Despite the cold (by Ohio standards) and rainy weather, Thomas and I were not to be deterred from taking a charter boat half-day halibut fishing excursion along the bay. Our boat, the Irish, pulled out from the Homer spit at around 11:30 am. Equipped with gear that we’d borrowed from Cindy (Anna) and John Knutson (Thomas), we managed to stay dry for the most part. We also took enough Dramamine to counteract the severe rocking of the boat from 3-4 foot waves. It was choppy the entire time we were on the water, sometimes worse than others.
I (Anna) caught my first two fish within a half hour, thankfully, since the fishing slimmed out and the lead weights got heavier after that. Thomas took a while longer to haul in his, but we both ended up with our quota of 2, which came out to 28.8 pounds of filleted fish! I am going to be checking it on to the airplane when I fly home later today. Although we got our money’s worth, we both prefer a more relaxing day on the water, like the one we had fishing on the Kenai River with Dave. Halibut fishing is hard work, and the next day I was sore and exhausted!
Despite the cold (by Ohio standards) and rainy weather, Thomas and I were not to be deterred from taking a charter boat half-day halibut fishing excursion along the bay. Our boat, the Irish, pulled out from the Homer spit at around 11:30 am. Equipped with gear that we’d borrowed from Cindy (Anna) and John Knutson (Thomas), we managed to stay dry for the most part. We also took enough Dramamine to counteract the severe rocking of the boat from 3-4 foot waves. It was choppy the entire time we were on the water, sometimes worse than others.
I (Anna) caught my first two fish within a half hour, thankfully, since the fishing slimmed out and the lead weights got heavier after that. Thomas took a while longer to haul in his, but we both ended up with our quota of 2, which came out to 28.8 pounds of filleted fish! I am going to be checking it on to the airplane when I fly home later today. Although we got our money’s worth, we both prefer a more relaxing day on the water, like the one we had fishing on the Kenai River with Dave. Halibut fishing is hard work, and the next day I was sore and exhausted!
lucky i wanna go fishing :)
ReplyDeleteMatt Neuen