Day 28

What a day. We got up at 5am to get to the harbor in time for our fishing charter. We arrived in our rain gear and they gave us rain boots to wear. The boat was a sport boat that was captained by a guy named Eric. He was a young guy, who looked to be about 27 or so. The other passengers were an older lady who has fished the same charter for the last 20 year6s when she comes up to visit her friend. She was interesting. There was also another couple who kind of kept to themselves. It is still raining. Apparently it has been raining for 10 days before we even got here. They said it was the first day the fishing boats could get out. Eric took us out of resurrection bay and near cape resurrection. He demonstrated how to use the tackle and caught one on his first cast. We all went after them. We got our limit of 3 silver salmon a piece in 45 minutes. Eric was having a good time with us hollering “fish on” when one would get on a line. You are allowed 3 more back in the bay, so we headed back there. Amy had gotten a bit seasick as the seas were rough. She took some more motion sickness medicine and that seemed to help. The fishing slowed down in the bay. We stopped at one spot and Amy accidentally let her line go all the way to the bottom. This was a blessing in disguise as Amy hooked into a halibut. We all lowered our lines to the bottom. I hooked one next. Those halibut can get heavy and reeling them in from 200 feet deep will wear your arm out. We fished for more salmon but caught more halibut and various rockfish. We got back to the dock and the fish were filleted and packaged. We went back home to rest and prepare for our afternoon cruise in the bay for wildlife watching. The trailer is nasty and damp. Nothing will dry and the bathroom smells disgusting. If only it will stop raining. We took short naps and then we all went back to the docks for our whale watching cruise. On the way to the island stop we didn’t see anything. The visibility is terrible because of all the rain. Dinner was served. It wasn’t that good. The salmon had no flavor. Grant was hyper and hard to control as well. On the way back, we managed to see a humpback whale. That was pretty cool. We also were able to see seal lions, a soaring bald eagle and some puffins. Grant made friends with 2 little girls and followed them. After the cruise, on the shuttle bus back to the parking lot Grant talked to the little girls parents. He told them miscellaneous stories about things kids think are important. Then he said. Today I poopoo’ed in the potty. They told him how that was good. He then said “Daddy poopoo’ed in the potty too”. “His was a really BIG ONE”, as he held his arms like 2 feet apart. I about died of embarrassment. Tomorrow we leave. This rain is depressing.