Ocean Fishing--Day 3

We woke up to a beautiful morning!  It was calm enough that we were able to go out into the open ocean waters.  I was amazed at how beautiful and calm it was!  It felt like we were on a lake! 

We again started jigging for fish, sometimes we anchored and sometimes we drifted.  It was fun to jig and feel the differences in the ocean bottom.  Sometimes it was really rocky and we got our lines hooked on rocks if we didn't jig fast enough.

The highlights of the day:  Brett caught a  pretty big shark (I caught one too, but mine was only about 18 inches long),

Brenlon caught 3 sea cucumbers (they seemed to like him!),

Treyton caught a huge ling cod (49 pounds),

and I caught a huge halibut (110 pounds)!!

  Treyton also caught a huge skate (Bill said it was about 250 pounds).  We let it go, as it wasn't good for eating. 

We also caught a big sunfish.

 The kids loved checking it out.

It was an amazing trip that we will cherish.  Lots of fish, crabbing, laughter, and most important time together.

Ocean fishing, Day 2

On day 2,  we fished for salmon in the early morning.  We then went further out to start jigging for other types of fish.  We had a great time, and caught an amazing amount of different kinds of fish:  halibut, ling cod, rock fish, snapper, and sole.  Brenlon had the biggest catch of the day:  a 46 pound halibut!  It was so fun to watch the kids reel in those fish!

We slept hard, and couldn't wait to see what day 3 brought!

Ocean Fishing

In August, we took our family ocean fishing in British Columbia. We had an amazing time together, and hope to do it again soon. We charted a boat with Bill Stanley (Brett's scout master when he was growing up). He was great to work with, and made the trip really fun. We got on the boat in Port Edward.

Our first day fishing, we caught mostly salmon. The kids got bored fairly quickly, so we went to where Bill docks for the night, and spent the rest of the day exploring the beaches. Bill showed Treyton and Brenlon how to work the crab traps, and they caught crab for us to eat every night. Yum!!