Fishing and Catching

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Wow, are we tired! We left our camping spot about 7 am and headed out for the river. It’s about 4 or 5 miles, and still within the state park. This is an excellent state park. If I remember correctly, there are about nine miles of paved paths throughout the park, for biking or walking. It is about one mile out to the beach where there is a parking lot on a little rise, and we like to go out there for some of our meals. In previous visits, we have seen whales just off shore. There are remnants of an old shipwreck on the beach, and it is the closest beach to the campground, so very popular. The wind can really blow the sand around out there! A few years ago we brought our bikes over and probably rode all the trails. By the end of the trip we had learned how to conquer the fairly steep hill just off the campground. We didn’t bring the bikes this trip, but there are sure a lot of them here!

Anyway, back to the river. After parking along the approach to the beach, Barney and Fred gear up to carry all the fishing necessities about a half mile down the beach. There are a lot of people that drive out to the fishing area, but we don’t think it would be wise with the extra weight of the campers. So they trudge out to the firmer sand where the walking is easier and go on out to find a good spot. 

After getting them off, Betty and Wilma went back to the campground to take showers, then went back to the parking area at the beach. Mid morning we fixed sandwiches and took them out, and then sat out there for a while. Most of the other people fishing are very friendly, and they all seem to know if any fish have been caught. 

Monday hadn’t been a good catching day, but on Tuesday Fred had one on that we think the seal got before it could be brought in because much of Fred’s tackle was gone when he reeled the line back in. He tried again and caught a nice wild one that had to be put back in (wild fish are not legal to keep). Then he caught another, and just before netting it, the knot gave out and away it went!  Not much later, Barney reeled one in that was a nice keeper. 

Barney's really nice Salmon.

We were able to nab two camping sites, even when the sign said they were full. Of course they weren’t together, but they were in the same loop.

It had been really foggy most of the day, but that finally burned off. After returning from fishing, we needed to run in to Freddies to check on some fishing tackle. We were just too tired to go play a round of golf, so we went out to the overlook and fixed our dinner of salmon, salad and corn on the cob. We really suffer on the camping meals-yeah, right!  And it was mostly sunny, warm, and no wind. But as said in the beginning, we were so tired we didn’t stay to see the sunset, just went back to camp and crashed.
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