July 1st, 2009

What a blast of a day!
We set off for the first official day of crabbing season here and launched off the Port of Everett marina. It was soooo windy, and that means lots of wave action. I was instantly nauseated! Our destination was Baby Island - just North of Langley. We threw out our crab pots and Johnny caught a shark! After hanging over the side for what seemed like forever, Andy brought me to shore of the little island called "Baby Island", which is a very cool small little island which during low, low tides has an ithsmus. (If you are wondering what the heck that is click here! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isthmus). The water was gorgeous blue and the island is covered with shell fragments - making it seem Caribbean-like. A few minutes there and I realized that I had no sunscreen on, and was getting burnt! The boys loved the island! They were exploring all over it. A sea lion ventured onto land and went "humping" its way back to the water, but not before Johnny got to touch it. The first haul from the crab pots was decent, Andy even brought in a pink Starfish. I layed on the beach and loved the warm sun, the boys went to the "top of the mountain" and Andy went back to check the pots again. This time he got a HUGE crab, almost 10 inches in diameter - definitely a trophy! As we drifted back we watched a commercial crabbere checking pots and watched him pick ours, dump in his boat and speed ahead. We lost one pot, probably because they threw it back in deeper water than it had rope for. What a bummer. We stopped again, just off Camano and the boys threw their lines in. Poor Andy - he loves his fishing, but when the boys are with us - he's just a bait man! The depth finder said there were lots of fish, but only Colten caught a fish - little bitty flounder, which we threw back. Nearing the port - we noticed lots of smoke - big fires north of the Marina. I am soooo sunburned, but not nearly as bad as Andy. Great day was had by all today. We made some great memories with the boys.