Headed Home

Well we're sitting in the Anchorage airport waiting for the gate agents to show up so we can check all of our luggage. Jackson and I both decided when we were packing that we brought entirely too much stuff. It's hard to believe we've been in Alaska for two months. We ended the season by fishing non-stop from 7am Monday morning until 10pm Wednesday night, and then fishing again at 7am Thursday. Needless to say, the last week of the season wasn't quite as relaxing as I expected/hoped, but the work made the week go fairly quickly, so that was nice. Our flight doesn't leave until 9:10pm local time, so we have a while. Jackson is napping on the seats beside me. We're both pretty excited to be home, even though we checked the weather and saw that the forecast for the next few days is mid-90's. Little warmer than mid-50's... This summer was an amazing experience, and I'm sure I speak for Jackson when I say that the Chase's could not have been better hosts/bosses. Thanks so much guys, and we look forward to seeing you again, whether it's next year or further in the future.

Halibut Fishing

Friday and Saturday we weren't commercial fishing, so we went halibut fishing and camping on the family's 28 foot bayliner which slept 7 of us comfortably. It was a blast, and we ended up keeping 13 halibut between 7 and 20 lbs. We also dropped a crab pot and caught 5 tanner crabs which we ate for dinner along with the halibut...sooo good.

We are fishing again today. The morning pick was surprisingly good for being so close to the end of the season, though not many were reds. We are catching more off-species (silver and pink salmon).

We have pulled some of our fishing buoys already and will be pulling some more in the next couple of days - another sign that the end of the season is near. We only anticipate one more regular day of fishing after today. David and I had our plane tickets rescheduled for this coming Saturday, a week earlier than we were planning on.

I added some photos to my picasa album.