According to regulations we hit our daily fishing limit on Black Rockfish. Sara was on fire, each time her lure sank to the bottom she felt a tug then another tug, and pulled up two big Black Rockfish. The average age for Black Rockfish is 15 to 75 years old […]
Motor Sailing
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We made it! Today around noon we pulled into Fox Hole Inlet and anchored. The anchorage approach is straight forward with a wide channel and easy anchoring. Upon arrival we dropped our bigger crab trap that had really stinky Black Rockfish bones from before we left Kodiak, yummy, at least […]
We made it across the Shelikof Straight and we have not stopped motoring along the shores of the Alaska Peninsula. We have thought about stopping, but in 24 hours the winds are forecasted to change and will not be in our favor to move west. During these calm almost glassy […]
Last night was a little bumpy as the heavy currents whipped past the boat causing us to bounce. We could hear the chain rub against rock and the squelch from the VHF kept making noise. Sara got up to check our position and make sure we had not drift, thankful […]
Who goes fishing with a ski goggles on? Well Sara did and Wade thought her perhaps slightly a dork, yet shortly after taking off to fish in the dinghy it began to sleet, then snow, then a snowstorm. Who was laughing then? Well it wasn’t Wade and it might have […]
We stowed the dock lines for the first time in over a year! Today we left Kodiak(town) and motor sailed the east side of Kodiak Island for a well protected anchorage in McDonald’s Lagoon. The winds were better yesterday, Thursday, but shortly after a 7 am departure we found ourselves […]