Fishing in B&W
Fishing on these projects is not really a recreational activity, but an important source of food. We always plan to catch enough for a few meals since fresh or frozen meat is very hard to come by otherwise. The fridge only holds so much and food deliveries tend to be every two weeks. Our preferred catch is halibut, but as in the case of today’s post, lingcod is a very welcome substitute. While it may be “food fishing” it is also fun and relaxing to get out on the water and just sit around, except for those jigging or steering I suppose. All I did was sit as I had no fishing license.
The picture above is taken near a headland where the tide rips a bit and when pushed against by the wind creates steep waves that come over the deck from time to time. I was lucky to catch a picture of it, because when I set Tansy up to get another one, it did happen again.
Lingcod coming aboard.
At first I was disappointed with the focus on this picture, which was taken in a real rush with a manual lens. But, the more I look at it, and especially at the nice focus on my recently vacated chair, the more I like it. So I have included it – I would be interested to know if you think the focus is all wrong, or if it works for you too.
East shore of Kunghit Island near Heater Harbour
One of the best things about fishing is being on the ocean, often at low or no speed, gently rocking before an endless horizon.
Hecate Strait: its 140km to the mainland from here.
But, the very best part is in the eating. There is nothing like fresh caught lingcod or halibut, pan-fried with garlic and butter, which is the imminent fate of the lingcod fillets below.
Lingcod fillets ready for the pan
I only went out fishing once, so missed the halibut landing of a later trip. I hope you too are sastisfied with lingcod.
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This link catalogues my posts about Kilgii Gwaay.
I was accompanied on this trip by one of the Quimper Hittys, Tansy, who has been blogging about the trip from a doll’s view and you can find those posts here. Pertinent to this post, she has already blogged about her time on this same trip which can be found here which has an interesting closeup of the lingcod.
Canon 5Dii, Nikkor-N (pre ai) 24mm/f2.8 lens, ISO 200 various exposures.
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Looks idyllic and yummy and do like the top photo, especially witht he knowledge of it being a recently vacated chair.
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Thanks Katherine 🙂 It was still warm, I am sure.
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Wow, I really like the first image, I sat there for more than a few minutes just letting it all soak in!
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Oh man, pun-city in my comments section today. I guess that kind of humour goes with fishing!
Fortunately for me, and the camera, I did not get a soaker. Though, when we were working down wind with waves astern and slightly in reverse to slow our drift, quite a few splashes came through to where I was sitting and I needed to keep the camera under my coat when not taking pictures.
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Yep, I love that shot of the chair. The depth of focus there brings a touch of tension to the scene, adding just a wee bit of something different yet compelling. It actually stands out to me as a highlight in this set, my friend.
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Thank you Toad. It grew on me too, but a bit of an accident. I find that the manual focus wide angle lens is really hard to get in focus, and by this time the focus confirm chip had stopped working (it did that for my 100mm lens too, have not got around to fixing them yet, if I can), and besides I had no real time – just enough to move from my chair to the driver’s seat and take the one shot and it was all over.
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I looked at the chair photo for the longest time and at first I didn’t get it. Now I understand. I did not notice the man in the background looking towards the fish. Then it made perfect sense. Nice catch (pun intended).
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Hi Ken. Is it a a successful photo if it takes lots of looking at to get it? In some instances that would be a definition for success, but in this instance I am not so sure. In any case, glad you did get it, and that it makes sense.
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I love the chair photo with the fish blurry in the background.
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Thank you Judy! And welcome to my blog, its nice to have you here.
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