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| Mel - Fishing Master |
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| Barrie - Fishing Novice |
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| Mel - Fast with the Filet Knife |
One thing we learned - you can set your watch by Mel. He arrived at the swim step of Chug at exactly 5 am. We climbed aboard and headed to the fishing grounds which were less than a mile away. Mel demonstrated the lure set-up, downrigger assembly and rod handling and Barrie was soon fishing for salmon. Mel did the hard work but Barrie reeled in three salmon (8#, 10# and 11#) and then released them. I accused Mel and Barrie of harassing the fish but Mel explained that he was their personal trainer -- just helping them get strong!
Returned to Chug for a late breakfast and a chance to warm up before heading back out to fish at 1 pm. At the end of an hour, Mel finally caught the first fish of the afternoon - a very small salmon (less than 2#) which he released. Just as Mel released the fish, an eagle swooped down and picked it up before it could get away. It was a spectacular sight. After another 30 minutes of fishing (we no luck) we pulled in the lines and went for a tour of St. Johns Bay. Mel and Bernice have spent summers there for 15 years and the tour was incredible. Beautiful coves, white beaches, eagles, otters and stories of cougars. We made plans to fish again in the morning.
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