Too Far.
When we lived in the Western Arctic, I had many occasions to visit the Yukon North Slope. After watching the local Inuit catch a good number of char (gillnets), and having a look at what those fish were eating, I decided to bring the belly boat along...
On days when the Beaufort was clear, the char would stay outside of the range of the nets.
I soon discovered that by hovering a little further offshore in the belly boat, the char (seemingly had no fear) were at my mercy. I'd tied up a whack of off-white scuds with dark eyes, and they absolutely murdered those fish!!
Occasionally I'd end up hundreds of yards offshore, but even then had an eye out for the weather...
Likely the most dangerous though was fishing BIG Lakers in Husky Lakes out of the tube.
Got dragged around many a time, and one simply never knew just were you'd end up. Always had a pursuit boat (10 - 20 Lund) with for those forays, so was sort of thinking of the safety aspect...
Cheers,
Nog
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