Man, this week flew by. I don’t know about you guys, but it seems like this week was gone in a blink of an eye. They say time flies when you’re having fun, and I believe it, because this was one great week! The silvers were in, and they were huge. The guys caught a ton of fish. We ate great food, had great fellowship, and got to listen to some awesome messages from Pastor Dave. It was an unforgettable week for me, and I’m sure it was for the campers too.
Let’s start off with the good stuff: halibut fishing. There were two groups who went out, one group of 4 on a local halibut charter, and one group of 4 who took out a couple of our small boats.
The charter group pulled in 3 halibut, two in the 40 – 50 lb range. They also caught some lingcod and yelloweye. The small boat group pulled up two halibut in the 30 – 45 lb range. Judging from the smiling faces that returned, both groups had a fantastic time.
Salmon fish out front was also superb. The guys were getting salmon to hit on all sorts of lures, from spinners, to wigglewarts, to snagging hooks. The salmon this week were brand new, straight from the ocean, and were shiny chrome in color. But, more importantly, they were big. Losing fish was a frustrating problem this week because they were simply huge, and good fighters. Nevertheless, the guys cleaned house, and brought home 22 boxes of fish.
Another cool thing about this group was that they all came in on the Breakaway Adventures jetboat from Wrangell, AK. The jetboat took them straight to the Whale Pass dock, which allowed them to not have to wake up early and stay up late to make it to the ferry. Thus, they spent most of Saturday morning packing fish, instead of late Friday night and early the next morning as usual. It was much more relaxing!
And you can’t forget Nick and Gene’s “last-day fish camp tradition”…..
“My suitcase coming home weighs half as much as it did coming up here!”
Here’s the group photo:
left to right: Greg B, Paul, Greg N, Dewey, Gene, Todd, Joe, Nick, Fred, Henry
It’s been a great week guys. I really enjoyed every one of your company. You all were a huge blessing to the camp. Thanks
Just returned from the Fish Camp, and I want to thank everyone of the staff members for the wonderful time I had.
I’ve been on alot of fishing trips before, but this one was by far the best. And I’ve already making plans for next year.
Thanks again, Guys
Joe
Luke – this is Randy Allen from Kuna, Idaho. Can you find out and tell me how the group traveled from Seattle to Wrangel then to Whale Pass? What flights and times and such. Thank you.
Just considering this to be the way we might come up next summer and wondered how all the connections were made. Thanks. Randy
Hey Randy,
The biggest factor is what time you can get to Seattle Airport. If you can get there at the right time, you can catch a flight from Seattle to Ketchikan to Wrangell. If not, you may have to take a flight that goes from Seattle to Juneau to Petersburg to Wrangell, or something similar. You’ll have to time it so you don’t have to spend the night in Seattle. I’m not sure about flight times… it really just depends on which way you go.
Hope it helped. If not let me know, I’ll try to find out some more info.
Thanks! Hope you’re doing well.
Luke