July 9, 2007

Great fishing this trip. In the fog outside of Petersburg we fished a sea mount. We caught halibut and yelloweye rockfish. Great fish, perfect size and we ate well. The fog somewhat changed our plans close to town. We anchored in a little bite a few miles from town. The anchorage was so small and shallow we had to wait a few hours before getting underway in the morning so the tide could come up. I'm looking back over our pictures and remembering stories like kayaking in Pybus Bay on Admiralty Island. The thing that comes to mind is the afternoon after our trip was done when our guests returned to the boat with a social obligation consisting of a large bottle of Captain Morgan rum.

June 23, 2007

This was our best wildlife viewing of the season. Bears everywhere! We hung out in Usk Bay all afternoon and watched several bears forage along the waters edge. But the most memorable was the whale that breached over 100 times in a row. We watched him jump, and approached cautiously. He continued, we watched... We eventually got hungry, went inside had lunch and then came back out as the show continued. Look close at our guest photo and see our energetic whale. Our guests were a couple and their mother whom travel all over the world and some very good friends of ours from La Paz. Tom and Gina Ireton are our neighbors at Marina de La Paz whom also had a chance to join us.

July 1, 2007

The couple that joined us for this trip were two of the nicest people I've ever met. Probably the best couple also. He wrote his wife poetry nearly every day. Pretty good stuff too. Zoom in to the pick and you can read one he wrote to the crew of the ursa. The owner of the boat also joined us as well. We visited Gut bay. It was rainy (suprise). Garth and I were kayaking by the boat when we heard a rumble. In the distance we watched a avalanche fall down a mountain.

June 11, 2007

We caught our biggest yelloweye rockfish of the season on this trip. Crabs and shrimp we got it all. Even sun shine. This picture was taken at warm springs bay on Baranoff Island. Don't let the sun fool you it was still cold.

June 3, 2007

We had some actual sun on this trip...

We caught a great cut-throat trout at Warm Springs Bay.

Post trip saw us at Kitos Kave, downtown Petersburg. Fun was had by all...

May 10, 2007

Our guests for the trip from Seattle to Petersburg, Alaska.

Mike and Penny were a hoot. They have since bought their own boat. This trip also introduced Craig to the Ursa Major. Lots of people have boat dreams. Craig has achieved his. Max Brower also joined us. Max is a good friend and the father of Carol whom owns the boatyard that Ursa has worked with for years.

The trip was great, weather cooperated, even whales in Johnstone Strait