Well, it’s midway through week two, and for the first time in 9 days, the boats weren’t full of rainwater. But that’s not all… upon waking up this morning, every resident of 153 Fish Camp beheld a strange, somewhat terrifying sight in the sky. “It’s like…like the sky is… on fire!” remarked one camper, his face white from either sheer horror or simply the absurd lack of vitamin D. Reports of fainting have surfaced, however these are assumed to be onset from sleeping (or, lack of such) in cabins with practiced snorers, not from this strange phenomenon.
Yes. The sun came out.
It’s finally warm again! Maybe we’re just a little spoiled with our water tank overflowing all day long, but we all are sure are enjoying the sunshine. Well, as much of it as we can see anyway, when we aren’t sticking our heads into the freezers, plying for more storage space. That’s right… our freezers are nearly full, which means the fish are in hot and heavy! The tides this week are all negative, meaning that the water level drops quite considerably, transforming a section of the bay out front into little more than a small canal. The salmon shoot up and down this channel in huge schools, and some of these guys have been limiting out in record time with snagging hooks. What’s better, is that nearly all of these fish are bright silver, fresh from the ocean, and biting like crazy! Just tonight, some of our guys went out with spinners and had 2 triples and 2 doubles all in just a couple hours. It is amazing fishing, thank the Lord.
Believe it or not, I’ve been so busy this week that I’ve forgotten to take pictures! I’ll get some on here in the next post.
Two halibut trips have been out so far this week. The first one boated 3 halibut, and the second caught shark, cod, and rockfish. The boat has been working great! However, we are having problems with the lower unit of the 200 hp outboard on the back grinding while trying to shift into gear. To remedy this problem, we just start the boat in forward gear, and never take it out. This actually works quite well… in the rare occasion where we need to use reverse we can drop down the kicker and get around nicely. All in all, though, the boat has been great so far, and, Lord willing, will continue to serve our campers for years to come.
Thanks for reading. Pictures will be up soon!