Thursday afternoon we arrived at the Rock of Ages just off the shoreline of Isle Royale; the wind was a howling 25 knots, and the waves were building. An attempt to deploy the ROV was unsuccessful, too much current, waves and wind. We headed for the Kewanee Peninsula and the waves were building and the boat was rocking. The scheduled 20:30 Mysis relicta hunt had to be postponed to 00:30 (12:30) and moved to a location on the west side of the Kewanee to get out of the waves. The bed was calling me as my gut churned with the waves. I came back down to the wet lab shortly after midnight where the crew had the tunes cranked and getting ready to go on a Mysis hunt. Only a few of us made it to the event. Once on top of the collection site the Guardian shut off all her deck lights as not to scare the Mysis away, a red light was lit on the fan tail of the boat, and the hunt began. The net was sent to 83 meters, after waiting two minutes, the net was brought to the surface. A successful hunt, we filled a jar with the Mysis relicta. We awoke this morning to the calm waters of the Portage Ship Canal and a sun filled sky.
A most memorable day.