We caught ou own fish bait. They were small herring that were in large schools. The birds were feeding on them from above and the whales from below. We caught them on small hooks with white feathers on them several at a time.
Mary ann hooked something she could not get to come up. The boat Captian helped her and said that he thought it was an octupus. She finaly got it reeled up out of water that was 300 feet deep. It was an octupus and the Captain said he thought it was about 70 lbs. He did not want to bring it on the boat. After we had seen it and taken pictures of it we cut it loose and it grabbed for the bottom of the boat.
We went from Glacier Bay to Ketchican to fish for both Salmon and Halibut. We fished for five days and had a very good catch each day. The following is a picture of the catch on each of those five days. Most of you got some of this fish or we fixed some of it for you at the family reunion we held in Idaho. It was pretty good stuff.
5 comments:
hi! you have a very impressive blog.
I love your blog! So fun to see the pictures of the temple. Blogging is such a great way to stay in touch. It was fun to see you at Richard's engagement party. Bill, don't forget to keep the shower curtain inside the tub! Ha! Loved it!
Yah grandpa you put on the fishing post! That is so cool how many fish you caught!!
Love mom in her hat! Never fails to impress me what fisher-people you are given the chance. 'Specially you Dad. If Chris has the truck in Texas, how're you gonna get to Strawberry when you get home? By the way, where's the boat? Course, the fish in these pictures sure aren't from any old lake, even a majorly beautiful one. Loved the halibut you shared fried in my Fry Daddy!
Those pictures are CRAZY! The fist are enormous. That squid is bigger than Grandma. Alaska seems amazing... can't wait to tag along one day and learn to love halibut. I guess if you fry anything long enough it can taste delicious. :)
Love ya!
Katy
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