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The latest news and observations
from Kent and Bev at Sitka's Secrets
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January 2006
To all our friends and potential friends,
We will be overseas from January 25 to February 25. We may be unable to respond to your inquiries until we return. Thank you, in advance, for your patience.
March 2006
In anticipation of summer,
As the lyrics go, “North to Alaska, we’re going north, the rush is on.”
We are hurrying home, after getting our “rush” from visiting Africa.
We are getting inquiries, daily, for this summer, and we expect a very, busy March.
The other song that comes to mind is, “Here comes the sun”.
April 2006
In anticipation of summer, April is always a hectic time of year.
Large schools of herring spawned by our place at the end of March. For two weeks, we had the company of 500 gulls feeding on herring eggs, before continuing their northward migration.
There is something mesmerizing about waves lapping onshore, with gulls crying loudly in the background. I keep wondering what they are saying.
Our summer calendar looks good, with just enough openings for impromptu callers.
May 2006
We finally buy a front loading washer to conserve water during the summer, and it rains so much our water catchment tanks are overflowing.
The Department of Fish and Game has implemented new regulations. The daily bag limit for yelloweye rockfish is one. The annual limit for lingcod, for non-residents, is two. In May, for non-residents, the king salmon daily bag is two, with a four king annual limit. In June, July and August, for non-residents, the king salmon daily bag is one, with a four king annual limit.
Around this time of year, we always have to relearn how to be patient. Our new desktop computer, with 2-day UPS shipping, takes 8 days to get here...
June 2006
Wherever the sun went, it took the wind too. Ocean conditions have been good for fishing and wildlife viewing.
There is a large amount of krill 20 miles offshore, attracting hungry humpback whales and salmon. Silver, chum and pink salmon are already here.
Seems like all the animals, including us, are busy making a living.
July 2006
It would be nice to have something predictable besides the tides and daylight hours.
We continue to bring in kings, cohos, and halibut, but the abundance of kings predicted by Fish and Game never materialized; we caught more cohos in June, than early July; and halibut fishing remains spotty.
Activity around St Lazaria Island appears normal, but we are missing baby hummingbirds at our feeders.
The temperature is stuck in the 50s due to the shortage of sunshine.
August 2006
With June and July behind us, I see a weather pattern for this summer: cloudy, wet and weird.
We are catching cohos, but not in their usual numbers. On some days, we get as many kings, as cohos.
The puffins, whales, sea otters and eagles are just taking what comes and leading the way. August is our best weather month and there is no going back.
So, come on up, the captain is pulling out all the toys in the toy box.
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