2012 Trip 4 - Pacific Swift

We stayed anchored in Winter Harbour for only a short period of time before being enticed out to sea again by the north west wind. By 1030hrs we were underway again and sailing south at 9kts with the sun shining. We decided to go around the Brooks Peninsula today as tomorrow's weather forecast was for gale for winds in this area. We enjoyed a two part sail today, one part from Winter Harbour to a favourite fishing hole we have north of the Brooks and then from our fishing hole around the Brooks to a “Tropical” like anchorage on the south side. Our number one fishing hole was very productive once again allowing us to land 80 pounds of fish in under 10 minutes of fishing. Very exciting to say the least. Some who had never caught a fish in their lives helped to reel in the big ones. All who were interested were given a “fish dressing“ lesson and within the next hour or so all the fish were filleted and ready to eat. We anchored by 1900hrs on the south side of the Brooks Peninsula off a lovely white sand beach that we call Paella Beach. It is an idyllic spot when the sun is shining and we looked forward to our beach plans the next day as we lay at anchor enjoying the soft beautiful sun set and emerging stars.