Charter Tofino
Well-Known Member
Gave my dad a toaster and a fishing trip today. Afternoon bite looked good so we didnt bother getting out till one. Weather forcasted 25kts but it was a beauty out there. Went pretty far for my 15fter and fished ballenas island.30 min in huge hit pops downrigger i reel in slack feel the fish briefly then nothing. Reel in and there is no hook on my coyotoe spoon? wtf? split rings fine? Oh well put on another hook start send one rod down. Just then i see a huge prawn boat prob 25-30 foot aluminum with alot of power. He is comin full speed at us so i stop and see what hes doing. Im thinking he is prob gonna slow down and talk to us as hes comin right at us. Then i realise he is not freakin stoppin. I try and get my gear up but theres no time. I turn the boat to hit the wake at the best angle. This IDIOT flys by 100 feet from us. I know he saw us! His wake was huge prob 7-8ft and breaking. **** 15 ft open boat. Im freakin as i only have seconds till it hits. Its obv gonna swamp us. Thank god it simmers down right before it hits us. I give it throttle off the first wake and get the bow up for the second. Water goes over the front but not badly. CLOSE CALL any closer and wed have been swamped easily. What the hell was this guy thinking. we were the only boat in the area tons of open space and he came over to us? Got his boat number but nothin i can really do. Back to fishing rod down to 175 cop car bang fish on. Only spotted one seal but it was obv following and i saw the fish V lining on the surface. We get him in quickly and hes in the boat with a fresh seal bite on the tail.Nice BBQ fish Call her quits after an hour cook him up for dinner. Fun fish except for the idiot. Anyone else get out?
