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Back in Alaska

This is fishing...the real behind the scenes reality of it. It's all the bits and pieces, the countless hours and nuances that lead up to getting the net in the water. It's time you spend with no reward but for the possibility of hauling a boat-load in the future. Without the pre-season there is no season. Come Sunday the payback will begin. Not necessarily for Bob or I but we've only been here for the tail end of it anyways...

All is well, everyone is looking forward to leaving the dock behind for a couple days and heading out, there is a opener from noon on Sunday to noon Monday, followed by a forty-eight hour stint starting Monday noon, a couple hours running time away. Three days in all, should be fun. I've found what very well could be my vessel. The Mirage, not exactly a looker but starter boats arn't ment to be. With some time and money I could have it in the water and ready to fish by next summer. That means alot of fishing/work between now and then. Fate gets her hand as well, someone else could scoop it up before I can afford the buy in, but I'm okay with that. It would need to be towed South, hauled out and re-powered, but the buy in is only 7,000 (and its been on market at that price for two years, so hopefully more like 4,500). I'm looking into the other costs involved for now, but hope the total to be fishing next summer would fall between 20,000 and 30,000. A large bite, but not impossible...I'm trying to balance realistic with hopefull for now we'll see where this leads...

I'm not making any money now, and likely won't be for another two weeks which is sort of a lame deal, but am enjoying myself. Have gone for a couple hikes, help out on the last minute boat projects, do alot of walking around the harbor and town. Spend some time in the library, reading, dreaming and the likes,

I'll an update on how the fishing went when we get back in, check back in a few...

Back to Alaska

Monday June 2 2008

Off to Wrangell to make some $$$ with Dale Hoppin in search of the wild salmon