Monday, May 24, 2010

Where do you think the fish are?

I took a few minutes after finishing my lunch today to check marinetraffic.com.  I really wanted to see what was in or near the Astoria anchorage, but what was going on offshore caught my eye.

Fishing_Grounds

The purple symbols are “other” craft.  (Click on the image to see the larger version and legible legend)  Most of those shown are fishing boats, with a couple of pretty significant pleasure cruisers thrown in.  Were they out there for the fish?

It’s probably a good thing that the local gillnetters don’t use AIS… they might overload the system on days like these!

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