Hello all Barkley Sound fisherman. We begin our annual pilgrimage to Bamfield tomorrow morning and will be out there for a week. I’ve lost count of what trip we are on as my memory is not so sharp anymore. We are usually patrons of the Poett Nook campground, however our usual group campsite at the top of the hill wasn’t available for us this year as I think it was subdivided up and rented out for season use only. Anyways we are back at the Bamfield Centennial park campground which we last visited in 2020 during the infamous Covid-19 lockdown era and I’m not sure if I showered there even once to keep my immunity running high that unusual season-where we caught only 6 fish & a seal on a spoon on the last day over a week. I did fall in the ocean once to untangle some fishing line out of the motor, so I did get cleaned up a bit. Hope we have another great adventure despite not having some of the great Nook amenities-power, running water, large fish cleaning table, etc. Excited to see what the new road is like, however I do hear traffic is up a tick. Will miss not losing all my hubcaps and being covered in dust upon arrival. We will be in our trustworthy 1976-17ft Boston Whaler, almost 50 years old! Maybe if I win the lottery we will retire Shish-kebab and upgrade to Shish-kebab II so we can have a cover over us on those rainy days, however the weather report is looking great so far. Say hi if you see us and we’ll try hard to stay on a straight trolling tack, but forgive us if we don’t, easily confused sometimes. Any current fishing report around the sound is greatly appreciated. Haven’t seen a report from Pill Point this year, strange? You tell me, tight lines!
