Aug 18, 2005

Winds and rain as forecast. I listened to the hourly wind reports at the Cape Edgecumbe and Fairweather buoys. As the winds continued to come down, I pulled anchor to poke my nose out into the Gulf to test the weather. Before I got to the mouth of Lisianski, I met the Ellie IV, owned by my friend Jons. He said he was headed inside due to weather, so I turned around and put my gear down in the Inlet in the calm waters. I made one loop. When I pulled my gear, I shook half a dozen pinks and 2 cohos, as the fishing didn’t look promising enough to keep fishing. On the last spoon on the last line pulled was a white king salmon which I did not shake, and I returned to the anchorage. I cleaned and iced the king, then did chores like changing the tag donut on the starbard heavy line, tightened the hydraulic pump belts, and tidied up the cabin before taking a nap. When I awoke in mid afternoon ready to head out fishing, I turned on the weather to hear the updated forecast. T!
he light winds for the Cape Cross area were now changed to 30 kt easterlies, so I stayed put. I’ll fish Cross Sd tomorrow, then head inside the following day – home if I fill the boat tomorrow. Been out of cell range for 5 days now (what we call bliss), and hope the business hasn’t collapsed when I renew contact with America.
Made one of my new favorite dinners last evening – one can of kidney beans, a can of diced Italian tomatoes, a pound of deer sausage, a half cup of instant rice and a cup or water. Brown sausage in olive oil, add to beans and tomatoes, simmer. Then add rice and water, simmer till rice sets up. Serves 1 for two to 3 days.

Mark Stopha
F/V Dutch Master
Alaska Wild Salmon Co
4455 N Douglas Hwy
Juneau, Alaska 99801
907-463-3115

——————————
Sent via PocketMail
Email Anywhere
www.pocketmail.com

Subscribe to Mark's blog via email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.