Phew! That was a big day.
4:45 wake up
5:20 meet van to airport
6:00 take off from Ketchikan (on tarmac) in tiny plane
6:40 Arrive on floaters at lodge in Craig, Alaska (www.elcapitanlodge.com)
7:30 In a boat
4:00 Back from fishing
Our boat (4 of us) caught our limit in salmon (24!) and halibut (8).
Some quick thoughts -
Little plans take off very easily, but get blown around (but not too bad), and landing in water is fun and easy.
Fishing with a guide who does everything is fun.
Salmon are kind of fun to pull in (swim at 50 feet on average, not hard to haul in)
Halibut are on the bottom in 250 feet and require lots of manpower.
I caught 8 salmon (2 thrown back), 1 shark (thrown back), 3 halibut (kept).
Some pictures here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/webUpload?uname=rseidenwurm&aid=5230453420594581377
Also, on the lodge website they take pix of our daily catch.
Me tired.
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