Lee and Todd on Fishing Boat

Salmon Fishing with downriggers

Shearwater Marina and fishing resort

We were joined by my nephew, Todd, in Shearwater. He flew in on a small plane to a landing strip. The terminal was basically non existant. Shearwater is known to be a great place to fish for salmon. So, since I'm not the best fisherman, we hired a professional guide to take us fishing for King Salmon for 6 hours. Well, the net affect of this, was ZERO fish!.. And was it ever COLD! I had on two pairs of very heavy socks and boots, and just froze! Not pleasant at all and made especially unpleasant since we had no food. Shearwater features a small restaurant, boat yard, and grocery store. The grocery store is resupplied by barge once every two weeks. So, knowing we'd need milk and other fresh produce we ordered this two weeks in advance of our arrival so they could store it in the refrigerator. Milk cost over $8 per gallon! But if you're out of milk, you don't mind, just happy to receive it. We left Shearwater the next day transiting the inside passage heading to Prince Rupert where Todd would fly home to his home in North Carolina a week later. We stopped at interesting anchorages as well as another abandoned cannery. We fished most every day as well as caught dungeness crabs. It was a lot of fun and again we were blessed with great weather. The next blog will have the pictures of this trip.