Labor Day weekend is traditionally a time when we try to get out away from town for a few days, but this year I had to work Saturday and Sunday. Fortunately we wrapped up our work Sunday afternoon so I was able to get out for some salmon fishing on Monday.
The crew for this trip consisted of wife Lisa, and the two grandsons Tyler (9) and Bryan (7). And Cristina's boyfriend Ryan. Today was Tyler's 9th birthday!
And we also had our puppy Bambina ('Bina) on board today as well.
We had one goal for the day and that was to get as many Silvers in the boat as possible. It's that time of year when we try to fill our freezer with salmon to last over the long winter.
We did not go far from town, and just trolled two lines from the downriggers. Ryan rigged all the gear and worked the downriggers all day long and did a good job at it. When a fish hit we would all scramble with different people taking turns on the rod or on the net. We did lose a few but for the most part got all of them in that hit. We also got a few shakers (under sized Kings) which of course we shake off.
We didn't do as well as I did on the previous salmon fishing outing, but came home with a respectable catch.
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| Bryan (left) Tyler (right) |
Gee, I wonder who we could get to clean all these fish!
This catch got us a lot closer to our goal, but we still need some more. Typically I try to fish right up to the end of September, and then I take the salt water gear off the boat for the season. So we have a couple of weekends left to get a few more fish.
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