July 17

Yesterday I limited out in one hour and Gary limited out in 3. We had all the fish filleted and delivered to the fish processing shop by 5:30 and we actually had dinner at a decent hour! So now our total is 75 pounds! Yikes. We need to figure out what we’re going to do with 2 more days of fish. We’ll figure it out as we look at the total on Sunday.

This campground is like a big huge family party. It seems everyone knows everyone else and they all eat dinner at each other’s sites. They talk about their fishing stories of the day, compare how long it took everyone to limit-out, and of course eat grilled salmon for dinner. People are more than willing to share their favorite recipes with you and tell you the best way to fillet a fish. It’s a very fun, relaxed atmosphere.

I was talking to Gary & Tim at the front office today about the fish count. They said the run has definitely begun and the plane spotters are reporting 35 miles of salmon that are beginning to move in this direction. They say, from the air, it looks like a huge black line in the ocean. Amazing! Wouldn’t that be a sight to see.