The commercial king season closure has been announced for midnight tonight. After this point, we can focus our gear on cohos.
Today was a good day to offload here in Craig.
For rookies, we're happy. Our fuel costs are less than 10% (actually 7%) of our gross.
And we had a good time doing it.
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
July 6 salmon catch
7 silvers; one king. Sea lion issues. It was like a Monterey Bay salmon day. Fun, if not overly profitable!
Bonus halibut dinner!
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Bonus halibut dinner!
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Sunny day on Southeast
On our second trip we caught a few coho and one king, which we're headed to offload in Craig. Today's weather was so nice, that we just lollygagged on the boat while anchored in Cape Ulitka. Fishing was slow, so we just stayed out of the fog and enjoyed the scenery instead. The whales kept us company,
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
Day of Kings
Our second day of fishing was even better than the first. We caught enough kings and a few more coho to finish filling our fish holds. Not having enough hold space is a good rookie problem to have. The weather on the Gulf of Alaska was calm!
We offloaded our fish at Hole-in-the-Wall to a tender. The crew gave us some helpful tips about cleaning our catch.
The offload process is fascinating. Boats pull up to the tender on a first come, first served basis. It got a little hectic for us, because we lost our transmission just as we were trying to position ourselves to the tender. Fortunately we had our kicker motor to get us in there, and later to anchor. It was very rewarding to get our first paycheck for our catch!
The problem with the transmission was due to two bolts that attach the transmission to the shaft had sheared off. Fortunately Shawn was able to put it back together with some temporary bolts to get us back to town. That's why we're back in town earlier than expected. We've made the trip to the hardware store and now have plenty of replacement bolts. We had a similar problem with the bolts shearing two years ago. We think it may be due to the stress we put on them when we change gears. We know to keep an eye on it now. It cost us another day of fishing, but better safe than sorry. It's good it didn't happen while we were off Cape Addington!
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We offloaded our fish at Hole-in-the-Wall to a tender. The crew gave us some helpful tips about cleaning our catch.
The offload process is fascinating. Boats pull up to the tender on a first come, first served basis. It got a little hectic for us, because we lost our transmission just as we were trying to position ourselves to the tender. Fortunately we had our kicker motor to get us in there, and later to anchor. It was very rewarding to get our first paycheck for our catch!
The problem with the transmission was due to two bolts that attach the transmission to the shaft had sheared off. Fortunately Shawn was able to put it back together with some temporary bolts to get us back to town. That's why we're back in town earlier than expected. We've made the trip to the hardware store and now have plenty of replacement bolts. We had a similar problem with the bolts shearing two years ago. We think it may be due to the stress we put on them when we change gears. We know to keep an eye on it now. It cost us another day of fishing, but better safe than sorry. It's good it didn't happen while we were off Cape Addington!
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Hole-in-the-Wall
Heading out to sea, or "sailing off into the sunset"...
Conditions were a little bumpy, but the boat handled it well.
Sunset at Hole-in-the-Wall anchorage. Quite a few commercial trollers anchored here, waiting for the July 1 opening.
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Conditions were a little bumpy, but the boat handled it well.
Sunset at Hole-in-the-Wall anchorage. Quite a few commercial trollers anchored here, waiting for the July 1 opening.
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Opening Day
The morning sea was calm, so we headed out to the Gulf of Alaska. We got a late start at 05:00, but we filled one of our holds with 13 coho. Good fishing around Cape Addington, but was time to head to our anchorage when the wind kicked up. The gear all works!
Cape Addington when calm (way different with winds and current going the wrong way!)
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Cape Addington when calm (way different with winds and current going the wrong way!)
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Location:Cape Addington
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