We arrived at the entrance to Santa Anna Inlet at 1930hrs. dropping the shrimp pot in 365’ on the way in. The weather was getting a little nasty by now and the great protection of this beautiful inlet was a welcome sight. There were two sailboats at anchor, one, SPLENDID MANE, I had met in Shearwater, B.C. There is a lake nearby with its trib to the inlet on one side, where we set the crab trap and a waterfall from another stream on the other side of the inlet.
We set the anchor in 56 feet on a fast shoaling shore at 2000hrs. ( N 55 degrees 58.666’ W 131 degrees 56.006’). The temperature was about fifty degrees with misty clouds and rain. We ate fresh box crab until we couldn’t eat any more, almost.
The boat was motionless all night as I think this anchorage will provide protection in almost any weather. Morning comes early now, sunrise is before 0400hrs. We picked up our crab trap with nothing in it and pulled the shrimp trap with prawns enough for a nice meal.
The objective today was to get to Wrangell. The course led through Zimovia Strait and Zimovia Narrows. The narrows is the shallowest and most narrow water we have had to transit so far. Without good charts a person would find the bottom in short order. We tied some herring to our fishing line and threw them overboard and when we reeled them we still just had dead herring on our lines. We will get lucky sooner or later.
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And now we all anxiously await "Recipes of MV Dunvegan." At least we don't have to worry your not eating!
As usual, thanks for the outstanding photos! And it's good to hear about those box crabs. The photos of the prawns remind me of the size we caught in Kwatsi Bay and Greenway Sound.
Are you going to try for king crab or is this the wrong season?
Thanks!
Hello Owen,
I would love to trap king crab but non-residents are forbidden to. We have had some excellent crab in restaurants here though.
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