3 August 2014

The Benjamin Islands are a “must do” on the looper list. Unfortunately, our trip there was a huge disappointment.

The trip there from Kagawong was nice. The wind had dropped in the morning, so the bay was like glass as we scooted across it. We got to the South Benjamin Island which had been recommended as the island to go to.

We moved into the cove and there were 8 boats there. It had been this crowded at the Bad River, so we were set to find a place to anchor. Winds were out of the West, so I moved next to (200 feet away) from a boat from a state capital not too far from our home. The owner came out, wings flapping, to yell we were too close. We sat and looked at where we were, the way the boats were pointed and decided to wait a few moments.

With the wind swirling in the cove, there wasn’t a clear direction on which way we, or anyone else would swing. So we decided to pick up and move to a different location. As we were hauling up the chain, the wings came back out “You are going to hit my boat.” We explained that we were hauling in the anchor, we were going to move. “You’re just too close” came the squawk back.

We moved down towards the mouth of the cove 600 feet and put our anchor down. We were well and clear, but still the wings flapped. Sigh.

As you may recall Susan caught two bass in Baie Fine. She had filleted them with the skin on. But after the great fish from our friends on Shannon she decided to skin them and flour them. They turned out great! She also made corn on the cob. I had one of my dwindling stash of Butter Tarts for dessert.

Because of the general crankiness and wanting to make sure we were not swinging, both Susan and I were up a number of times during the night. We ended up swinging in about a 50′ wide arc, so we need not have worried.

We left early to head for John Island to fish and kayak!

(Oh yea, it turns out we have 5 bars on the wireless card, go figure)