Fisher Girl DeLise

The 2nd King opener was much kinder to us with the best weather of the summer so far and fish to be caught – too bad it only lasted 4 days! King Salmon We had been having windy and rough weather on the outer coast. Winds were 20 – 30 knots, seas of 8 to 10 feet. Fish and Game announced a 5 day closure but we couldn’t even fish the last 2 days due to the rough seas. We headed out one morning into the waves but after bashing into them for what felt like an eternity but was probably only a few minutes, Doug turned us around and headed back into where we had anchored the night before. He knew his crew wasn’t going to be very helpful in that type of conditions (plus PacSon was taking a beating as well)! Luckily, there is a passage around Yakobi Island through Lisianski Strait and into Lisianski Inlet that is protected from the worst of it and we were able to take that route into Elfin Cove to pitch our fish. Coho (L) and King Salmon (R) In order to head into Juneau...

Sow with 2 cubs A sow with 2 tiny cubs came out onto the beach 50 yards away from where we were anchored and preceded to walk the beach around us for about 45 minutes. She casually lifted 100 lb rocks as if they were as light as potato chips to search for grubs. One cub “White Spot” followed closely behind while the 2 nd cub, “I’m OK on my own” followed around 30 feet behind. She was a beauty, light brown with black boots and black on her hump while they were black cubs (making them hard to see against the low tide line in the picture). Where the bear swam across in front of us “Grubs and greens for dinner kids.” When Mama Bear was thru with the grubs she went up to the grass for a little greens to add to her evening meal. White Spot followed her but I’m OK wandered around the beach on his own. She then literally pulled herself up the 15’ to 20’ cliff. I didn’t realize they were such good climbers – so much for trying to climb a tree to get away from a bear! Whit...