Monday, January 16, 2012

Windy and Chilly


Three days three fishing trips part 3

We are up before dawn, trying to beat the biting cold winds that were forecast to increase during the day.  A group of us grabbed the required mountain of gear and headed out diving in an attempt to get a feed or two of scallops.  By the time we came out the White Rock cafe after a nice bacon sarnie, the weather looked less than ideal with a stiff 4-5 blowing from the South east. We decided to see if we could fit in a quick one tank dive.  Stu managed to convince us to load up the boat for the first dive of the session to look for some clappers. 
The dive was so-so. Water seemed much warmer than the air. My computer registered 10 degrees at 30mts with the air temp at 6c. Gary and I managed to grab half a bag of scallops with El Capitano coming out as the "Scallop King"  


Catching scallops is easy, but cleaning them is a different matter. Slaving away with a knife opening shells at least the cat had the benefit of being able to munch on a few...

And that has been that over the last week
 



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