Back to Calvert Island Once Again

November 21st (Thursday)

It was a beautiful, pink sunrise, although they say, "pink sky in the morning, sailors take warning."

The VHF weather forecast agreed with this saying, and they were forecasting another gale with rain coming overnight. We pulled up anchor and headed out of Kisameet Bay. We rode the ebbing current, and intentionally hopped into the faster flowing "river" flow out of Burke Channel that we had noticed yesterday. We made good time down to Hakai Passage where we continued to ride the ebb out through the incoming 2-3 meter swells before turning into Meay Inlet. At this point our speed dropped as we fought the ebb current for the last bit of our trip into Pruth Bay on Calvert Island.
The rain had just started as we finished anchoring. On our way to shore in Kiki we set our crab traps within the bay. We had a nice walk on West Beach in the rain and wind. After walking the whole beach we stood in the lee of some rocks, out of the wind, and watched the waves crashing on the outer rocks and reefs before making their way in to shore. On our way back home we checked our round crab trap, and we had two male Dungeness that were keepers.
For dinner we had some of the fresh Halibut and Pacific Cod that we had caught yesterday, breaded in a panko batter and spice mixture, and pan fried until crispy, along with fresh Dungeness crab. What luxury!!

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  1. JanNovember 30, 2019 at 3:37 PM

    Reading your post makes me hungry. And yes, "What luxury"!

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