Busy Weekend

Yes, I'm stealing pictures from websites! I don't have my camera, so...! This weekend was a fun and busy weekend that began Friday night with the arrival of my cousins, Rich and Barry Penner. Despite their delayed flights and lost luggage, we were ready after 3 hours sleep for our Saturday morning Silver Salmon Charter! It rained a bit, and only Barry ended up catching a Silver, but Rich and I both caught Kings! Their season ended on July 31st, so we had to release them, but one of mine was about 30 lbs! I'm guessing that's about what the King on the right had of the guy on the left was, give or take!

Okay, no, this is not anyone that I know! Again, stealing pictures! Sunday was our Halibut Charter! We got a couple more hours of sleep that night, and made our way to Homer. The day started our cloudy, drizzly but calm seas. As the morning progressed, and the Halibut caught were thrown back for wont of a larger beast, the wind picked up, the sky cleared and the seas built! By noon we all had our limits of Halibut (plus Rich's very nice Silver Salmon!), and the seas had built to about 7'. As we were finishing up, we hit a wave about 10'! It was rather exciting, really! I had about a 30-35lb halibut, and the gentleman that filled Pat's seat, Derryk, caught a 60-pounder! Needless to say we had a fun trip, even though it was more of a half-day trip. By the time we got back to the spit (the docks in Homer), the day was gorgeous! Sunny and 68 degrees or so!

Monday, I went back to work, and the guys took a Rainbow Trout charter up at Skilak Lake, and brought home a Dolly Varden (sea-run trout) that I cooked up for supper before they headed for home! Whew!