October 2, 2009

Good morning from the Float House in Discovery Harbour.

Things have been pretty quiet around the marina this week. The Orca are out there but very few people around to go out and find them.
Yesterday the Grizzly Tour was a little damp but the Grizzlies made our day!
We stopped off at Cyrus Rocks in Okissolo Channel for a short tour of the Salmon farm and then off to the Orford! The Grizzlies showed up pretty much as soon as we got there. We had 4 very nice, fihing, catching and eating Grizzlies for the good part of 90 minutes and then things went quiet for awhile. The picture attached shows one of the younger females' fishing technique. She chases the fish, jumps on it with all fours and then puts her head under the water and grabs the fish! Works every time!
One of the things that I haven't mentioned before was that the Orford River is a Chum and Coho River system, however this year with the tremendous number of Pink Salmon around, they have suddenly shown up in the Orford! The grizzlies are not complaining.

A few fish taken today but with the overcast skies, the Chum just were not biting. (Chum and sun = good fishing)

Hope you're making plans for the weekend as the weather looks good!

Cheers

Hurricane Jack
Campbell River Whale Watching