Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Day 4 - Dip-netting 2020

And so begins Day 4 of fish camp....fileting, sealing and freezing last night's catch. 


Stacia is patting the fish dry with paper towels before we put them into bags. 

 

A word about the camping...this place requires a 5 night stay to be in a spot during July - fishing season. I certainly don't understand WHY - but they do. They also nickel and dime one but that's common when most your $ is made in one month.  This year we are in a quad. There are 4 pull through RV spots with a big green area in the middle. Tents are allowed there.  We were happy and surprised when two of the spots were taken up with Ed, Jennifer and their group. It made it easy to visit back and forth though we weren't with each other....I liked it.  The problem is...for all the room for tents...our tenters told us it's NOISEY.  People often walk through the common area and don't know there are folks trying to sleep between tides in the tents. Kids throw balls which hit the tent....dogs stop by...



Stacia finds a way to sleep wherever she is. LOL 


This took the cake! A pig! Yep - a pig snorting around the tent.  In following years we stayed in a super size site...which provides more privacy for the tenters. 

Visiting with Lori - from the "group" - introducing pups. 

The freezer is filling up. 


In the late afternoon evening we headed to the beach....this was to be a big day for me personally. I'd tried to fish before and ended up under water both times. THIS time Krista and Stacia coached me and I CAUGHT a salmon, of course Stacia helped me drag it in...but I'm counting it. 

Stacia



It was fun to catch up with Jen on the beach. Jen is also on the women's ministry team at church. 

We notched the fins of the fish I caught so I could grab a photo when we were cleaning fish. Since I take photos, and I was fishing...there are no photos of the momentous event as it happened. 


Britney at the cleaning station


The tally board

Monday, July 20, 2020

Day 3 - Dip Netting 2020

 The perfect way to begin an early morning at fish camp. I enjoyed sitting with the word and some tea outside....an apple and a keto brownie...I don't know - it works. I took Millie for a walk - she did fine until we ran into a bunch of llamas in the road. LOL  Willy went home today. Luke came out to spend the day with Krista. At this point they were newly dating. 



This morning the fish that were cleaned last night were pulled out, cut into fillets, packaged in bags, sealed and placed in our freezer. 



I love this crew. 

Today we met up with the family who took us dip netting our first year. We didn't realize they had booked a spot right by us...so it was fun to have time together on the beach and at the cleaning station.  Stacy and Britney came this year - which made the whole trip even better. 

Stacy and Jennifer

Krista and Luke


Soon it was time to head to the beach and begin chasing the tide. 

Alex

Stacy and Krista

Krista, Alex, Britney, Stacy


The whole gang - Stacey and Stacia in the front 

Not sure who is caught in the wake...but Krista and Stacey to the left. 


Our group and Ed and Jen's group inter-mingled in the water. 
Duane, Micahel, Josiah,  Jamin, Alex, Stacia, Britney Ed

Stacia & Britney

Stacy's cold

Reno, Luke and Krista

Stacia

The days are long [- but so satisfying. The long hours in the water leads to lots of time to catch up....and the same can happen on the beach. We love this family break...and it's even better when we run into friends. 

The trip tally...Jamin and Willy are going home. 



Sunday, July 19, 2020

Day 2 - Dip Netting 2020


We've begun a tally of who is catching what.. we posted it in the RV window and people seem to get a kick to check it as they go back and forth. It's fairly close at this point. 

Stacia got into the water today and got a big one.

Walking the net out....once a fish is in the net you run for the shore, dragging it behind you...untangle it...bonk it...bleed it, notch the tail...and head back out...hoping you've been fast enough that your place is still available. 

New this year is our family fishing shirts...Rachel drew the design and a local business made them up for us. I like them. Note the mask....and it says, "If you can read this shirt your're too close." Appropriate for 2020. There isn't much social distancing here. Some are wearing masks. 


📷by Arielle

Getting the fish off the beach is always the most challenging part of the day. LOL 


Fun to meet at the cleaning station at the end of another successful day!