On your way to Desolation Sound stop at Stuart Island for some good fishing..stop at Big Bay and ask about the fishing. When cruising into Desolation look for the waterfalls that cascade down from freshwater lakes high above the salt ....anchor your boat close to the base of the falls and swim in for some mussels and oysters on the rocks...huge prawns lurk in the 3-400ft depths. It is an absolutely fablulous area. I made dozens of trips up there in the 80s and early 90s..The closet I've been lately is Campbell River.