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...