September 11, 2009

Thursday 11~~~~~Today we took the boat and we went to Brown's Bay which is about 25 miles north of our campground. We have fished there before and we like it there except for the terrible five mile bumpy road into the place. The weather was so nice and warm with no wind, I packed a picnic lunch and lots of snacks that we needed because we fished for about 6 hours. We caught two nice salmon (coho) that we kept and we caught 3 more we had to release as they were hatchery fish that weren't clipped and a few that got away. Kent also caught a rock cod we kept to add to the 4 we have froze so now we have enough for a cod fish dinner for the two of us. I fry the fish and I make fried potatoes and onions that I sprinkle seasoned flour all over while they are wet from washing them off, (it makes them real crispy) and my usual coleslaw we both love. We cleaned the fish at the fish cleaning table and there were 3 seals in the water waiting for the fish heads to be thrown at them. I took a picture of them, all I could get was there heads. One of the pictures is the seagulls and the seals rolling trying to get the bait. We were tired when we got done tonight, tired but happy for the fish we caught. We both had one on at the same time and that was interesting with the down riggers to get pulled up and not tangle our lines together. We managed and kept both fish.