This sounds like a fun trip
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That sounded like a real nice trip. But the Admiral said no way in our 228. Not her cup of tea. Maybe one day we will have that Marlin.
Until then our day trips will just have to do.
Lenny
Until then our day trips will just have to do.
Lenny
Isn't that a great story??? Most folks don't realize those waters are some of the best boating in the world. Much of it is wild and untouched, pure and clean, abundant sea life.
As I grew up in the 60's and 70's Mom and Dad took us every year into the Canadian Gulf Islands. We would go with other families by boat, island and bay hopping, finding neat little out-of-the-way resorts, as well as quiet coves anchored out. All the kids would get into the dinghys with outbord motors and explore all over those little islands. I remember one beach that was so thickly covered with oyesters, that walking up the beach I almost cut my toe off. We hiked up to a lake on that trip, we all got to take a nice swim in the lake.
We never made it all the way to Alaska, the farthest north we got was Desolation Sound and the Queen Charllotte Straights. From there north it gets even more wild, and dangerous of course, and there are some exposed runs that have to be made to get to the next protected areas. The water temps in summer in Desolation Sound can reach 70 degrees. The rest of the waters up there are mostly in the 50's year 'round.
One family we boated with back then retired and moved on to their boat. By then it was a 56' Tollycraft. They spent 15 years cruising those grounds, summer months in south east Alaska. They just sold their boat and finally bought a house on Camano Island to settle down with. She has emphasema from so many years of smoking, and the diesel fumes were killing her.
One of the forum members here (can't remember his name) does fishing charters with his 208 out of Cambell River, which is at the northern tip of Vancouver Island. The salmon and halibut fishing up there is the best in the world.
If any of you want an adventure trip of a lifetime, make that trip, take the ferry and drive up Vancouver Island, charter a boat up there, or take an Alaska Cruise ship. There's nothing like it any where!
I have often thought of pulling the boat up there and going north, but now with fuel costs and time restraints it doesn't look like it's in the cards. I always envy the NW boaters, even most of them don't realize what awaits them farther north into Canada.
As I grew up in the 60's and 70's Mom and Dad took us every year into the Canadian Gulf Islands. We would go with other families by boat, island and bay hopping, finding neat little out-of-the-way resorts, as well as quiet coves anchored out. All the kids would get into the dinghys with outbord motors and explore all over those little islands. I remember one beach that was so thickly covered with oyesters, that walking up the beach I almost cut my toe off. We hiked up to a lake on that trip, we all got to take a nice swim in the lake.
We never made it all the way to Alaska, the farthest north we got was Desolation Sound and the Queen Charllotte Straights. From there north it gets even more wild, and dangerous of course, and there are some exposed runs that have to be made to get to the next protected areas. The water temps in summer in Desolation Sound can reach 70 degrees. The rest of the waters up there are mostly in the 50's year 'round.
One family we boated with back then retired and moved on to their boat. By then it was a 56' Tollycraft. They spent 15 years cruising those grounds, summer months in south east Alaska. They just sold their boat and finally bought a house on Camano Island to settle down with. She has emphasema from so many years of smoking, and the diesel fumes were killing her.
One of the forum members here (can't remember his name) does fishing charters with his 208 out of Cambell River, which is at the northern tip of Vancouver Island. The salmon and halibut fishing up there is the best in the world.
If any of you want an adventure trip of a lifetime, make that trip, take the ferry and drive up Vancouver Island, charter a boat up there, or take an Alaska Cruise ship. There's nothing like it any where!
I have often thought of pulling the boat up there and going north, but now with fuel costs and time restraints it doesn't look like it's in the cards. I always envy the NW boaters, even most of them don't realize what awaits them farther north into Canada.
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I have done about one third of that trip. Last summer I went the other way up Juan de Fuca on the west side as far as Flores Island (just past Tofino, near Hot Springs Cove) Fished Swiftsure Bank and Bamfield on the way up. Wonderful scenery and great fishing.
Coming back mid-August we got into a school of Coho Salmon. We were trying to get lures down to 160 ft trying to hit some Chinook. After 3 hours we gave up we were never able to get past 40 ft without a coho hitting. I had one hit with about 10 ft of line out while I setting up a new rod. We stopped because we were too tired and hungry to fish anymore. Caught and released well over 40 fish.
I have done about one third of that trip. Last summer I went the other way up Juan de Fuca on the west side as far as Flores Island (just past Tofino, near Hot Springs Cove) Fished Swiftsure Bank and Bamfield on the way up. Wonderful scenery and great fishing.
Coming back mid-August we got into a school of Coho Salmon. We were trying to get lures down to 160 ft trying to hit some Chinook. After 3 hours we gave up we were never able to get past 40 ft without a coho hitting. I had one hit with about 10 ft of line out while I setting up a new rod. We stopped because we were too tired and hungry to fish anymore. Caught and released well over 40 fish.