Dip Netting

This weekend I went dip-netting with my next door neighbors on the Kenai River and I caught six salmon! Well... I guess I didn't really "catch" them they just swam into my net! But it was still exciting! There were TONS of people on the river dip-netting and fishing, I couldn't believe it! Here I am holding one of my fish! Slimy! Yuck! And... don't scroll down any further if you have a weak stomach! Here is all our fish we caught, there was SO much blood and guts and slime and scales everywhere... it was DISGUSTING! The boat looked like a murder scene when we were done! These salmon were all about 2 to 3 feet long...still bigger than any fish I ever caught in Utah!

Anyways, it was another fun trip, I just feel bad I am having all of these amazing experiences without Branden... Next year for sure we are doing it all again!

Finally!

I Finally got a Kitchen Aid mixer! I have been wanting one since we got married, and I used all of the money I got for my birthday to get it! Thankyou everyone for the birthday gift! Hopefully it it will be a gift that will give back by the many goodies I will make with it! I love it!

Just for the Halibut!

This weekend I went fishing with my next door neighbors down to the Kenai Peinninsula in the Cook inlet. It was about a four hour drive from where I live, but well worth it, the drive was georgeous! I have never seen such a beautiful state! I also caught my first "real" fish. I say this because any other fish I have caught in my life were the size of the bait we were using to catch these ones! The first day I caught the first fish of the day which was my first halibut I've ever caught and it weighed about 35 pounds! Man are these things hard to reel in! I thought I was going to be pulled right into the ocean! I caught two more the first day, and the second day I caught five! They were all at least 1o pounds or larger! Here is the big one!

And this is all of the fish we caught the first day, minus the ones we threw back because the limit is two fish a person and we had five people on the boat. Even the smallest fish was way bigger than any I had caught before!

We had an amazing view of Redoubt volcano where we were, here it is at "night" like midnight, and it didnt get any darker, I love Alaska in the summer!

I hope you all had a good fourth of July! I had a pretty good one, except I wish Branden was here, he would have loved this fishing trip! I want to thank him and all of the many other military members for my freedom! I love you Branden!