostly blue.
Well, we made it to Wrangle and met up with Steve and Michelle. Nat and Linda showed up a bit later.
After wandering around the 4 blocks that make up downtown Wrangle and buying out the hardware store we bought lunch from two of the three Wrangle fishing Derby Queen candidates food booths. Yep, every year the town picks a teenaged queen for the derby and each year the candidates serve up fair style food to raise money. Did out part to support the community.
We hiked the mile up the hill to the municipal 9-hole golf course and Glen, Dave, Chris, Steve, Michelle and I played 9 holes of golf on a very quirky little course. Narrow fairways surrounded by muskeg. Very wet course and if you go out of bounds, well just forget finding your ball. A few mosquitoes flying around your face and inside your glasses made teeing off a bit interesting. Had a great time.
Came back and had appetizers of fresh cooked crab and margaritas on the dock. Then we went up to the local pub for pizza and beer. We got there at 830 and they close at 9. Got our order in just after a bunch of phone in orders. Our five pizzas came after about 90 minutes of waiting. The beer selection was pretty limited, guess the fishing derby has cleaned out the beer stock. We had a grand time wile waiting for the food and it was worth waiting for. The Pizza was really very good.
6/6/13
The winds were forecast to come up strong in Clarence Strait so we went around the corner and anchored in Santa Ana Inlet.
Very nice and protected, not very pretty but it was OK. We hiked to the small lake about a half-mile from the anchorage. It was a cross-country brush whacking trek as any sign of a trail is long gone. There are wood boxes lying on the ground every few hundred feet that once were nailed to the trees to mark the route. Strange way to mark a trail. The route is thick with moss and rotting fallen trees and some devils club so it’s not an easy hike. I found a hole hidden by moss and went in up to my knee where the girth of my knee and thigh finally stopped my downward momentum. Luckily I have strong bones and nothing broke but it is sore. Hike is not really worth the effort, the lake is not much to see and there is no nice sandy beach like at Codville Lagoon and no real vistas or views to be had. Sophie found the lake, walked out onto a log and went swimming much to her surprise. She thought floating bark pieces were hard ground and when she stepped off the log she was in over her head.
Came back to an empty crab pot and a very full shrimp pot. Probably the best pull of the trip so far. Big ones from 250 feet right at the head of the bay.
I discovered that I had dropped the shrimp pot in a closed area a few days ago, oops, my bad, better be more careful about reading the reg’s before shrimping, crabbing or fishing. Not sure why the area was closed but it was. This area was open so were legal again.
6/7/13
Anchored in Thoms Place. Nice anchorage, no crab and few shrimp. Several trollers were fishing at Thoms point so Dean and I went out fishing. Nothing. Drug my coho killer around for a couple hours with no bites.
6/8/13
Moved on to Anita bay. Still raining. A dozen gill netters were fishing the bay so we had to carefully weave our way through the maze of nets lining both sides of the bay and found anchorage at the very end of the bay. Still raining.
6/9/13
Woke up to sun and blue sky and a beautiful green grassy shoreline white fluffy clouds in the hills, a small heard of deer wandering the beach and a couple eagles flying overhead looking for breakfast.
Four crab in my pot, two keepers, the others within a ¼ inch of legal. Everyone else pulled blanks.
Figured there had to be fish with all the gill netters working the bay so we tried trolling with the downrigger, mooching and jigging without luck. Caught a couple small halibut, a couple baby salmon and something unknown and unidentifiable, threw em all back after taking photos for proof.
On to Wrangle for some golf today with Steve and Michelle who flew in last night and meet up with Colliers who should be flying in this afternoon.
Weather looks like it has changed for the better. No wind this morning, water is flat calm running up Zimovia strait south of Wrangle. Clouds hanging in the hills and a bit of fog to the south but its warm and the sky and water is mostly blue.
Well, we made it to Wrangle and met up with Steve and Michelle. Nat and Linda showed up a bit later.
After wandering around the 4 blocks that make up downtown Wrangle and buying out the hardware store we bought lunch from two of the three Wrangle fishing Derby Queen candidates food booths. Yep, every year the town picks a teenaged queen for the derby and each year the candidates serve up fair style food to raise money. Did out part to support the community.
We hiked the mile up the hill to the municipal 9-hole golf course and Glen, Dave, Chris, Steve, Michelle and I played 9 holes of golf on a very quirky little course. Narrow fairways surrounded by muskeg. Very wet course and if you go out of bounds, well just forget finding your ball. A few mosquitoes flying around your face and inside your glasses made teeing off a bit interesting. Had a great time.
Came back and had appetizers of fresh cooked crab and margaritas on the dock. Then we went up to the local pub for pizza and beer. We got there at 830 and they close at 9. Got our order in just after a bunch of phone in orders. Our five pizzas came after about 90 minutes of waiting. The beer selection was pretty limited, guess the fishing derby has cleaned out the beer stock. We had a grand time wile waiting for the food and it was worth waiting for. The Pizza was really very good.
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