Crew for this trip consisted of myself, Ryan Gotelli, and his friends Sam and James.
We ran directly for Marguerite Bay, which is a bay in Traitors Cove.
Traitors Cove is in Western Behm Canal.
I had advised them to bring their own food for dinner underway.
I had a Subway sandwhich.
Weather was overcast, with occassional rain, and cool.
Behm Canal was flat calm.
We got to Traitors Cove without incident, and dropped the shrimp pots out in front of Marguerite Bay, within site of the dock, in about 450' of water. 3 pots on one string only.
We also dropped my two crab pots out in front of the lagoon in about 90 - 100' of water.
Tied to the dock at 7:15 PM.
No one else was there.
27.4 nm to this point from home stall.
There was a beautiful sunset.
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| From the dock at Marguerite Bay |
They built a bon fire up on the landing just up the logging road.
It was a beautiful cold, clear, star filled night.
I slept up in the V-berth, James was on the couch, and Sam and Ryan were up on the flybridge.
I was told the next morning that Sam slept out on the flybridge extension. He's tough.
Saturday morning we were up early. It was still cold and clear and there was skim ice around the boat.
We didn't want to take time to cook so I just heated water for coffee and everyone was on their own for a breakfast.
The guys loaded up my folding aluminum cart with gear for the day and prepared to head up the logging road.
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| Left to right: Ryan, James, Sam |
It's about a mile up to the first bridge and the outlet of Margaret Lake.
By the time I got there the guys had secured the skiff that we had access to and gotten my 4 HP Suzuki kicker on it, so my timing was perfect.
We loaded all the gear and headed to the far end, the inlet end of the lake with Ryan at the helm.
The weather could not have been more stupendous even if we had been able to order it,
I dropped the guys off at the inlet end of the lake and they prepared for a full day of trout fishing.
I spent most of the day fishing from the skiff, but since we were there the whole day I did go to shore for some of the time. Sam and Ryan had brought chest waders so they could search around for firewood, and they got a fire going on shore there. For a time the wind kicked up and it got a little chilly, but then later it died down and it was very pleasant weather.
The lake was beautiful.
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| Margaret Lake looking from the inlet end towards the outlet |
Ryan and Sam had fly fishing gear as well as spinning gear, while I had only spinning gear. I think James was using borrowed spinning gear from Sam.
Didn't matter, we all caught cutthroats.
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| Early in the day |
But of course I got the largest one!
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| 23 1/2" |
We got to the boat about 6:30 PM.
Ryan and I went out and checked the shrimp pots and crab pots. Got about 100 shrimp, but only 1 keeper crab, which we gave to the two guys who had showed up in a small boat to also stay the night at the dock.
I cooked hamburgers on the Foreman Grill and we had a late dinner of burgers and macaroni salad.
After that they went up and built another bon fire up on the landing.
We sacked out about 10:30 PM. I think Sam was inside tonight on the flybridge because it rained heavily in the night (so I am told - I was totally zonked after such an active day.)
Sunday we were up about 7 AM and I cooked a big bacon and eggs breakfast, with coffee and juice.
I walked up to the lower Margaret Lake bridge, but did not fish. Water was very shallow and fast. The guys hung around the boat and got their gear organized for the trip home.
We pulled out about noon. Pulled the crab pots again and got a couple keepers this time, as well as getting another moderate load of shrimp from the shrimp pots.
We saw some seals laying around the rocks at the entrance to Traitors Cove, and Sam got a couple of good shots.
Had an uneventful run back home arriving in the stall about 4:40 PM.
Yes, I do want that trout, but will you show me how to cook it please?
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