More Fishing and Sandhill Cranes at Calvert Island
June 28th (Friday) In the morning we headed out fishing. We went fairly early so as to avoid any wind that often picks up later in the morning. We were surprised that it was glassy calm. We put out our crab trap in the next bay over on the way out. When we got out to Main Guy Rock the water was still a milky glass. Only the continuous swells disrupted the inky surface, but they seemed much smaller than last time we were out, and in comparison we barely felt them. The tide was high so there were no breaking waves over Main Guy, but it was quite obvious where it was because of the large number if birds. It quickly became clear why they were all there. There were little fish being fed on by Dark Dusky Rock Fish, who in turn were being fed on by two large sea lions, and the birds were taking advantage of whatever they could get. We quickly came to benefit from the Dark Duskys as well as they immediately bit on our jig, seemingly at any depth, as we would get them whil...