Welcoming a Soldier Home
Luke and Pete with King Salmon
Many of you will remember Pete Hopley, who was our deckhand during the 1998 and 2000 seasons here in Homer. Since then, Pete has come back to fish with us and is now a licensed captain and also fishes on the Venturess with Travis Larson. Pete has been in the Guard for many years and last year was deployed to Iraq. He served there and returned this summer back home. We were so happy that he decided to come to Alaska to visit and have enjoyed having him here. Today he and our friend Luke, and I went fishing for king salmon. We managed to catch two kings and a couple of silvers and we topped it off with a nice tote full of tanner crab. We had a feast here at the house and some of the crab and salmon will go home with Pete for his family. For me, it was a special day spent with a couple of my favorite people.
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isaac said:
I had a great time fishing for silvers with Pete while I was up there – he is truly Master of the Downriggers! Didn’t take a lot of photos that trip, just this one of Pete giving the day 2 thumbs up:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/izik/3916267216/
captpete said:
Thanks for adding that photo, Isaac. Yeah, it’s like he was born with a downrigger crank in his hand. I think he really enjoyed the one electric model we have now!
Pete Hopley said:
Pete, had a lot of fun fishing with you and Isaac, and then you and Luke. Just like old times! I think thats only the second king I’ve ever caught In AK, both on the Julia Lynn. Me and the boys are driving down to see Ed tomorrow morning, looking forward to that and i will keep you posted.