Our First Crab Catch … in Ideal Cove

Saturday, June 5

We have discovered that often times it’s not hard to decipher why certain bays and coves are named what they are named … and Ideal Bay was no exception.

Ideal Cove is a secluded spot 13.8 miles southeast of Petersburg, across from the entrance to Le Conte Bay … surrounded by pine-covered slopes, topped by Glacier covered mountains … it’s simply ideal.

We dropped anchor at 5:45 pm after a day of dodging ice at Le Conte Bay, and dropped our new 2-beer crab trap. Within 20 minutes it was filled … with a batch of female crabs! By law, the females need to be thrown back in … and that evening, with the exception of one nice large male, females were the only crabs we seemed to attract. Must have been a lesbian crab community!

In the meantime, we decided to take advantage of our “ideal” backdrop. Roland set up the tri-pod on the bow and we timed a group photo. Even Lovie made it into the shot!