Another week gone by, and another great chance to fellowship with some amazing guys. Last week’s camp was made up of several different groups of guys – the second part of the “Band of Brothers” from Pendleton, OR, as well as a group from Lewiston ID. It was a great mix of veterans and first-time visitors, and it was a true blessing to watch how everybody helped each other catch fish.
The fish are still in strong, although the bite slacked off quite a bit this week. The majority of fish caught were snagged with the “Alaskan Fly”, so aptly named by Eric, one of the campers. Even the staff got in on the fun – Sarah (not technically staff until next week) and Patsy each bagged a limit of fish this week. But even more impressive was Ed Clark, who limited out nearly every day this week, most of the time before breakfast! The extremely low tides made it easy to fish from shore, and everybody caught a ton of fish.
So many fish, in fact, that we ran out of freezer space midway through the week. As the guys were busy stuffing fish into every nook and cranny they could find, they came up with the camp motto for this week: eat bread!!! (One of the freezers was nearly completely full of frozen bread to feed the camp.)
Halibut trips were tough this week… John, also known as “Captain Crunch,” took command of the Bayliner for two runs out to the halibut grounds. The extreme tides made for tough fishing, but the men persevered and managed to bring back 3 halibut during the week.
In addition to the success with the salmon, Rick, Cody, and Fritz did a tremendous job at catching crab – they brought home plenty, and we ate crab every night.
Bill Bull’s messages were also very insightful and thought provoking. We did a communion service again on Friday night, which also went very well. Overall, it’s been a great week.
Here’s the group photo:
Left to right, back row: Paul, John, Fritz, Cody, Rick, Robert W, Bill, Robert P, Ed, Sarah
Kneeling: Eric, Rod
Thanks for a great week guys!