Sunday trip on Y-KNOT.

Mal Thomas · 2025-09-29T16:57:07Z

I was hoping for better conditions, I was down on the boat for 5.15am to be greeted with a heavy Southerly breeze which was enough to put me off a sand bar crossing in the dark, so I went back to bed for a few hours and had another go at 10.0am when the tide had risen back up. It was snotty out there on the ledge and a 10 knot trip to the end of the ledge was enough of that. The thought of the planned crossing over the bay was out of the question in a 4ft swell with the occasional 6 footer on the nose, disappointing. I did take some video, not reviewed it yet. Nearly flat calm on the way in.

I was followed out by another boat who didn't seem to no where he wanted to go as he zig zagged across my route. Anchoring in a 4ft swell was interesting and I paid out a lot more rope than usual for the rise and fall of the boat and stayed on station with a secure hold, not a big tide it has to be said but 76ft of water is testing.

Bites from the off, bream and doggies kept me busy feeding them off till the congers turned up. Then a very strong run with the reel screaming line, lifted the rod out with the clutch released to allow me to get the rod out of the holder and it was gone. Two hooks and a whole squid returned and untouched, what was that, probably a Tope or was it.

More congers, bream and doggies and no rays. The Sea was crystal clear, nothing on the fish finder, no mackerel seen. I heard a few boats from PBSBAC but was so busy I forgot to make time for a message. Early finish to get back for the Ryder Cup, what a final day spoilt by the New Yorkers so called fans, they have no etiquette and foul mouths, they should be ashamed of there behaviour which very nearly changed the result such was the impact from the crowd or so called sporting fans. They soon left in their droves with their tails between their legs as the Cup was retained and then won. The governing bodies needs to get a grip, bringing in Police too late and evicting a good number of the crowd was not enough the damage to the event was done.

Maverick Martin · 2025-09-30T09:52:27Z

Well done on persevering and making the most of what sounds like a borderline day.

On the golf point the world is full of t*ats, it seems all were put here to annoy us with most being successful 😬

great white · 2025-09-30T10:12:52Z

Well done on the fishing effort Mal.

Ref the golf

On the last day, We had lunch in a sports bar in Vancouver on our way home from Holiday.

The Golf was on and only one American couple [Sounded like keen golfers] were watching/interested.

We had to leave for the airport before it finished

Mal Thomas · 2025-09-30T13:33:42Z

Welcome back you kept that stunning holiday under wraps. I hope it was as stunning as i imagine it was.

Specially the bird life and nature in general. Would you swap UK for Canada?

great white · 2025-09-30T14:48:33Z

It was a great trip through Canada Mal, not sure I would move there, if I did I would choose Calgary area.

Some of the wildlife were fantastic and I wish I had taken a better camera as our friend did.

We saw an Osprey nest with two birds right next to a main road, a vacated eagle nest by a large lake.

But last years massive forest fires have really restricted the wildlife available close to Jasper, which has a great reputation for seeing some.

In Alaska we saw whales, porpoises and seals from the Cruise ship, but being so late in the year they were not regular sightings.

Surprisingly going through the narrow inner passage and areas very similar to Norway, I did not see any birds and fish action like we did up there. There were lots of fishing boats in the Marinas so maybe it was just the wrong time of year.

Even though I only had my phone camera, I did get some whale video footage and a great bald eagle in a tree.

I will attach them at home later.