this is one of the lobster boats that is not in use for other fishing on the off season .. the lobster season in this area is around the last week in November until May 1
here we are again tied up to a very large fishing boat, inside the harbour
there is lots of neat old buildings, this one is a used book store, all cedar shakes
this was outside the harbour, but had a great view of the bay
we stopped in to see Tom and Kelly Albright, the brother of Cam, that we are heading up to Annapolis Royal to see and attend the Bahamian Boat Reunion Party
this is frozen halibut and haddock, these young fishermen are grinding it up to be used as shark bait, for the Shark Fishing Event next weekend … the lad on the right caught the largest shark last year, it was 465 lbs … they said that the small sharks they just tag and release … I was not aware that there was sharks in this area …. later we found out that a Great White Shark was spotted at Grand Manan Island, a few days ago
it was another foggy day, then the next minute it was gone
another view of the harbour
tide going down
we were waiting for it to drop so we had the out going tide to pass thru Grand Passage, then catch the in coming tide to get to Digby .. on this day the tide was around 18 ft.
the ferry again, it did the round trip in 15 minutes, that day
we are leaving and the fog came back in again
the fog was so thick again, all we say was the chart plotter, with radar to guide us the 7 hours to Digby
these are our new binoculars, water proof and floatable … the other ones fogged up and became useless
just before this fog patch surrounded us again we saw at 40 ft Humpback Whale, feeding, about 1/8 mile from us … we are hoping to see some more soon
we had a boost of 3 knots in this area due to the incoming tide up the Bay of Fundy
we are coming in the Digby Gut, here and the fog was starting to lift
an old abandoned fishing port, we met a pod of about 30 porpoises feeding and coming out of the gut … it looks like they go against the tide to eat, where as we go with the tide to get a boost in speed
this is the ferry dock for the crossing to St. John, New Brunswick
our trip for the day 7 hours in fog
Joe getting the dinghy blown up, for we will need it at our next stop
the fishing boats, some draggers, scallop, herring, haddock, and lobster boats
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