The Crystal Dawn took a trip without me. My son and 2 friends went to Seward for a day of fishing on Tuesday. I had a work event that kept me from going. The left about 12:30 Tuesday morning, took a little nap in the parking lot and launched about 5:30. They ran to Mary's Bay on Rugged Island first to fish the high tide for Halibut. No luck but the arrow tooth flounder were thick. After tide change the went across to Pony Cove and anchored up for a little power nap.
I have purchased a SPOT messenger and it has an I'm OK feature that allows a predefined email to be sent that includes GPS coordinates and a Google Map link. Justin would send a message when they changed location and when they caught fish so I am able to see where they are going and get an idea of how they are doing. It also allows my wife to relax and not worry so much. Even though Justin is 28 he is still my wife's little boy. I guess he will always be that way.
After napping an hour or so they run to Aialik Cape and get into some rock fish and halibut. Nothing big but 2 butts about 15 - 20 lbs. Catch and release some quill backs.
After a bit the ran to Notoa Island and Harbor Island where they got into some Ling cod. They caught several and kept a 37", a 42" and a 47".
Then they ran into Aialik Bay a bit and drifted off of Chat Island, Chat Cove, and Cliff's bay. They continued to catch and release some stuff but I am not sure what as I was working, (do I sound a bit bitter, sorry).
They ran back by way of Eldorado Narrows but because they had Ling cod on board they were unable to fish inside Resurrection Bay.
Total round trip approximately 97 miles.
Final tally of fish kept, 2 chicken Hbutt, 2 Yellow Eye, and 3 Ling cod.
They saw humpbacks eat some seagull, killers with pups, seals and birds everywhere.
Total time on water was about 17 hours. Fishing wasn't fast and furious but enough to keep their interest. It was slow enough that they covered a lot of territory hunting. Their plan was no hook up in an hour let's look elsewhere.
Pictures to come.
