Delicious.

We caught this salmon a few hours earlier out of my favourite French Creek Marina near Parksville, B.C.

My brother Rob and friends had invited me along as general dogsbody.

I’d been out in charters murdering salmon in the past — with great success. But this was my first time in a personal boat out of French Creek.

Our skipper, Wayne, keeps a shipshape craft.

Out of French Creek we had our lines in the water within 15 minutes.

Most of the time, we had 2 fishing. Two inside navigating.

Then someone would switch off, front to back.

We ended up taking out only 2 salmon — having released many more for being the wrong species for our permits. Or the wrong size.

Weather was fickle. Perfect conditions could quickly switch to gusty with whitecaps.

We came in after about 4 hours. Wayne cleaned the fish at the marina.

I would have enjoyed the scenic boat ride even if we hadn’t caught anything.

BUT it was delicious a few hours later. 😀