One fish, two fish, mystery fish, new fish

  

Fish was the story of our day today.  Scott, our principal, took us fishing on the ocean and we had lots of fun and luck.  I also managed to get yet another sunburn in Alaska.  Who knew I would need sunscreen here more than in Missouri.  Mike caught 5 halibut (we threw one back) and a very large starfish.  I am much better at feeding fish than catching them but was able to catch 3 halibut (we threw the baby one back), an Irish Lord (no pot of gold), a new fish we learned is a ling cod and very good eating, and a mystery blob.  Okay, so it's not a fish, but the title wouldn't rhyme if I ended with blob.  It was a living organism of some sort, blobbish in shape and suctioned to several rocks which he brought to the surface with him.  He is quite uncooperative and has refused to identify himself so we're stuck calling him Blob.  Since the day went so well we now have a freezer full of halibut that we look forward to eating this winter.  It's an interesting change from the old normal.  We usually have a small amount of fish in a freezer filled with deer meat.  Now we have a freezer full of fish, but no deer.  It has been replaced with fish and hopefully some bear!

 

Today's keepers




Mike's starfish




Ling Cod




Mystery blob