We've come full circle. In 2005, Bryant set up his river raft with a motor and floor board to use on the ocean for fishing and exploring. We went to Homer caught a few halibut and . . . . . .
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| 2005 - The first halibut caught from the raft. |
. . . the desire for a bigger boat was born. A cuddy cabin on an 18' bayrunner aluminum skiff caught our attention. We soon became proud owners of the Predato(r) (the r was missing and we adopted the name Pre-da-to.)
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| For 2 1/2 summers, we used the Predato. |
After spending about 70 nights in the cramped hard cabin of the
Predato, I willingly agreed with Bryant when he said we needed a bigger boat. That is when we bought
Sol Searching.
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| Sol Searching in Seldovia Harbor - Summer 2008 |
In November of 2009,
Sol Searching was trailered to the Sea of Cortez and now we are back to where we started from, camping on spit and fishing from the river raft. Only this time, we are missing the motor.
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| Memorial Weekend 2011 - Bryant rowing to our fishing hole. |
The first day out, I caught the bigger fish.
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| These halibut weigh about 20 - 25 pounds. |
I took some pictures of my favorite Homer scenes.
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| Bald Eagle in the weeds |
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| Immature Bald Eagle looking at fish carcasses |
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| Homer Spit beach |
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| Good Morning - coffee time! |
Then on our last day out, with one more fish needed to limit, and two bits of bait left to use . . . Bryant hooks a big one. After gaffing it, we managed to finagle the fish aboard and subdue it with a piece of driftwood and a borrowed fish club from the nearby dingy. Bryant used an NRS rafting strap to tie it to the raft floorboard and other than an occasional tail flop on the row in, the big fish didn't have any opportunity to give us any grief . . . although it did allow us the opportunity tell a good fish story!
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| This halibut measured 4'6" and weighed about 80 lbs. |
