Canada, Summer '05-Nanoose Fairwinds Schooner Cove Fishing and Driving

Nanoose Fairwinds Schooner Cove Fishing and Driving, originally uploaded by jdgemm.

Taken here at Schooner Cove.

We were on the water by 5:30 AM. Felt pretty much like an all-nighter as I went to bed at 2:30 AM the night before.

Had the lines in the water for no more than 5 minutes when the bells rang and we caught our first one, a 19 lb spring salmon. I reeled her in after a long fight. Arm aching I thought to myself, "I hope it's not like this all morning". I needn't have worried.

We caught lots of dog fish, had a couple more hits, but no more salmon.