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North Coast SaltwaterField notes from the saltwater around Prince Rupert, British Columbia
A salmon troller working a tide line off the north coast of British Columbia at first light, the boat quartering a line of current with the Coast Mountains behind, grey water and low cloud, gulls working above the rip
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North Coast Saltwater

Field notes from the saltwater around Prince Rupert, British Columbia

08prints on the wall, the latest hung on 21/09/2026

A stainless cleaning table at a north coast dock at first light, fillet knife and cutting board on the wet surface, a drained cooler of ice beside it, salmon fillets on a tray, low grey light off the water.

Latest printIcing, Filleting and Shipping the Catch Home

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Newest on the wall

8 prints hung between 28/08/2026 and 21/09/2026

A closer look

A floatplane and the Digby Island airport ferry tied at the Prince Rupert dock at first light, low cloud over the harbour, a stack of duffel bags on the ramp in the foreground.
Detail cropped from the same print: A floatplane and the Digby Island airport ferry tied at the Prince Rupert dock at first light, low cloud over the harbour, a stack of duffel bags on the ramp in the foreground.
Inv. PT-002 The whole print and a detail cropped from the same print: First Trip to Prince Rupert: Flights, Ferry, Road, Stay.

Room sheet

North Coast Saltwater keeps the working notes of the saltwater around Prince Rupert, British Columbia: the salmon runs, the halibut banks, the tides that decide the day, and the tackle and trips that put an angler on the water. Every entry answers one question, says where the answer came from, and carries the date it was last checked.

Room 01

Salmon & groundfish

Chinook, coho and pink salmon through the season, halibut on the offshore banks, lingcod and rockfish on structure: what each fish does, where it holds, and what it asks of the boat that chases it.

3 pieces · last hung on 21/09/2026

Season: May to Sep

Also on the main wall.

The fish of the north coast, species by species, with the water each one prefers.

Room 02

Tides & season

The tide book, slack water, current lines and weather windows on Chatham Sound and the outer coast, read month by month from the spring Chinook run to the late coho.

1 piece · last hung on 31/08/2026

Season: Apr to Oct

Also on the main wall.

How the month and the tide decide where a boat can fish today.

Room 03

Gear & technique

Trolling, mooching and jigging, downriggers, flashers, hootchies and bait, the tackle a north coast boat carries and the rigs that hold on halibut and bottom fish.

2 pieces · last hung on 15/09/2026

Season: May to Sep

Also on the main wall.

The tackle and the methods that put a line in front of a north coast fish.

Room 04

Planning a trip

Getting to Prince Rupert, licences and regulations, choosing a charter or a lodge, picking a weather window, and getting the catch cleaned, frozen and shipped home.

2 pieces · last hung on 18/09/2026

Season: Mar to Oct

Also on the main wall.

What to arrange before the boat leaves the dock, and what to do with the catch after.

Elsewhere

Other waters, other desks

Places on this coast and beyond that keep their own notes, each one read before it was listed here.

  1. 01For sailcloth decisions, the Sailmaker's Fieldbook covers Dacron weights, woven polyester against laminate, crosscut against radial cuts, and mainsail against genoa, with a suitability matrix for the sailing programme, alongside Boat sails and rigging for measuring, inspection and repair.

  2. 02For trip planning before a north coast charter, a plain guide to travel gathers practical tips on organising a stay, air travel notes and country pages from Albania to Spain.

  3. 03Terres Claires, a French magazine on landscape photography, explains how a region is documented: light, seasons, framing, terroirs, and image rights, with French nature photography as its working ground.