Subject: Two wonderful sunny days on the water...
Day 1:
Cruising with good friends Cathy & Keith and oldest grandchild Dominic. Dropped a crab pot at a location recommended by a boating/crabbing buddy (just south of Kingston) and then continued onto Poulsbo (Little Norway) for a walk-about, visiting the Longship Marine Supply shop for used gear, shop crawl and a very nice lunch tö böte. No issues finding a slip at Poulsbo on a Thursday, although many had RESERVED signs ready for the weekend. Poulsbo only charges $5 for a max of 4 hrs with a boat 30 feet or less. 😎 Made a fast cruise back to Edmonds Marina at end of day.... a gentle northerly wind had been going all day and given the stretch of water from the Strait of Juan de Fuca (ask a non native friend to pronounce that :lol: ) down to Edmonds is some 50 miles the swells/waves were quite pronounced. Cathy and Dominic enjoyed the upper deck with frequent water/spray over the bow keeping them dowsed at times... they stayed up there for the entire trip back to Edmonds.
Day 2:
Made a short cruise over to just south of Kingston to retrieve the crab pot dropped on Day 1. This was with all 5 of the grandkids (Dominic, Petra, Perrin, Camille and Elyse) and Duncan & Saskia... a full crew. Dominic as my lookout (dead heads begone please) and Camille at the helm for a while. Hauling the crab pot was kind of interesting with two crabs clinging to the outside and two inside. We kept the two insiders. Getting the crabs out is now almost 2nd nature for Dominic. The others all crowded around to get a good look with much squealing to be heard. Camille was courageous enough to hold the largest crab. Took some time after raising the crab pot to do some light fishing as Camille and Elyse had brought along their fishing rods. We finished the day by cruising over to another favorite crabbing spot just north of the Edmonds marina to drop the pot hoping to do better than the two we had today.
My next adventure will be to give a go at Salmon fishing during next few weeks. I'm struggling at this time to figure out how the Garmin Fish finding displays work as I've not used them in the past. In the fishing section just south of my Edmonds marina we have until late September to fish for Salmon (small ones). Some fishing areas are open for short periods as it has been said the Orcas are starving... The fishing regulations are quite restrictive at times and the WA Wildlife inspectors (and one of them hail from the Edmonds Marina) are about on the water looking to ensure people are complying with the rules.
Looking forward getting my Volvo Low-Speed installed in a few weeks time up in La Conner to be able to troll at low speeds of around 1.5 to 2.5 kts.
I'm getting a bit tired of having my pliers used to bonk the crabs so decided to get the 'real thing'.... a professional crab mallet. :lol:
Shared photo album here -> https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B1A5fu2MuECv24
Day 1:
Cruising with good friends Cathy & Keith and oldest grandchild Dominic. Dropped a crab pot at a location recommended by a boating/crabbing buddy (just south of Kingston) and then continued onto Poulsbo (Little Norway) for a walk-about, visiting the Longship Marine Supply shop for used gear, shop crawl and a very nice lunch tö böte. No issues finding a slip at Poulsbo on a Thursday, although many had RESERVED signs ready for the weekend. Poulsbo only charges $5 for a max of 4 hrs with a boat 30 feet or less. 😎 Made a fast cruise back to Edmonds Marina at end of day.... a gentle northerly wind had been going all day and given the stretch of water from the Strait of Juan de Fuca (ask a non native friend to pronounce that :lol: ) down to Edmonds is some 50 miles the swells/waves were quite pronounced. Cathy and Dominic enjoyed the upper deck with frequent water/spray over the bow keeping them dowsed at times... they stayed up there for the entire trip back to Edmonds.
Day 2:
Made a short cruise over to just south of Kingston to retrieve the crab pot dropped on Day 1. This was with all 5 of the grandkids (Dominic, Petra, Perrin, Camille and Elyse) and Duncan & Saskia... a full crew. Dominic as my lookout (dead heads begone please) and Camille at the helm for a while. Hauling the crab pot was kind of interesting with two crabs clinging to the outside and two inside. We kept the two insiders. Getting the crabs out is now almost 2nd nature for Dominic. The others all crowded around to get a good look with much squealing to be heard. Camille was courageous enough to hold the largest crab. Took some time after raising the crab pot to do some light fishing as Camille and Elyse had brought along their fishing rods. We finished the day by cruising over to another favorite crabbing spot just north of the Edmonds marina to drop the pot hoping to do better than the two we had today.
My next adventure will be to give a go at Salmon fishing during next few weeks. I'm struggling at this time to figure out how the Garmin Fish finding displays work as I've not used them in the past. In the fishing section just south of my Edmonds marina we have until late September to fish for Salmon (small ones). Some fishing areas are open for short periods as it has been said the Orcas are starving... The fishing regulations are quite restrictive at times and the WA Wildlife inspectors (and one of them hail from the Edmonds Marina) are about on the water looking to ensure people are complying with the rules.
Looking forward getting my Volvo Low-Speed installed in a few weeks time up in La Conner to be able to troll at low speeds of around 1.5 to 2.5 kts.
I'm getting a bit tired of having my pliers used to bonk the crabs so decided to get the 'real thing'.... a professional crab mallet. :lol:
Shared photo album here -> https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B1A5fu2MuECv24
