Friday, July 15, 2005: Sea Otter Cove to Kokwina Cove, Quatsino Sound
We left Sea Otter Cove around 9 a.am. heading for Quatsino Sound. The weather was beautiful. The boats had to split up as we entered the sound as there was not enough room for six of us in one area. Three boats went to Varney Bay and three of us anchored in Kokwina Cove.
It was peaceful and quiet except for this strange sound and water boiling in a small patch. We discovered a seal was apparantly chasing a school of herring and the herring would leap out of the water causing the water to boil. It was an interesting show.
I got the kayak down and peddled over to Varney Bay to visit the three boats over there, then went around the little island near our boat. It was a beautiful kayaking trip with lots of oysters and clams and eagles.
Bob and John went fishing. Then Bob and I took the dinghy on our own fishing trip and Bob caught a 29 pound chinook. What fun!!! We took it back to Kasekuchen to fillet it – sure that we were the greatest fisherpeople around.
A couple of hours later a canoe comes by with a couple and their three beautiful children asking us if we would like a salmon that their 5 year old son caught on his little Zebco pole. We really didn’t have room for any more—but after talking to them we found out that they were tent camping and were afraid the bears would be attracted to the fish. It turned out to be 32 pounds!!!! Really deflated our egos. Bob kindly filleted the salmon, gave them as much as they could use, and split the rest up between the boats.
We had dinner on "Mystic Moon" with Brad Pilz from Sterling and the Tilden’s. There were seven of us and Mystic Moon’s large table (they are a wide body) was perfect.
The next morning we all met with our dinghies to go up the Marble River. The water was shallow so Bob and I led the pack since we had a depth sounder on our fish finder. John, the writer from Yachting magazine, and Sasha were in kayaks. The scenery was spectacular with high rock walls and beautiful foliage along the shores. We floated back down the rapids and just rafted together and soaked up the SUN on this beautiful day. It was one of those days I’ll always remember.
It was peaceful and quiet except for this strange sound and water boiling in a small patch. We discovered a seal was apparantly chasing a school of herring and the herring would leap out of the water causing the water to boil. It was an interesting show.
I got the kayak down and peddled over to Varney Bay to visit the three boats over there, then went around the little island near our boat. It was a beautiful kayaking trip with lots of oysters and clams and eagles.
Bob and John went fishing. Then Bob and I took the dinghy on our own fishing trip and Bob caught a 29 pound chinook. What fun!!! We took it back to Kasekuchen to fillet it – sure that we were the greatest fisherpeople around.A couple of hours later a canoe comes by with a couple and their three beautiful children asking us if we would like a salmon that their 5 year old son caught on his little Zebco pole. We really didn’t have room for any more—but after talking to them we found out that they were tent camping and were afraid the bears would be attracted to the fish. It turned out to be 32 pounds!!!! Really deflated our egos. Bob kindly filleted the salmon, gave them as much as they could use, and split the rest up between the boats.
We had dinner on "Mystic Moon" with Brad Pilz from Sterling and the Tilden’s. There were seven of us and Mystic Moon’s large table (they are a wide body) was perfect.
The next morning we all met with our dinghies to go up the Marble River. The water was shallow so Bob and I led the pack since we had a depth sounder on our fish finder. John, the writer from Yachting magazine, and Sasha were in kayaks. The scenery was spectacular with high rock walls and beautiful foliage along the shores. We floated back down the rapids and just rafted together and soaked up the SUN on this beautiful day. It was one of those days I’ll always remember.
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