This past weekend Sever and I headed to Ketchikan, to see his family, and of course to go fishing. We got into town Friday night, and were greeted by Sever's mom and dad, sister, grandma, and grandpa. The next morning Sever, Jan, Meghan, and I got up at 5:30am to go fishing. Before we headed out on the boat we went and signed up for salmon derby tickets. On our way out of town we decided to draw straws for the first fish, lucky for me I drew first place in the batting order. By 9am, we had our first fish on. Being a king salmon amateur, I needed a trusty fishing coach, Sever excitedly took on the role. He coached me through the "reel up, reel down, keep your tip up, don't reel towards the fish..." process and I finally landed a 16.7 pound king salmon.
We had a great day out on the boat, but unfortunately only caught one fish. We made it back just in time for the graduation BBQ with Sever's extended family. Both Meghan and I graduated with our MAT and Sever's cousin, Nicci, graduated from high school. The next day Sever, Jan, and I headed out fishing, again at 5:30am. By 9am Sever had landed his first king salmon of the season, at this point we were hoping that unlike the day before we would catch another fish after 9am. Since fishing locations are top secret, I must not spill the beans~ we were out in the open ocean however when we encountered a pod of killer whales. We stayed out until sundown, Jan caught a fish on the evening bite.
We had a great trip and are excited for our big move and future pup! Hope everyone is doing well and we hope to write again soon!
