For those of you who have been tracking our Alaskan Adventures; I apologize for the long times between our posts. Summer here is fast & furious, even though the days are very long the season is short and we have to cram as much as we can into each day. That leaves very little time for writing. On the flip side winters days are short and the season long leaving lots of time for writing and other indoor projects.
As I sit here preparing this blog the rain is coming down steadily with a slight breeze. The temp is moderate but just a little to wet for our liking as far as outdoor activities are concerned. The cottonwood trees are changing into their bright gold colored fall dresses and living up to it's name the fireweed is once again a fiery red. The tall march grass has turned from bright green to a light peachy color and is beginning to lay down, creating their own little nests getting ready for the winter's cold ice and snow. By the end of October the cottonwoods will be naked waiting for the hoarfrost to wrap their branches with it's cold breath leaving behind soft sparkly tendrils of white and the beautiful Alaskan winter wonder land will be upon us once again. When the time comes I will of course be posting new photos of all these wondrous transformations, but in the mean time if you would like to see some of the photos from last year click here.
Looking Back. The fishing this summer has not been as productive as it has been the last two. Even though the fish counts were high the actual runs were small and sporadic. We did real good on the Kings with both of us getting our limits of nice bright fish. We did not land any of the monsters that the Kenai River is known for but I did land what is probably the BIGGEST fish I have ever caught!! (see June 16th blog) The red runs are done now and I have not caught any? Mark did land a few so we at least have some fish in the freezer, and we still have the late silver run.
Sept. 10, 2007 We fished the Swanson River located north of the town of Kenai. It is a small river, not very wide
and with a slow lazy current. The perfect river for kayaks and canoes. The rain should clear up on Friday and we plan to return WITH the kayaks. (and cameras!!) The fishing was better than I expected as well, I hooked & landed a 10lb silver on my first cast!! However it was pretty dark so Mark released it hoping for some brighter fish. Unfortunately it was the only silver I was able to land that day. (I will make up for it on our next trip!!) Mark landed and kept 3 more all of them were on the dark side but they did smoke up real nice!
Summer Highlights. I would have to say that the biggest highlight this summer would be our Washington trip. We bought a new camcorder for the trip so we actually have way more video than pictures. I will add some of the video later if I can figure out how ;o) Like all vacations it was fast & furious and as always way to short. We were able to spend some time with all but one of the kids.
It was kinda strange doing the tourist thing in Seattle, but interesting to see the city from that point of view.
We of course made a couple of day trips to Homer this year as well. On one of these trips we found a nice comfortable place to fish from the rocks on the bay side of the Homer Spit. We had heard that people some times catch Halibut and sea bass here. Mark did land 2 very small halibuts and we did see some silver salmon caught near by. However our biggest catch of the day was this weird Frankenfish!! As you can see it was a huge monster and as ugly as any fishermen's worst nightmare!!
The official name for this fish is Irishlord.
No seabass or lingcod. Oh well, I guess we will just have to wait until we can get a boat in order to take advantage of Alaska's best. AND if all goes well that will be VERY soon!!
In closing for this blog, no trip to Homer is complete with out at least a couple of sunset photos! All in all this has been a very good summer and in spit of todays weather, it isn't quite over yet!
As I sit here preparing this blog the rain is coming down steadily with a slight breeze. The temp is moderate but just a little to wet for our liking as far as outdoor activities are concerned. The cottonwood trees are changing into their bright gold colored fall dresses and living up to it's name the fireweed is once again a fiery red. The tall march grass has turned from bright green to a light peachy color and is beginning to lay down, creating their own little nests getting ready for the winter's cold ice and snow. By the end of October the cottonwoods will be naked waiting for the hoarfrost to wrap their branches with it's cold breath leaving behind soft sparkly tendrils of white and the beautiful Alaskan winter wonder land will be upon us once again. When the time comes I will of course be posting new photos of all these wondrous transformations, but in the mean time if you would like to see some of the photos from last year click here.
Looking Back. The fishing this summer has not been as productive as it has been the last two. Even though the fish counts were high the actual runs were small and sporadic. We did real good on the Kings with both of us getting our limits of nice bright fish. We did not land any of the monsters that the Kenai River is known for but I did land what is probably the BIGGEST fish I have ever caught!! (see June 16th blog) The red runs are done now and I have not caught any? Mark did land a few so we at least have some fish in the freezer, and we still have the late silver run.
Sept. 10, 2007 We fished the Swanson River located north of the town of Kenai. It is a small river, not very wide
and with a slow lazy current. The perfect river for kayaks and canoes. The rain should clear up on Friday and we plan to return WITH the kayaks. (and cameras!!) The fishing was better than I expected as well, I hooked & landed a 10lb silver on my first cast!! However it was pretty dark so Mark released it hoping for some brighter fish. Unfortunately it was the only silver I was able to land that day. (I will make up for it on our next trip!!) Mark landed and kept 3 more all of them were on the dark side but they did smoke up real nice! 
Summer Highlights. I would have to say that the biggest highlight this summer would be our Washington trip. We bought a new camcorder for the trip so we actually have way more video than pictures. I will add some of the video later if I can figure out how ;o) Like all vacations it was fast & furious and as always way to short. We were able to spend some time with all but one of the kids. 
It was kinda strange doing the tourist thing in Seattle, but interesting to see the city from that point of view.
We of course made a couple of day trips to Homer this year as well. On one of these trips we found a nice comfortable place to fish from the rocks on the bay side of the Homer Spit. We had heard that people some times catch Halibut and sea bass here. Mark did land 2 very small halibuts and we did see some silver salmon caught near by. However our biggest catch of the day was this weird Frankenfish!! As you can see it was a huge monster and as ugly as any fishermen's worst nightmare!!
The official name for this fish is Irishlord.
No seabass or lingcod. Oh well, I guess we will just have to wait until we can get a boat in order to take advantage of Alaska's best. AND if all goes well that will be VERY soon!!
In closing for this blog, no trip to Homer is complete with out at least a couple of sunset photos! All in all this has been a very good summer and in spit of todays weather, it isn't quite over yet!
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