Rick Birch was in town this weekend and we were able to get his family out crabbing. There is nothing more I like to do than introducing young people to the fun of catching crab in Kachemak Bay. Rick went with us last year and we have planned taking his girls out all year…..here is the result. It was alot of fun and am sure they will enjoy the crab as much as Debra and I did.

Well, guess it took our friends from Minnesota to head back to college for us to get the weather we were missing all summer. At least it came and has been a very welcome reprieve. We have been enjoying 60-70 degree weather with sun during the day and a beautiful full moon shining on the Bay at night. Fishing has been good and yesterday we took some of the young people that keep Coal Point Trading Company running fishing for salmon and halibut. We saw humpback whales on the way out and set the gear and caught a nice white king salmon. We continued out and trolled for a couple of hours and caught another two kings and two silvers. We spent an hour on the anchor and caught twelve halibut….nothing over twenty pounds, but good action and we were back in the harbor by 1:30, so they could get to work by two. It was a fun day and I am sure their families will appreciate getting some fresh fish to eat. I have always been impressed with the way the employees of Coal Point Trading Company work together as a family. It was good to find out where these young people are from and where they are going. A most enjoyable day. And yes, I let them fillet their own fish on the way home!

We have had some success catching a few silvers lately, but it doesn’t seem to be developing into a banner year. There are some really nice size fish being caught though, and when we get at least one for each angler, well, we feel pretty good. Halibut has continued to be good and when we can get out to the middle of the Inlet or down to the Islands, well, we get the bigger ones. Those that are close at hand on the rough days and when we are fishing the combination trips are good average size fish that are very good eating size. Yet another octopus has been caught in the crab pots and has come home to become either smoked tako or tako poke. This is a big treat for us and for Jona and Meghan, they provide some entertainment. And last, we here at Capt. Pete’s would like to say a fond farewell to Jona, who worked hard for us this year and if you got to meet her, you know how hard it would be to say goodbye. Our hope is that she will decide to return in 2011.