Fun weekend out on the water

[Sculpin]

We headed out prawning all weekend. It was fun to get the gear going again and be on the water early this year for a change. We didn't do so well yesterday as we misjudged the depth and we were not sure of the rope lengths in one of the garbage cans. Over half of the 16 traps we had down weren't on bottom! Picked up the crab pots on the way in and caught 8 nice dungeness keepers.

Today was wetter and a little lumpy out there but still fun. We sorted our ropes and made up some extensions as well and made sure all those darn traps were on the bottom.

Here is a side shot of the Sculpin loaded with buddies and gear.

Leaving Departure Bay (my stomping grounds as a kid).

Coming out of the Bay and around the point of Newcastle Island.

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[Sculpin]

We had a few hours of time to kill waiting for the gear to soak so I took a bunch of scenery shots while we trolled around. Next time I'm bringing the downriggers and a couple rods to help pass the time.

Here's some whisker sausages on the rocks.

Here is a nice waterfront spread in Silva Bay on Gabriola Island.

Here is a cool little dock with some canoes and small travel trailer on it.

A totem pole.

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[Sculpin]

All right onto the prawning.

Pulling them up with our homemade puller. We build these for under a hundred bucks if you can find the winches on sale.

Short video of the puller in action (click the thumbnail image).



Some of the bounty we harvested today.

Mmmmmmmm prawns!!!

We managed quite few hundred today which was way better than yesterday. Still not our limit but that's not what we are out there for. Had a good time with friends, nice boat ride, and got some food for the freezer. That's what it is all about.

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[Sculpin]

Heading home. It rained almost all day but we are pretty used to it ha ha .

Here is something pretty cool. There is a old sunken wooden tug boat in Departure Bay and we made a few passes over it to get some images on the Lowrance Structure Scan.

You can kind of make out part of the hull laying on it's side in the above shot. I will try some more later.

Left all the gear in the boat and tucked her back into the shed. Cleaned her up and plugged in the heater so she is ready for next weekend .

The more I use the new electronics the more I like them. I am totally impressed with this Lowrance system.

Cheers,
John

 

[Gypseas]

Thanks for sharing, that sure looks like fun times


cheers

 

[chevyshaulass]

cool pic of the tug

 

[fish stalker]

omg mhmmm you are a lucky guy!

is that one of those atv winchs?

 

[firelight]

nice for you to get the rig wet again, we were out on saturday as well in the gulf islands, prawning was good and we went 3 for 6 hits on small springs. probably could have measured 2 of them but released all of them, still feeling guilty having some still in the freezer. I'll be fishing up your way more this year, thrasher and such, it's not too bad of a run, we should meet sometime.