July 12th

THE DETAILS

THE WEATHER: Beautiful sunny day for a change! It feels wonderful. High in the upper 60’s

THE DISTANCE: 0

THE FISH COUNT! 8,548 (the count for the 11th)

So Gary’s livin’ the dream here in Alaska. Yesterday, on the river, did not end until almost 11 pm. He caught his limit by bringing in 2 more fish before the day was over. He felt pretty proud of himself. The second one was 25 inches long and 7 ½ pounds, and the third was just about the same. We now have about 10 pounds of salmon in our freezer and it can’t hold any more. There are shops set up that are fish processing stores. We inquired at the one here by the campground and found that to mail 50 pounds of fish would be the cheapest way to go. That means the pressure is on! Gary would need to catch approximately 12 fish to acquire 50 lbs of meat. That would equal “limiting out” for 4 days (there is a 3 fish limit on this river).

Before I went to post this he had another one. I was on the river for 3 hours but only had one on for about a minute before he got loose. While we were both out there we actually saw a seal swimming on the other side of the river! Other than that, there’s nothing new here in Alaska. I’m going to post a couple of pictures that I forgot to yesterday.


For those who are interested: The Cribbage Count: Gary 6/ Debbie 9