Alaska day 3 "AFTER THE CATCH"

After we got off the boat, the deck hands took the fish in big wheel barrows

up to the weighing and cleaning area

they hung the catches of the day here

This is Nick and Big Tuna hanging all the fish from the day.

Each boat's deck hands line up here and wait their turn to hang the fish

and the people that were on that particular days trip on each boat

can go up and get pictures with the fish

 Nick and Tuna arranging the fish..

the weird looking one in the middle is a lingcod

then on each side are the Halibut

and then they lay out the Salmon in front

 Thats us...Rich had the two biggest Halibut of the day

this is Austin with his two new buddies

Nick and Big Tuna

this is the boat that came in right after us....

i just wanted you to see the size of that Halibut in the middle

I think they said it was just over 100 pounds

 After everyone is done taking pictures they take all the fish to another outdoor area

of the dock and they filet it all for you

then you can decide how you want to take it...

fresh in bags and out the door

or you can choose to process it and have it shipped home

we ended up with almost exactly 50 pounds of fish

after it was fileted

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!!!

Alaska Day 3

Teaser...will be back with more

Alaska Day 2/Afternoon

After the boys fished in the morning we headed over to the

one place that Austin REALLY could not stop talking about.

The wildlife conservation center!

this is a refuge for Animals that have been inured

or whatever else has brought them to this new (sometimes temporary) home

First we say these Brown bear cubs

they are 17 months old and

their mothers were killed

they are not siblings but have grown up to be

brother and sister

they are being hand fed but the trainers are very careful to

not treat them like pets.

they have rarely (maybe only a couple times)

been touched

In the Pen next to the cubs was this black bear...

he was a hoot

while everyone was looking at the feeding demonstration

of the cubs, he was showing off like no other!

 next was this Caribou

 great horned owl

 Moose

 an adult brown bear

 look at those claws

 wood Buffalo

 Elk....and a yellow jacket lol

 after we let there we drove toward Steward and stopped a lake to try fishing again

we saw a sea plane doing touch and go's

that was pretty cool

and this last picture is just for Austin's friend Dan....

Alaska Day 2/ Morning

First thing in the morning....dad and Grandpa took Austin to the

river just up from our campground to give him a little practice in his

waders...

looking to catch some trout....

no luck....

Fish 1 Boys 0

 Rich giving Austin alittle instruction

 Grandpa

 Rich

 Austin

 Grandpa

 Rich

 Grandpa

The boys....