I knew it was going to be muddy so we came prepared with our boots on and a change of clothes for when we got done. The stream we were fishing in was rite off the cook inlet so it's best to be there when the tide is out. We had quite the track through all the mud getting down to the stream.
First cast and Andrew caught a chum salmon. He quickly handed the pole to Lance and let him real it in. Both kids were super excited to see the fish.
Then Lance started with his little pole. It didn't take long and he had caught one all by himself. It was priceless seeing the smile on his face as he reeled in a nice humpy. He had never caught a fish that big before. He is used to small bluegill and bass, so the salmon put up quite the fight for him.
The whole evening went like that just one rite after the other. It was awesome! Lexie was mom's helper for awhile but she got tired if reeling in fish and just wanted to play in the mud. My little girl isn't afraid to get dirty at all.
After a couple hours the tide started coming in. We didn't even notice until we seen Lance chasing our floating tackle box. It was pretty funny. I'm glad he was paying attention. That was our sign it was time to go. We started making our way back downstream to the path. I turned and looked where we were standing and not far from there was a brown bear. 
He was pretty cool to watch. He or she quickly grabbed a fish and went back into the woods.
Our first salmon fishing trip was a huge success. We all can't wait to go again!
No comments:
Post a Comment