I am back! The trip to Alaska was unbelievable. We apent 7 days and nights on a fishing boat. Our captain was Rich Billings - an envirnmentalist that spent 15 years working for the forest service mapping reefs, observing animals, and measuring forest growths on Baranof, Kuiu, Admiralty, and chichagof islands. We caught about 1000 lbs of fish including sockeye salmon, coho salmon, king salmon, halibut, and various other species that we could not keep. We witnessed humpback whales bubble-netting (a phenomenon where the blow bubbles deep under water below a halibut bait ball and then shoot straight up with their mouths open to eat the fish. We saw a group of 4 or 5 breaching at the same time. They carried on like this for over an hour while we were in little trolling boats about 100 yards away. We saw two bears fighting above a stream. We saw coho salmon jumping up a 8 foot waterfall (and yes a few of them actually made it). We saw an eagle working for over an hour getting food for his new family. We saw sea lions, seals, sea otters, and many other animals. I will write longer later once I get my pictures straight. I have to go get the fish from the airport (we have 10 boxes, about 500 lbs of fresh fish - I look forward to sharing it with all of you!
It was like being Huck Fin for over a week.
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Great stuff Larry. Glad you had such an awesome time. Sounds like it was truly an outdoor adventure. Wish I could be there sooner than later to dine on some fresh fish. I'm sure it will still be good in November.
Can't wait to see pictures.
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