Alaska Day 3 FISH ON!!

I apologize for the dramatic delay in the updates.

The first posts came from a campsite with wi-fi

and now we are where there is none.

relying on my phone tether i have downloaded these pictures

no less then 6000 times

and FINALLY it worked!!

sooooo

on with the show....

on day three we went out on a fishing charter

we had to be at the dock at 6:15 to board the crackerjack Voyager

this was a 14 person fishing charter

with a skipper and two deck hands

when we left the weather was looking rainy and ominous

I joked with Rich  about going on a Threeee hourrrrr tourrrr (think Gilligan)

well little did we know that we really were going 3 hours out on the ocean!!!

just to get to our fishing spot

wowzers....

the weather was bad which equates to bad seas

I was (very proudly) the only one in our group to not get sea sick

and one of only a handful on the boat that didn't loose their breakfast

 Leaving Seward Alaska

it was an amazing view on the way out

 This was our deckhand, Nick preparing bait

we saw big horn sheep

once we reached our destination, 25 miles off shore

we began to fish

this is our other deck hand, "BigTuna" helping Grandpa get set up

And Austin scores one of the first Halibut!

and Austin was the FIRST to make his 2 Halibut limit

Winner Winner!!!

Rich had some fun reeling them in...

Here is a keeper...Rich Caught 5 but was picky about which two he would keep

After everyone met their limit on Halibut we moved on

back to closer shores and Salmon Fishing

Grandpa and the ocean did not get along so good

but he was feeling better by the time we got back to calmer waters

 Austin was nearly the first person to meet his 3 limit Salmon too!

what a super fisherman he was that day!!

Here is Grandpa's catch coming up....

Nice catch Grandpa

Rich and Austin hanging out after they were done

seagulls fallowing the boat

(if you click on any of the pictures they will give you a bigger view)

 a boat load of fish

and a GREAT day fishing!!!