Sam And Saundra's Second Time Around - Part 63

Sam And Saundra’s Second Time Around – Part 63

Alaska 

7/9/11- 8/3/11 Kenai River, Homer  

The Sockeye are running and we are trying to catch them.  Record runs.  The limit goes from three fish a day per person to six.  We fish when we can.  Sam and Owen take two fifty pound boxes of frozen fish and clams home with them on the plane, and we fill the freezer.  Sam shares smokin’ fish info with Doug and Sherry – they give him a lesson on how to can salmon.  Wow!  The possibilities!  We fish until we are so sore, even the fish oil in our eyes can’t keep us going. 

The Road To Homer Ends At The Pier

So we go halibut fishing. Dennis and Judy had purchased an Alaska Coupon Book and even after using a coupon for their own halibut trip, they had an extra. They gave it to us. Big grins! Thanks Judy and Dennis! Two for one.  A great deal!  We go.  We catch our four halibut and make it back home with about 25 pounds of halibut fillets.  Out of Homer. More weight would have been appreciated– but we are happy to have had good weather.  We inadvertently booked our trip on one of the ‘super mega’ high to low tide days.  Our fish line was almost straight out from the side of the boat.  Amazing experience.  Big boat, lots of people.  Great views of the volcanoes.  Five of the halibuteers had ‘heads down’ early, but the captain (estimated age about 12) and the crew (oldest may have been 16) made sure that all left standing tall got their limit. If anyone was after a trophy fish, they were disappointed.  Sam and I had a good time.  Caught our own, then stayed out of the way and watched the sea, land, and people scapes.