July 17th, 2012: An Easy Day in Homer
After freezing the halibut, not all as we grilled some for
dinner, we planned an easy day in Homer. Renita had a hair appointment, I
needed to work on some cupboard damage, and of course we just had to go fishing
at the end of the spit.
Of the three things fishing on the spit was by far the most
fun, at least for me anyway, so I am going to concentrate on that. We got up
and left the fifth wheel at eight am. Low tide was forecast a little later and
we wanted to get there and fish when we could easily cast to the standing
piers.
There was only one other fisherman, when we arrived and so we
hurried down to our spot. It was a good thing we did as soon a large family
showed up in two vehicles and crowded around us. Today we had bought herring
instead of squid for bait, in hopes of catching a starry flounder and Renita
quickly had a fish on!
It was a rock sole, or at least that’s what we think it was,
and we were trying for flounder so she released it back into the water. We both
had bites as fast as we cast in and ended up landing a dozen plus of the sole,
but no flounders.
Renita pointed out a strange looking jelly fish and I caught
two star fish. All of this took place in about two hours and we soon ran out of
bait. We didn’t keep any of the sole but it was fun to watch Renita catch fish,
she’s really good don’t you know!
Fish and one of the nicest days in Alaska so far, what else could
anyone ask for? Clear skies
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