(from left to right: The mighty fisherwoman takes a break, Jamie and Nathan packing coolers at the campsite, the busy work of filleting)
These images sum up the majority of our weekend. Despite the inevitable rain and cold that comes with often being at the coast, the trip was great as usual though I am glad to be home in dry, warm, non-fishy smelling clothes. We traveled down to Kenai Landing for the annual family dipnetting trip and once again killed them! Nathan came with us this time and did well for his first time. He had a blast and will most likely become a regular addition to the trip. We arrived on Friday evening and hung around visiting with family and friends that we don't always see on a regular basis. Saturday morning was our first fishing day. A little slow, only bringing in 31 fish in a few hours. Sunday morning brought us a lot better luck, with fewer boats and weekend warriors on the water. Jamie went out with a crew at 6am and they came back with 78 fish. Nathan and I went out at 8am with a second crew that brought back 147 fish in about 4 hours. We averaged about 30 fish per person caught that morning which was awesome! It is always amazing the teamwork that has to happen in order to finish the job of filleting and getting everyone the right number of fish. Obviously we all limited out again this year. Jamie and I brought home 35 fish total and Nathan brought home 25, all of which are in the process of being vacuum packed and frozen.
These images sum up the majority of our weekend. Despite the inevitable rain and cold that comes with often being at the coast, the trip was great as usual though I am glad to be home in dry, warm, non-fishy smelling clothes. We traveled down to Kenai Landing for the annual family dipnetting trip and once again killed them! Nathan came with us this time and did well for his first time. He had a blast and will most likely become a regular addition to the trip. We arrived on Friday evening and hung around visiting with family and friends that we don't always see on a regular basis. Saturday morning was our first fishing day. A little slow, only bringing in 31 fish in a few hours. Sunday morning brought us a lot better luck, with fewer boats and weekend warriors on the water. Jamie went out with a crew at 6am and they came back with 78 fish. Nathan and I went out at 8am with a second crew that brought back 147 fish in about 4 hours. We averaged about 30 fish per person caught that morning which was awesome! It is always amazing the teamwork that has to happen in order to finish the job of filleting and getting everyone the right number of fish. Obviously we all limited out again this year. Jamie and I brought home 35 fish total and Nathan brought home 25, all of which are in the process of being vacuum packed and frozen.
We left Kenai Monday afternoon but not without witnessing a boat accident. A boat hit a bouy line and capsized but luckily everyone onboard was okay. Not sure if you can say the same thing about the boat but it was kind of cool too see the boat get pulled out of the water. It was quite the event of watching down at the docks that day.
There are some lucky people who will be receiving packs of last year's fish as we make room for all of this year's since our chest freezer is full again. We have yet to come up with the weight of all our fish but we now know that 35 whole fish gets packaged into about 68 vacuum sealed bags which is the equivalent to 70 pounds (as of the last calculation but I could be off)
We are finally in the home stretch of summer school and Friday will be my last day. My dad comes up on Monday for a week and a half so this week will be spent cleaning, prepping, and planning some more travels. I applied for a new job with the school district last week and hope to be called for an interview and know more about it by the end of this month. At this point I am fairly ambivalent but will be updating again soon.
