Little chance Harbour (4 Cod String)

Refuelling Bonnavista from a truck. Driver was a bit disappointed with the amount we needed, he is used to 10 000 litres at a time. We had 150 litres. The fog was thick and the sea was glassy as we slipped out of the harbour 30 miles to a very small cove in amongst the hills. It time to catch another cod for tea too, so I will stop when we see a bit of sea bed which looks likely. As forecast the fog burns off an hour into the trip and the beauty of Bonnavista bay is revealed. Rugged and green in every direction. Where we are heading looks like Halong bay in Vietnam in the distance. I can see there is a bump on the see floor approaching, should hold a cod if Im lucky. I slow the boat and grab the rod with feathers on. I lower it down into about 25 metres of water. The weight doesn’t even hit the bottom and I’m on and it feels big. The boat is drifting out of control. After a short hard fight I get the catch to the surface. I have 4 feathers in a string and have caught 4 cod smallest about 3 kilos largest about 10 kilos . I throw 3 back and keep the small one, our fridge isn’t that big. Fishing here is far too easy.
We get the boat going again, still no wind and we cut a slice through the glassy surface of the bay, not a sole in sight as usual. There are many many islands and hills. If this was any where else it would be full of yachts but not today just us as usual.

The entrance is small and well disguised in the lay of the land but its a perfect storm hole high ground al round and a narrow wind entrance. Like anchoring in a pond.Read more