It’s been a great past week here at fish camp. The guys had a fantastic time running from fishing hole to fishing hole, picking up salmon. Dave’s messages were, once again, fantastic, and the hot weather couldn’t be beat!
Since the silvers had died out in the bay, most of the fishing time was spent running from creek to creek chasing down pinks and sockeye. The guys put a lot of miles under them, but it was well worth it. They hauled in a ton of salmon! Fishing in the creeks is tough because it is difficult to get the salmon to bite a spinner. However, we had much success this week using a little jig we made up, as well as some greenish/purple flies Darrell picked up in town.
These lures and jigs were used mostly on pink salmon, however, some of the guys (Patrick especially!) were able to pick up silvers in the bay fairly easily, which means they aren’t completely gone yet!
One interesting story we had this week:
On the halibut trip, Richard had some answered prayers. “God, could you please make this boat go a little bit faster?” Immediately, the boat sped up, amazing because they were using the little 9.8 horsepower engine on their heavily loaded boat.
But that’s not all… “If God gives me a halibut today, I’ll know He’s trying to speak to me.” Well, Richard caught the only halibut of the whole trip! Thanks to the answered prayers, we now have a new member to the Christian family – Richard accepted Christ this week at fish camp! Congratulations Richard!
Some of the guys brought marshmallows, so we summed up the week with a bonfire on Friday night:
It was an early morning the next day… here’s the guys packing fish at 3:00 am
Here’s the group photo:
Left to right, Standing: Bob, John, Darrell, Jonah, Jacob, Bob, Brian, Patrick
Left to right, seated: Austin, Brandon, Richard, Chuck
Thanks for a great week guys. You all were a huge blessing to the camp, and I hope to see you all next year!