Gone Fishin......

I had mentioned in another post that it was eldest sons Birthday recently. We didn't do a whole lot that day as hubby was still busy attending to last minute things with regards to moving the shop. Eldest son had his friend stay over, got out and did some quadding....hubby bar-b-qued a wonderful dinner and of course there was cake and ice cream. Grandma and Grandpa came over to celebrate with us as well. I think eldest was happy with his day.....

And here's the Birthday boy.....Hope you had a good one "Big Guy"

Well we did manage to get the boys out for their fishing day. The day started out by putting the boat in the water at Deep Bay. From their we ventured out and around Chrome Island(I have shown you pictures of Chrome Island before and on my sidebar) but these pictures are up close.

These are Cormorants. Shoreline birds and common in these areas. There is actually a Search and Resuce helicoper in this area named after it. I apologize for the lack of clarity of some of these pictures but it is a bit difficult when the boat is bobbing up and down. Heading east we came to a little island called Norris Island. Home to many seals, shoreline birds, and eagles. As we approached the seals took to the water. Continuing on east we made our way to Hornby Island and Tribune Bay, which is part of Hornby Island. This is a very popular spot for boaters and vacationers. Years ago you would be able to buy property on this island very cheap.....today not so....a place there can run anywhere from $370K to $million dollars.

I got this map from a site on the internet that was selling their property for $950K. It gives you a aireal view of where we came from. To the northeast of this Island is where we started out. Tribune bay is just below that red property marker. This is what we saw as we entered the bay. Of course we had to drop anchor and go ashore.We didn't stay in Tribune Bay for very long as we had to set out to do what we came to do...and that was go FISHING! We left and not far out we put down the lines and started trolling. It wasn't long before we got something on the line.....This is what he caught. They are small sharks but better known as Dog Fish. They are a catch and release fish...but the boys got a big thrill trying to real them in....Here's youngest son with his catch.....I think we ended up catching 6 of these. Hubby did get three salmon on the line...one we actually got up to the boat but we lost all three of them.....After a long day on the water we started to head home. The next picture is of Mt. Arrowsmith in the distance.

And I close this post with a picture of our boys.....what a grand day we had!