Hmmm, just realized that this post was saved as a draft and never published, so here it is a little out of sequence!

We left Big Bay a little after 10:00 and headed towards Ramsay Arm. Darrel & I went further past the entrance and tried our luck on first halibut, then salmon. As I have said before, if it wasn’t for bad luck, we wouldn’t have any luck at all. No fish. We moved on up Ramsay Arm and dropped our shrimp pots, then headed for the raft where the other 5 boats were tied up.

We came alongside the Keenan’s boat, Double Eagle, and tied up to them. It had started to rain, so after checking in with everyone, we all settled down to read books or do inside projects.

Happy hour starts around 5 every day so we went to the Keenan’s boat along with Simon and Yvonne. Everyone was doing their own thing for dinner, so it ended up being Frank, Trish, Darrel, and I on Keenan’s boat for a dinner of fresh salmon, baby new potatoes, bean salad, and asparagus. It was excellent!

After doing dishes (thanks to the Wamsley Water Company) we headed down to the other end of the raft for a second happy hour aboard Another Bill. The whole crew ended up there and there was a lot of laughter going on for a couple of hours.

The plan for Saturday morning was to get up and go dig clams and pick oysters. However, it poured all night long so only the Wamsley’s and Kelly’s ended up going at 7:00 AM low tide.

Frank had been having back problems and had a terrible night, so they decided to just head home so he could get it seen and, hopefully, fixed. They left around 11:00 AM so Darrel, Brian, and I headed out to check shrimp pots and do a little fishing. We got all of 4 shrimp in the 3 pots, so moved them across the way. Then we drifted around and the guys fished for bottom fish. They ended up with 1 large ling cod, 2 good sized green lings, 1 large and 1 small yellow eye, and a smal rock cod. Not bad for a couple hours work.

We checked the shrimp pots again and came up with a big fat zero! Dropped them again in a new area and headed back to the raft. Darrel spent a good hour or so cleaning the fish and we ended up with a nice batch of filets.

The highlight of the day, however, was the golf tournament. I guess they have had one the past few years in a different place but since we weren’t going there it was changed to the Ramsay Arm Open. Everyone (except the Josowitz’s) headed over to an area where there was some logging done last year that had a gravel road and nice place to tee off of.

Of course, a rain squall went through just as we got there. I declined entry due to my back so Jan and I sat in their dinghy and were the judges. Everyone took a number and teed off into the water after 2 practice shots. There were 4 logs nicely lined up end to end that Jan & I used as markers. It was close one, but Darrel hit the longest beating out Garry and then Marilee. It was pretty hilarious with all the comments back and forth, plus Jan kept a running commentary on the radio back to the Sandpiper.

Fun Day!