Another Day of Exploring Out From Discovery Bay

October 19th (Saturday)
Our hopes for a nice-weather day, before the next gale tomorrow, were shattered this morning when we awoke to the sound of steady rain. The mountains were socked in with clouds, but we were hopeful that the rain would stop, as the low-pressure system with a trough passed over us. Either way we planned to go out fishing, as this was the first day in a week with calm winds. 
By mid morning the rain had stopped, and we headed out. We fished around Regatta Rocks and Rithet Island, and we were catching many fish; a variety of Rockfish, lots of Lingcod, and even some Flatfish. Unfortunately, most of them were on the small side, but we did keep six decent-sized fish. We were looking forward to having fresh fish for dinner.  It was amazing how many lingcod we did catch; I would say at least ten. It’s just too bad that none of them were a bit bigger.
We motored across to Ormide Harbour, in behind Thirburne Island, to explore the area. It was a neat area of low-lying land and trees, with many grassy shorelines. In the summer I think that there would be a lot of sea asparagus there, as we saw a large area of it that was dead and brown. The area was also a possible anchorage, however, I do not think that it would be very well protected in strong winds. We imagine that the area was quite close to the Bella Bella airport, because while we were there we heard an airplane land that didn't seem very far away. Before we left it started to rain once again, and we made our way back home.
We have been watching the many jellyfish in Discovery Bay, and it has been quite interesting. They seem to swim their way up, until just below the surface, and then they flip over so that they are topside down, and then they drift back down, then, once again, they flip right side up and swim back towards the surface. I imagine that they must be feeding, but why so many here in this bay?  It is curious to think about the life of a jellyfish, and how little I know about them. None of our books on board have much, if any, information about them, so our curiosity will have to wait.
At night, as we lay in bed, we began to hear the first gusts of the next approaching gale. At least three more days of strong winds and rain were forecasted. 

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