Well 3 or 4 more days of fishing and its back to reality and hot summer weather. Although I am a little sick of this Liquid Sunshine and highs in the low 60's I am not ready for the heat.
Well the fishing the last four days has been sporatic. We had one great day and one decent evening and 2 days that were horrible. We ended up in 3 and a half days with just a few over 100 Cohos. Ken showed me his daily log from last year and he had 337 in 2 and a half days last year. One of the problems is the weather, the ocean where the big schools of cohos still are is windy and the seas have been 10-15 ft and Ken does not want to subject me to that which I do appreciate in some ways. Hopefully the weather will clear a little bit on my last 4 day trip out. But according to the weather report it does not look good, so we will be fishing inside I am sure. There has been some huge minus tides and Ken hopes it starts sucking some more Cohos into the inside bays.
The jellyfish have been just absolutely terrible in some places and everytime I wipe my face I inadvertently wipe a little bit of jelly slime off and get that wonderful burning sensation for 20-30 minutes. Saturday I was scrubbing some of the jellyfish off of the spoons and the wind hit and got a nice little shot right into my right eye. Wow what a great feeling that was. But Ken said all u can do is just wait it out.
Since King Salmon season ended we have not been getting up until 430 or 5, Ken calls it bankers hours. Spend a couple hours a night reading and writing in my journal.
Today Ken wants to try and get me to a spot so we can catch a few Halibut for me to take home. Since the fishing is so slow I guess it is ok, but I would rather fish for salmon.
Today Ken wants to try and get me to a spot so we can catch a few Halibut for me to take home. Since the fishing is so slow I guess it is ok, but I would rather fish for salmon.
While in Sea Otter Sound this past week there were a lot of whales and bunches of Sea Otters. I need a camera with a bigger zoom, as they are boat shy and when you get within 50 yards of them they dive and go off another 50 yards and just watch you. Saw one Dolphin this week and thats about it besides the birds. Lots and Lots of Bald Eagles and Divers and Sea Hawks and other waterbirds.
Life on the boat is kinda cramped but I love it. Its kinda like Camping.
This Coffeeshop is rocking like the ocean, its funny while your on the boat its just fine and you have your sea legs and when you get on land everything is moving like the ocean. Wierd!
This Coffeeshop is rocking like the ocean, its funny while your on the boat its just fine and you have your sea legs and when you get on land everything is moving like the ocean. Wierd!
Talk to you all soon, thanks to everyone again for making this possible for me.
Well I need to go get propane and a couple Halibut Jigs and get ready to head out. I will be back in less than a week. Anxious to see everyone.
Sopme pics before I leave. The "Mary" Kens running buddies boat tied up in Craig at the fish dock.
A sunrise where you could actually see the sun. 5 days so far I have seen the sun.
Passing a Coast Guard Cutter. They called us on the radio wanting to know our passing plans. Was kinda cool, Ken was worried they wanted to board and inspect. Thank Goodness that did not happen.
Look at these goofy looking fish, a Idio and some other kind of Rock Bass. The eagles love them.
Sorting and grading fish at the SPC Fish buying terminal.
Sorting and grading fish at the SPC Fish buying terminal.
Gotta Go Ken just called
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