Chitina kicks azz again! - 08/22/16
Yeah mine
Firshing was open as the river had dropped and fish were moving
So stayed up late loading the truck with all the essentials worked 10 hours on Sat & left the banks at 7 pm
Rolled into O'brien creek at 1a.m. Set out a bucket with my name in the line, hmmmm I'm 18 back, we'll see if I get out in the a.m. (Due to all the closures Hems is running on Sunday's and staying open an extra week)
K
Reclined the seat to try & catch a 3 hour nap in my lil taco truck
No dice, finally drifted off about 2:30.
Alarm went off at 4:30. I'm not worried if I don't get out I brought stuff to overnight, have done it before and caught a few winks on a slanted rock with a boiling eddy right below
But a new deal, you can go day or overnight but not both when your time is up they haul
your azz home
Poured some lukewarm coffee outa the Stanley and hustled my dry bag, nets, poles & stringers down to the line
Oh well I was the last guy out on the morning boats, shared it with 5 chicks, mom 2 daughters & 2 of their friends, very nice gals
Barely ran me across the river, not even in the canyon picked up a couple overniters off there
they had fish & some were some big hens
So attach the heavy net to the pole find the tail end of the eddy & proceed
Fished till 7 pm grabbed a snack a few times one handed
Peed when I had to put a fish on the stinger
That late in the year netted 4 dollies, hello Dollie & goodbye
Only ended up with 16 reds & 2 silvers & wore down to the nub
Thought perhaps I'd been better off to sweep some late Sunday off O'brien & go out today, but glad I didn't just saw on fb on hems page that fishing slowed considerably. They had some that didn't catch any : (
Really feel for those folks, guess it could have been worse
I'm too old for these marathon meat runs
I think chitina may turn into a 3-4 day affair for me,
Maybe take the camper & pull the boat down there
After high tailing it outa there on Sunday eve hit the hub had some terrible tok Thai food (skip it if u have options) but it was warm and filling
Pulled into gulkana river and slept a few more hours and hit the road early am had a so so bkfst in delta and hit home at 11, showered & crashed
Gears put away laundry done truck cleaned out
Now to go toss some reds in the freezer
And wonder when I'm gonna realize I can't push it like I used to
Firshing was open as the river had dropped and fish were moving
So stayed up late loading the truck with all the essentials worked 10 hours on Sat & left the banks at 7 pm
Rolled into O'brien creek at 1a.m. Set out a bucket with my name in the line, hmmmm I'm 18 back, we'll see if I get out in the a.m. (Due to all the closures Hems is running on Sunday's and staying open an extra week)
K
Reclined the seat to try & catch a 3 hour nap in my lil taco truck
No dice, finally drifted off about 2:30.
Alarm went off at 4:30. I'm not worried if I don't get out I brought stuff to overnight, have done it before and caught a few winks on a slanted rock with a boiling eddy right below
But a new deal, you can go day or overnight but not both when your time is up they haul
your azz home
Poured some lukewarm coffee outa the Stanley and hustled my dry bag, nets, poles & stringers down to the line
Oh well I was the last guy out on the morning boats, shared it with 5 chicks, mom 2 daughters & 2 of their friends, very nice gals
Barely ran me across the river, not even in the canyon picked up a couple overniters off there
they had fish & some were some big hens
So attach the heavy net to the pole find the tail end of the eddy & proceed
Fished till 7 pm grabbed a snack a few times one handed
Peed when I had to put a fish on the stinger
That late in the year netted 4 dollies, hello Dollie & goodbye
Only ended up with 16 reds & 2 silvers & wore down to the nub
Thought perhaps I'd been better off to sweep some late Sunday off O'brien & go out today, but glad I didn't just saw on fb on hems page that fishing slowed considerably. They had some that didn't catch any : (
Really feel for those folks, guess it could have been worse
I'm too old for these marathon meat runs
I think chitina may turn into a 3-4 day affair for me,
Maybe take the camper & pull the boat down there
After high tailing it outa there on Sunday eve hit the hub had some terrible tok Thai food (skip it if u have options) but it was warm and filling
Pulled into gulkana river and slept a few more hours and hit the road early am had a so so bkfst in delta and hit home at 11, showered & crashed
Gears put away laundry done truck cleaned out
Now to go toss some reds in the freezer
And wonder when I'm gonna realize I can't push it like I used to