About the third week of July, my friend and past boss called me and asked if I wanted to crew for the July 1 king salmon opening. As you may know if you follow this blog, I like king salmon. I'm not passionate about catching them, but they are a beautiful fish - as well as tasty and strong. After checking with the appropriate personnel, I said "Sure."
Tom cooked us a special "pre-season" dinner - steak on the BBQ on June 30. Once the season opened the next day, there wouldn't be time for fancy dinners. He's a good cook and it was great. We anchored up at Biorka and this photo looks back toward town. You can't see it from here so don't look too hard. The other boats are commercial trollers and are anchored up with us. I always like to see the mountains in the background with the clouds hanging above them.
As a little background, Tom's boat is a 46 foot troller named the "Lady Brijet." A troller catches fish with multiple leaders hanging off four lines that go as straight as possible down into the water. You can see the bow pole hanging out in front of the boat. One line hangs down from that. Then another line hangs down way out on the "main" pole which you can see amidships. The reels on the right of the picture pull the lines in and out using hydraulics.
You can see the poles again in this picture. The Lady Brijet is a very comfortable boat, with galley, dinette, and captain's chair in the main cabin - and sleeping berths up forward. There's a big fishhold in the middle of the boat where the gray box looking thing appears.
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