salmon – Lighthouse Memories

Mise Tales Thirty-Three

December 11, 2013BC, CBC TV, CG HQ, Chris Mills, documentary, film, Fresnel lens, hovercraft, life-cycle, lighthouse, Lighthouses, litehouse, mural, salmon, Salmon Confidential, Sockeye, UK, Vancouver, VictoriaArt, British Columbia, Canada, Construction, Environment, Equipment, Foreign, History, Information, Light, Lighthouses, Movies, News, Photos, Reprint, United Kingdom, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. Tell Tale Productions Inc’s. documentary “Lighthouses” – the film has been completed and has had its world broadcast premiere on CBC Television’s Land and Sea Sunday, November 24, 2013. If you missed it you can see it online on CBC Land […]

Then You’ve Got to Clean Them!

September 25, 2013cleaning, cooking, filet, filleting, fish, fishing, lighthouse, recipes, salmon, smokingAdult Memories, British Columbia, Canada, First Nations, Fishing, Hobbies, Lighthouses, Photos, Recipes, RecreationretlkprLeave a Comment

Nice fish eh? This one is a forty-seven (47) pound (21.3 kg) Spring Salmon.

Unwanted Salmon Are Needlessly Killed

August 24, 2013bad practices, dead fish, fisheries, lighthouse, litehouse, nets, salmon, seiners, wasted fishAdult Memories, Anti-Automation, Automation, Environment, First Nations, Fisheries and Oceans, Fishing, Government, Lighthouses, Recreation, Reprint, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

As a lighthouse keeper I was interested in fishing, and sometimes paused to watch the seine fishermen catch fish. I retired twelve (12) years ago, and even at that time the practices in the following video were allowed by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). Well, maybe not allowed, but never monitored. I […]

Disegno Canadian Jewellery

March 27, 2012BC, bears, British Columbia, Canada, canoes, Inukshuk, jewellery, Pamela | Coulston, salmonAdvertisement, Canada, Jewellery, Jewellery, WildliferetlkprLeave a Comment

Pamela Coulston, the lady that wrote the story Ice and Men which I reprinted on this website also has another talent – she designs jewellery – Canadian-inspired jewellery. This is not a plug to get you to buy her jewellery. I get no commissions from it. I just wanted to bring to your attention the craftsmanship here. Myself, I […]

Killer Whale Attack at McInnes Island Lighthouse!

January 7, 201212 volt, aluminum boat, bait ball, electric motor, Evinrude, fishing, herring, herring ball, killer whales, lighthouse, litehouse, McInnes, salmon, sea lionsAdult Memories, Boats, Communication, Equipment, Fishing, Lighthouses, Old Website, Radio, Recreation, WildliferetlkprLeave a Comment

One early morning I was out on the water trolling for salmon from my 12 foot (4 metre) aluminum boat. The sun was just rising and I had just completed and transmitted my first weather of the morning. By the time I had a coffee ready, loaded rods and lures into the boat and lowered […]

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