We woke up to a fog layer over all of Oro bay. It was a beautiful sight. As the sun started to burn it away we knew it was going to be a hot day!
One more day of crabbing then off to Pirates Cove this evening. We had no indication our luck would change
but I actually had high hopes of some crab after leaving the pots in all night. When the fog burned off Skylar and I ventured
out for the pull. We also had the stuck
pot to deal with. Hopefully the owner
of the commercial pot it was stuck to has already pulled his up and set mine
free. We pulled the 3 free pots first
and of course nothing but starfish, rock crab and females. So much for the overnight trick! It was time to go get the stuck pot. The commercial pots were still in the area
but our pot was nowhere to be found. We
circled the area several times thinking it must be there but it was gone. What happened to it we will never know!
We set the pots back for one more pull in a couple hours but
we were mentally done. We decided to
take a nice hike around the island then get out of dodge. I was anxious to get back out on the boat and
on to our next destination. We gave away
our 2 lonely crabs to a nice guy on the dock who was helping Skylar fish and
shoved off for a quick run to Pirates Cove.
We ran the boat at 8 knots for the 15.75nm trip. The boat runs really nice at that speed as we
burned just 3 gallons per hour.
We pulled into the cove and ventured over to our usual
anchoring spot. In 20’ of water we set
our anchor for the first time paying out 120’ of rode with no worries of
swinging into anyone around. There’s
nothing much better than the moment you turn off the engine after setting the
hook.
At just about 90 degrees the heat started to fill the boat
as we sat still in the water. Julie had
the bright idea to jump off the top of the pilothouse into the water. Skylar and I went for it. The fall was fun but wow that water is
cold! Even though it was Julie’s idea we
could not convince her to make the plunge.
Even Ava jumped off the swim step!
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