Salmon for the Freezer
July 21st (Sunday) We were up at 06:00 and headed out salmon fishing. It was such a beautiful morning to be out on the water. The sky was mostly clear, the wind was calm, the sea was glassy, and we were alone; alone in a spectacular spot, surrounded by beauty, and trolling for salmon while watching the activity around us. Over the time that we have been here the level of activity has definitely increased each day. Every time we are out we see more and more fish jumping, more areas of disturbed water from the baitfish surfacing, and more salmon porpoising. This is something that although we have seen a single salmon do it from time to time, today we saw groups of salmon, four or more, doing it several times in a row, and we saw it multiple times in the little while that we were out. They surface as though they are coming up to breathe just like a porpoise or whale does; head first, then back, and you can see a good inch or two of the top of them along their back and ...