We set out once again to bring some halibut home. Steve called John of JZ’s fishing charters
Sunday afternoon since we had completed our work at the RV park. We thought a
nice reward would be to fish rather than dig in the ditch.
John answered the phone and said how about tomorrow? Well
sure we can do that. You know what that means, yap we have to get up at
0400! Aw we can do it for the chance of
some halibut.
We arrived at JZ’s boat around 5:45 and hit the water at 0600. We enjoyed the ride out and the beautiful day
on the water. The water was like glass which made it even better.
Captain John and his first mate Myrna (his wife too) were
great fun and enjoy what they do for a living.
We hit a couple of places for halibut and had success! Steve was a happy guy as we actually both
caught our limit which was great. Now our freezer has halibut to keep the
salmon company.
We still had a few hours left to be on the water so went for
some snapper and lingcod. We journeyed to a couple of snapper and lingcod spots
and at the second one Steve landed a nice sized snapper. It was my turn to get
one as he put the pressure on me. I had to take his challenge to catch a bigger
snapper than he did. You see I caught the biggest halibut!
So I figured out if I held my mouth a certain way and spoke
the right words the fish would come. Well I guess it worked as I got one on the
line and reeled, reeled, reeled, kept reeling, and finally the fish was at the
surface. We were all excited about what it might be and low and behold it was a
snapper. Guess what? Yap you were right it was bigger than Steve’s! Now I
didn’t really care about that as we really just wanted some fish!
Red Snapper success
Funny how the Captain didn't kiss Steve when he caught one
We fished a bit more so John and Myrna could get a snapper
as well. We ended up with a third snapper so we brought the poles in, secured
the seven fish we had managed to snag, and headed for the marina. A great day
on the water but catching the fish made it all the better.
Success on the water - Yippee
Captain John and Myrna were great teachers and hosts and we
would recommend them to anybody that wants to come to this area and go fishing.
You can’t go wrong.
Captain John and Myrna
JZ's mascot
Steve, Myrna, John and the big cat
What a successful fishing boat looks like!
Once the fish were cleaned, we headed to a restaurant at
Telegraph Cove so the chef could cook a piece of the halibut for our lunch.
Talk about fresh from the boat fish and chips! Awesome!
We arrived back at the trailer around 5:00 and finished
processing the fish. We were happy, Izzy was happy and the freezer full! What a
day!
There was one more place folks told us we should see on the
north island before we leave the area. This place is called Cole Harbor and was
a mainstay back in the 30’s and 40’s for whaling. There is a bit of Canadian
air force history there too. We had a chance to tour a small museum and walk on
the dock. There was quite a bit of activity for a town that has only a small
general store.
A picturesque spot at Cole Harbor
We decided to hit the road once again on Monday August 12th.
Our freezer is as full as it can be and there are many other great places to
see!
No comments:
Post a Comment