Halibuts

This year's 4th of July was another one for the memory books. We got to go halibut fishing with the one and only Dave Rose!

The crew?

Dave, our fearless captain and halibut fishing guru

David

Johanna

Eric

Kara

and me.

David, Johanna, Eric, Kara and I woke up at 5am to make the trek down to Homer, Alaska. We meandered around the area a bit before meeting up with Dave and his boat to begin our halibut fishing adventure. 

The first evening was pretty choppy (but no sickness - thank you less-drowsy dramamine!) so Dave took us for a nice boat ride, and then out for a bit to teach us the basics of halibut fishing. The water wasn't great for fishing (though David caught one - go David, go!), so we decided to head into Seldovia and do the majority of our fishing the next day. 

We shared a nice meal of pasta on the boat before we packed up our stuff and walked to our campsite a mile or so away. It was a beautiful spot - right on the beach. We set up camp and were asleep shortly after. The next morning we woke up, packed up, and walked back to town where we happened across a fun and quirky 4th of July parade. Fun detour!

After getting some coffee, we made our way back to the boat, and before long were realin' in the big ones. Or maybe I should say the medium ones. Regardless, they felt big to me! There were six of us on the boat, and we got the day's limit of 12 halibut total. We headed back to Homer, where Dave taught us how to fillet a halibut, and at the end of the day, we had 95lbs of meat! Can't complain about that! 

We drove back and enjoyed some fireworks at midnight from our apt - a little celebration :) Thanks Dave for the awesome trip!

Early morning road trippin'

Hello Homer!

Happy on the boat.

David caught the first one!

Pasta on the boat.

Our lovely beach campsite in Seldovia.

Tents.

Seldovia 4th of July Parade watching.

Eric's first catch.

My first catch.

We've got some halibut!

Anchorage 4th of July fireworks from our apartment window. What a great day!