A little hard to see but each dot is a place some of the 46,000 (in two weeks) people who saw the competition are from! Who'd a thought that many people visiting Parksville in that timeframe. The estimate over 65,000 by the end of the viewing (which lasts 4wks)
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A rough place to call the office and start the day... |
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A rougher way to end the day...
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Had to get some fishing licenses... the renowned Schooner Cove Marina in Fairwinds |
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Then down to Key Largo to hit the water... |
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Have to be patrotic every once in a while! ;) |
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Setting the traps, without the crucial depth sounder so we're guessing what 300' is... |
Can you tell it's our first time prawning (the buoy isn't supposed to wrap around the leg) |
Popeye The Sailor Man (toot-toot) |
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Hard at work...(runs in the family) |
Guess I should have zoomed in more to see the house... |
Back to pull the prawn traps... |
Look at the 100's of prawns - WOW what a haul! |
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Our bait - taken over by Krill (are shrimp-like marine invertebrate animals.) |
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Attack of the Killer Prawns |
Someone call Guiness Book of World records - I think we're in contention for the largest prawn catch in a day!! (LMAO)
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Leaving Departure Bay in Nanaimo, Canada |
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Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver, Canada |
Sewell Marina in Horseshoe Bay |
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