Goodbye Farewell, Amen:

Today was the last day of fishing and we tried our best to have it end with as many fish as it began. Much to our dismay, that was just not going to happen as they were just not biting today. Art and Chris put the boat on top of multiple points that the fish finder showed large amounts of activity but we just couldn’t get them on the line and into the boat. There was a joke made that they seemed to be running in schools today and we’re hitting the nursery school. The first few fish we caught were embarrassingly small and needed to be thrown back so they could grow up big and strong to be caught at a later date.

The return to the dock had the normal routine, clean, clean, clean some more and then eat. By the time all was done and we were headed to dinner it was about 9:45 and the kitchen at our normal joint was closed. Kodiak doesn’t have much in the way of a booming restaurant scene and our choices at that hour were limited. We almost hit McD’s but at the last minute a phone call to one of the local hotels found their kitchen still open and we were set.

The rest of the evening was spent packing up our gear, clothes, and everything else that needed to be shipped back. We packed the van with the boxes of our stuff, the day’s catch and then crashed for the night. My flight is the first one out so I’m set to get up at 06:30 and head to the airport for a 08:00 flight.

The picture for today is the view from the back of our boat that we would see most mornings. This view helped me remember that I was in ALASKA of all places and you don’t see this anywhere else. The weather forecast came from the maritime daily report over a marine radio but all it took was one look outside to get the real scoop. If this was what we saw we knew there was promise that the weather was on our side.

Now that I'm heading home I'm going to keep the blog going but it won't be the daily fishing activities but more of questions that people have been asking. I'll run through some topics like, fish cleaning, the boat, the rods and reels we used, who went, the Kodiak harbor and town. If there's something you wanted to know and I didn't mention it in the blog, use the comment link at the bottom of the page and I'll see if I can't help.


Right on.
J

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