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Halibut fishing and whales singing in Bolin Bay
28 July 2012 Where Sheep Passage bends north between Pooley Island and the mainland, steep mountains run down to the sea. We were aiming for Bolin Bay for the night, a narrow slit between mainland peaks, named, like many of … Continue reading
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Tagged BC mainland, bears, Bolin Bay, Bonaparte's gulls, Fiordland, fishing, fog, halibut fishing, loon, mountains, sailing, salmon, salmon farms, Sheep Passage, whale songs, whales
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Fast Track Back–Fishery Politics in Northern BC
27 July 2012 Klewnuggit Inlet; Butedale Homeward bound. The low clouds suited our grey mood: we didn’t want to turn back just yet, but the concerns of our land life were calling; we’d been conquered by the calendar. At least … Continue reading
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Tagged Butedale, DFO, fish farms, fishing, fog, Fraser Reach, Grenville Channel, Heikish Narrows, McKay Reach, Northern BC, salmon, Sheep Passage, Skeena River
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Fishing Lessons II (In which we kill a lingcod and learn to fillet it)
4 July 2012 Viner Sound, BC We were moored to a Forestry Service buoy in Viner Sound and our provisions were running low. A fresh fish would be lovely, we thought. Our friend Rick, who had persuaded us to come … Continue reading
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Tagged Bald Eagle, bears, fishing, Kalagan, lingcod, the Broughton Archipelago, the Broughton Islands, the Broughtons, Viner Sound
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Fishing Lessons I
(June 2012) The entire time that Quoddy’s Run plied the coastal waters of Central America and Mexico, we refused to fish. The skipper did not want fish blood and guts all over the deck, and we all thought it better … Continue reading
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