Tuesday July 18th – day 46 – Kenai
Quote for the day:
Heard on the local country radio station: “Did you know that salmon
prefer country music over any other kind of music?”
Ladies dropped Travis and I off in the rain along the banks
of the Kenai. I assumed that because it was raining, there would be less
fishing pressure. WRONG! There were way more people fishing this
morning. Alas, we found a spot, but it
was deeper wading than I normally like. the rain of course, was cold, so chilly
time on the water. Travis managed to swamp his hip waders and ended up REALLY
chilly…. I ended up hanging into about 8
different fish, but only got one to the net.
Most were poorly hooked, and pulled off quick, but one took out tons of
line and finally spit the hook. The one I did catch was really nice though, so
still a good day. Travis and I are
considering a really early morning run in the morning to try to get in one of
the better spots. We leave for Seward tomorrow, so this is our last chance at
the sockeye.
Meanwhile, the smarter pair of the family (ladies) went to
Nikiski and swam for a couple hours in the public pool. They have a cool water slide and a diving
board, so Amanda had a great time.
Dukes Transmission finished up the tranny rebuild today and
it’s running good. $4k down on
that. Nothing is cheap in AK, and that
includes transmission rebuilds. Dang….. Alas.... Big Red is back on the road, and I was at least able to turn in the rental car. :)
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