After watching the fishing shows on TV you would think you could catch salmon, halibut, and rockfish anywhere and everywhere in Alaska. Not the case!!! We still have not caught any fish worth keeping and eating. Since the travel guides don’t really address fishing, all we can do is talk to other boaters or look for other boats fishing. We will keep trying.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013. This morning we headed out for Read Island Cove in Farragut Bay. We ran into a little rough water before we got in but no problem. What a beautiful place to stay. We can see snow peaked mountains all around us and the water is as smooth as glass. We tried salmon fishing as we had seen two boats fishing when we came in but no luck. There are commercial crab pots out everywhere!! Probably will spend two nights here.
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| Our view in Read Island Cove. |
Thursday, June 20, 2013. Today we were up at 4:00 am and under way by 5:00 am. We are headed for Cannery Cove on Admiralty Island. It will be a 35 mile, 5 hour cruise across open water and we want to cross it before the afternoon winds pick up. We anchored as close to the head of the bay as possible so we can watch for wildlife. Within 1 hour we saw two grizzly bears and a third one later in the day. I launched a kayak, and armed with binoculars and a camera with a telephoto lens, paddled toward the beach. I couldn’t get close enough because of the shallow water so could not get any photos but I will try again tomorrow when the tide is higher. Needless to say I won’t be walking the dogs on the beach here!!
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| The scenery in Frederick Sound on the way to Cannery Cove |
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| Cannery Cove on Admiralty Island. Bear beach in background. |
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| Mama eagle and her offspring on the beach. |
Saturday, June 22, 2013. This morning we left early and crossed back across Frederick Sound, arriving back in Petersburg just after lunch. It rained most of the way and we used radar because of the poor visibility, but had no problems of any kind. Saw several whales and once again had some Dall porpoise riding our bow wake. We must have passed 20 commercial fishing boats headed toward Sitka, there must be a opening tomorrow or Monday. There is a sport fishing boat across from us tonight from Florida. They have long outriggers and fishing rods with electric reels. There is also a chair mounted to the back swim step so they don’t get to tired fighting the big one. Looks kind of out of place up here. We will slowly start working our way south in the morning so we can be back in the Anacortes area in mid August.
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| Sea lions resting on a channel marker near Petersburg. |
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| The sport fishing boat from Florida. Electric reels and fighting chair. |
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| Some of the fishing fleet in Petersburg. |
Sunday, June 23, 213. We started out today at 12:00 in order to have the current going our way thru Wrangell narrows. Once we were thru and into Sumner Strait the water was dead calm and the sun was out. We are headed to a small bay called Roosevelt Harbor on Zarembo Island. Maybe we can find some salmon fishing close by.
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| A beautiful day looking north toward the Wrangell Mountins |
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| Pinch me!! Is this really Alaska weather? |
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| Looking out of Roosevelt Bay. |
Monday, June 24, 2013. Went fishing this morning but still no luck. Roosevelt Harbor has been great. There is a small craft dock so I was able to take the dogs for a walk on some of the gravel logging roads. I talked with some of the local loggers that are working here and they say there are no bears but there are wolves. We left about 11;30 am, headed back down Zimovia Strait and over to Frosty Bay for the night. This is a very small space to anchor in and as a result we are closer to the beach than I like to be. Since there is a 4.3 minus tide in the morning we will be leaving early once again.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Underway about 6:00, headed south down Seaward Passage and into Ernest Sound. From a distance I saw four grizzly's on the beach all together. Two were cubs, the mother, and one mid size bear. I need to research and see if the previous year cub will stay with the mother bear when she has new cubs. Found a place to tie to the dock in Meyers Chuck, had lunch, and went fishing. Later in the day the dock filled up with US and Canadian boats. The weather has changed and it is raining tonight. Tomorrow we will probably head for Ketchikan.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Underway at 6:00 am, headed south to Ketchikan. The water was smooth but I turned on the weather forecast anyway and they were saying small craft warnings in the area we were in. What the heck!! It’s as smooth as glass out here so we kept going. Had a good trip all the way and saw several salmon jumping. Tonight we are tied up in Ketchikan. After dinner we walked to the laundry and got that out of the way. Tomorrow we have fishing on the agenda. Wish us luck.
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| Another boat with Pat's name on it. How come I never see one named Russell?? |
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