I got a call from my good friend Boo of Tall Tale Charters in Homer.
The conversation went like this.
Boo: Hey, what are you doing tomorrow?
Me: Well, I’ve got things I’m doing at the cabins.
Boo: Do you want to help me out on a shakedown fishing trip? I have a couple of your cabin guests booked and I need another angler.
Me: Yeah, that stuff can wait. What time do you want me to be on the dock?
I met up with Boo at 7am. After an hour boat ride our first stop of the morning was to fish for pacific cod. They were in thick it so only took one drift to catch what we needed.
Our next stop would be for rockfish. It didn’t take too long to catch our limits.
We caught mostly black rockfish, but also caught a couple of yellow eye rockfish and copper rockfish. Here’s deckhand Oliver holding a copper rockfish.
Next, it was time to chase halibut. It only took a couple of spots to find what we needed. From left to right is Mike, Blogger Keith, Travis, and Carla.
It was a treat to have fresh rockfish tacos.
Well, halibut/rockfish nachos aren’t too bad either.
After a severe winter, I’ve been a little worried about not seeing many moose this spring. Not any more. On the way to Homer I saw 15 moose and 3 calves.
Question. Why did the moose cross Beaver Creek?
To get to the green grass!
See you next week. The topic will be river salvaging.
The Dock Is In!