It is time to get back to posting...was on sabbatical due to frustrations over relationships and my work, as well the real estate market is preventing from moving in a timely manner to my new role in Ottawa sooo got a last minute invite to get myself to Whitehorse, Yukon for a fishing trip. Good ol' Trev rescued me and Alaska bound I was. Flew into Whitehorse...met the crew of the ship "Stugots" and we drove to Skagway, Alaska where the adventure would begin. Our destiny was Elfin Cove, Alaska. What should have been a 4 hour trip, due to wind and waves, resulted in an overnighter aboard the boat. We had to pull into a safe harbour "Wood Bay" for the night. "The ship set sale on a sunny day the skipper and his crew lalalalala...doom da doom da doommmm...." Well it was not such a fateful day...as we anchored in a beautiful bay were you could see fish jumping. We had a nice bar-b-que on the boat and slept aboard the Stugots. It was a good night with the gentle rocking of the boat, close to shore, but not too close that an Alaskan Brown Bear could disturb the peace and tranquility!! Up early the next day and by mid-day we were surrounded by humpback whales and sea otters while riding the 4-6foot swells and admiring the glaciers while pulling in a few 20 and 40 pound halibuts. The picture above is the 140 pounder we caught on the last day. 
The Stugots is a 28ft aluminum hull boat with a Volvo engine worth about $250,000, co-owned by a small consortium of investors in a company I am invested with...so the trip was kinda of an investor perk. The trip last 5 days in all sorts of water and weather conditions near the Bay of Alaska with Juneau being the closest city. We saw considerable wild life which included a giant Alaskan Brown Bear on the shore, thankfully about 1km away. For me not only was it an adventure but an education as I learned a great deal about running the boat, tracking weather, tides and currents and most importantly the science of fishing for and catching various types of deep sea fish. Including how they are prepped, vacuum packed and shipped. I came home with about a dozen halibut fillets and last night, for the first time, based on an Internet recipe I enjoyed halibut on my own.
Life is funny...I at first indicated I could not go due to my work uncertainty etc...by going I was forced to put life ahead of work and throw caution to the wind...as it turned out...damn glad I have people in my life that don't give up on me no matter how frustrating it may be to see me still so heavily influenced by things that matter the least :) Scoop out!
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