May 06, 2011
0720 Farewell to Farewell Harbour. With a light south east at our back we entered Queen Charlotte Straight and set course for Allison Harbour on the mainland side. A deep… Read more »
0720 Farewell to Farewell Harbour. With a light south east at our back we entered Queen Charlotte Straight and set course for Allison Harbour on the mainland side. A deep… Read more »
On our way north!!! 05:30 am and we are off the dock in Campbell River. Trying to catch the ebb tide for its help down Johnstone Strait. Slack at Seymour… Read more »
Enjoying a lazy morning after visiting we shoved off at 11 am for Campbell River. South East 20 knts greeted us as we rounded Cape Lazo. A good ride on… Read more »
Sunny again as we slipped out of Nanaimo harbour and pointed the bow towards Comox. We always look forward to returning to the Comox Harbour for a visit with our… Read more »
April 30th, 2011Northward Bound! After leaving Victoria Harbour behind we motored to Genoa Bay for our annual sand, paint and fix session which has become a ritual for us. We… Read more »
The Thunder 1 and crew arrived safely in Victoria inner Harbour Oct 25th after another busy and exciting summer on BC’s beautiful coast. Thanks to all of our guests who… Read more »
With our 2010 fishing season over we prepared for our trip south back to Vancouver Island. We kept busy with year end oil and filter changes, cleaning, provisioning and farewells… Read more »
On our final fishing trip of the year we were joined by Paul, his 10 year old son Aiden, and Darren. Winners of the Edmonton Jouranl auction, and gracious enough… Read more »
On a late booking we were joined by Phil, Ray, Barry and Rob, once again coming all the way from Edmonton to sample a little northern Coho fishing on the… Read more »
September brought a trip we were looking forward to all year as some of my past flying buddies had signed up for a little fishing aboard Thunder 1 and to… Read more »
Welcome back Russ, Lenny, Eddy and George. This group has been fishing together for 22 years, 7 time alumni of the Thunder 1. With the summer rush over, the anchorages… Read more »
Late August is always special on the north coast as it brings the Humpback whales in large numbers to feed and prepare for their journey to Maui to have their… Read more »
Trip 16 saw us in a joint charter with our friends aboard the Ocean Star. A first for this venture it proved to be a great success opening the door… Read more »
Welcome back Vital. After working too hard to make it out last year, Vital, his brother Christian, wife Nicole and son Stephan rejoined us aboard the Thunder 1. In his… Read more »
Always a pleasure to have Ron aboard, third visit for Ron and some new fishing partners as he was joined by Joanna and Greg. Pass the sun screen for this… Read more »
August 5th to 8th. Another group from Edmonton joined us for our 13th voyage of the summer. With all our Edmonton guests we will have to start an air service.… Read more »