Pixel Darkroom Photography

This is one of the days when the government regulations allowed fishing the sockeye salmon in British Columbia. It is the first year in many years when they allowed it, and people got really into it. You can see here how crowded the banks of the Fraser River are, just north of Chilliwack, BC. It was so crowded that I couldn’t believe there are so many fishermen on the planet. Lines got tangled. Many times. But, people caught lots of fish. I caught only a big one, but only because I didn’t have a very long line, don’t get me wrong. Otherwise I would have had more in the bag.
It was actually very fun and the kids loved pulling out the fish. Every once in a while (quite often actually) a fisherman would ask a kid if he caught something; if he didn’t he then would let the kids wrestle with the fish to pull it out. Fun. fun. fun.

I grabbed this shot when going 24 knots over bouncy waters in the Pacific Ocean while going trawling for Salmon. We had a great time, a bunch of friends and I. This was a gift from our wives for Father’s Day. We saw eagles, thousands of seals on barges of wood, we caught crab and prawn and starfish, that we threw back in the water. Definitely a great Day 246.

Another shot from White Rock, BC. A beautiful place, which reminds me a very little bit of Étretat in Normandy. Only a bit though, because Étretat has more rocky cliffs and they speak more French.

before the tide returns