Monday, August 5, 2013

Halibut fishing in the Gulf of Alaska

We enjoyed a cool and rainy Sunday here in Homer.  Bob, Bobby, and Don went down to the end of the Spit to try a little surf fishing.  Fishing was pretty good though we employed “catch and release” for those fish not wanting to clean them in the rain.  

All were up quite early Monday (5 A.M.) and off to do some halibut fishing out in the Gulf of Alaska.  We boarded the Nauti-Lady and headed out about 27 miles.  We all caught our limit of two halibut as we share with you below.  We arrived back around noon and headed to Coal Point Fish Processing with about 50 pounds of fresh halibut.  Bobby will be shipping it home via FEDEX tomorrow morning.


Tuesday will find us moving north again to center Kenai as we plan one more fishing trip on Wednesday on the Kenai River for salmon and trout.

Departing Homer at 7:10 AM

Sharon and Don both have fish on quickly

Sharon lands a "keeper"

Joy is up next cranking in 260 feet of line

Joy and the Captain land a nice one

Joy strikes again!!!!!

Bobby hauls in a nice one (the halibut)

Our catch for the day

Fileting the halibut begins on the way in

Seeing Homer, AK with Bobby

8/4/13

Our son Bob arrived Friday morning to visit this week.  Despite a rainy forecast we have planned out our week ahead.

Friday afternoon we arranged for a float-plane sightseeing flight around Kachemak Bay, and on Monday a halibut fishing trip for the five of us.  Our flight was informative and allowed for many pictures of the area.

We had dinner at Fat Olive’s Restaurant here in Homer.  This Italian place was quite busy but the food was worth the wait.


Saturday dawned rainy and cool so we lounged around most of the day with Bob cedar-plank grilling some or our fresh salmon in the evening.  Sunday we may take in the Pratt Museum or the Alaska Sea Life Center.

The first sunrise we had seen in many weeks

Our view this morning

Bobby, Joy, Don ready for takeoff at Stellar Air dock

Airborne off Homer, AK

Note the curved runway on a sandbar

Seldovia, AK across the Bay from Homer

Glacier flight-seeing

Halibut Cove, AK where our friends
Bob and Sharon were having dinner as we flew by

Our motorhomes on the beach (center-right)

A Bald Eagle cruises by our window

Another Eagle looking for his supper

Homer small boat harbor

Yummy Italian Food