Sullivan Bay to Echo Bay

August 7

After a pleasant evening in Sullivan Bay we departed for Echo Bay in foggy conditions a little after 1000 for the short trip to Pierre’s at Echo Bay, intending to have the Wednesday night BBQ Prime Rib.  We arrived and were moored by 1220.  The fog lifted by 1130, so the last half of the trip was in sunshine, a weather pattern we would experience for the next several days.

After arrival we launched the tender and set the prawn pots, intending to repeat our experience at Kwatsi Bay.

The dinner was good, with a large buffet in addition to generous servings of prime rib.

August 8

A morning check of the prawn pots gave us nothing except hermit crabs.  We reset the pots in new locations and then tried finding Coho salmon with the tender.  No luck.  This evening was Italian night at Pierre’s, with both lasagna and spaghetti with meat sauce, both tasty.  Our original plan was to leave the next morning, but we finally contacted Johnsons on Steel Tiger and they were headed for Echo Bay from Port McNeill, so we decided to just stay for a few days and do the pig roast on Saturday evening.

The evening check of the prawn pots gave us only 4 prawns and more hermit crabs.  Salmon fishing was also unsuccessful.

August 9

There were only 4 more prawns in the pot, and we had another unsuccessful day of fishing, but no one was catching anything.  Although Pierre’s advertises cell phone service, we found it to be extremely unreliable and nearly useless.

The weather pattern of overcast mornings and sunny afternoons continues.

August 10

This morning we motored over in the tender from Steel Tiger and visited Billy Proctor’s museum around the corner from Echo Bay.  The museum was an interesting collection of stuff from around the area, including Native American artifacts.  After lunch we all went to the Burdwood group and explored an island with a white midden beach.  We also checked out anchoring opportunities in the Burdwood Group, identifying the location of stern tie rings since there is not enough swinging room for normal anchoring.  These islands look good only in settled weather and are only a few miles from Echo Bay.

We pulled our prawn pots out of the water after another dismal catch.  The pots were either empty or filled with a collection of small pink scallops, hairy tritons, box crabs and hermit crabs.

We attended the pig roast, with a pirate theme and then watched the movie “Life of Pi” with the crew of Steel Tiger.

August 11

Another overcast morning with a wind direction change predicted by this evening from northwest to southeast and a chance of showers.  The longer term forecast is for several days of southeast winds with a chance of rain.

Our destination today is Waddington Bay.

Billy Proctor's Museum

Island in Burdwood Group

Midden Beach, Burdwood Group

Layers of Clam Shells, Midden Beach

Pierre and the pig!