Valdez Fishing in the rain

7/11/10

300 inches of rain is a lot. It falls in a mist, a drizzle, a down pour and with wind and without. So, after picking everyone's brain we could find , buying harmonic spoons and Pink and Orange Pixies we finally went fishing. Our first unsuccessful attempt was from the shore. No fish. So we decided to go get the raft. The ads say 15 minutes to the water; well about an hour later we've finally loaded the pontoon and are on our way. What fun! The little raft is very maneuverable and the seats swivel all around so fishing is easy. Bosco caught the first fish but I couldn't land it with the net. I got better because I had more practise. Final score: Bosco 4- Kathy 2. We had decided to fish rain or not and for the most part it didn't rain much: more like misted-- drizzled on us. When we decided to come in the tide had gone out and we were pretty far from the way out so we had to improvised. It was either that or carry the pontoon over lots of rocks about 300 yards and up a hill. As it was; it was up hill, but the raft is only 75 pounds and a gentleman named Neal helped Bosco carry it.
Picture is Bosco rowing the Sea Eagle with Sea Lions in the background.

This is a beautiful city nestled harbor side ringed with snow covered mountains. Saw a black bear from camp last night. Sun happens to be shining this morning; first morning in a while. Valdez citizens are a hardy bunch; riding bikes and jogging in this rain; they don't seem to let a little thing like rain stop them.
Picture below is our catch!