Our second night there, we went to Halibut Cove for dinner and spent the night in a cabin. It is only accessible by boat and has very pristine water in the cove. We managed to play some poker before bed, but being a lousy bluffer, I lost all my M & Ms.
On Saturday we went out to the open sea for some fishing. It was a 2 hour ride out, so we played a lot of cards on the way. Once we started fishing, it took us all a while to catch our fish. It also didn't help that the dog fish (the shark-looking things) kept eating our bait but eventually our patience and sore muscles paid off. Ben caught the biggest fish, I caught the most (2) and Mary caught the miracle fish (at the last possible moment. She was very shocked, actually we all were). I'm a little sad that I didn't take enough time to position my fish so you could see how big they were. Halibut are wide flat fish with both eyes on one side of their bodies, even though they are born with eyes on either side of their bodies. Apparently one eye travels over to the other side as they grow and they start to swim with on side flat to the ground. They are also not easy to reel in and I have the bruises to prove it. They are tasty, however. The crew fillets them on the way back to land and Wayne's mom was kind enough to cook us some of our catch that night. The rest is in my freezer.
