So it was kind of a last minute thing but this weekend me, Dave, and my father in law George went on a camping trip to the coast. We left a little after 6 p.m. on Friday night and were a little bit worried about finding a place to camp. At the coast it's first come first serve and of course everything was full, but luckily we were able to get into the overflow at Beverly Beach, which actually worked out really well for us. We had a good spot and still had a fire pit to use as well. It has been almost 3 years since Dave and I have gone camping together. I don't mind smelling of campfire and getting dirty so much as I dislike being cold and uncomfortable on the hard ground. It wasn't too bad though. I had Dave to keep me warm and lesson learned, next time I go camping I am investing in a blow up mattress. It was still fun. George was brave and slept under the stars.
We woke up really early Saturday morning at 5:45 so we could get to Depoe Bay in time to go DEEP SEA FISHING!!! Oh my gosh, that was so much fun! It's a good thing I don't mind being dirty, because after deep sea fishing, you have fish guts all over you, you smell just like the fish, you might be a bit cold depending on the weather, and you might have some bird poop in your hair or on your clothes to top off everything. But I totally recommend it to everyone because it is a lot of fun!
Our fishing boat, named "The Morning Star" left around 7:30 ish and we traveled about 15 miles to our fishing destination. It was so pretty and perfect because the water was so smooth and there was a lot of fog around the harbor and going out to sea. It's a good thing for compasses because at one point we didn't know where the land was just by looking. On the way we dropped 10 crabbing nets that we would pick up on our way back. We spend about 4 hours fishing, and you can only catch up to 5 fish, but you can catch 2 lin cod as well for a total of 7 all together. In the end, George had caught 5 fish, I got my 5, and Dave......well let's say he had a lot of fun! He wasn't very lucky, but he wasn't the only one who didn't catch anything. I think myself and this other lady that were fishing at the back had the most luck with catching stuff. Of course it was the ladies that rocked the fishing! In the middle of our fishing the deck hand came around and put another hook on some of our poles to use as a teaser to help some of us. So I'd had it on for a while, and I start reeling my line in and at first I thought I had snagged it on a rock or something else because it was heavy and not moving, but then I realized I had a fish! I had already caught my first two so I was really excited to get another one. So I start reeling him up and the deck hand kid comes over to bring it up with the net and I had thought I got a really big one. Well once it got to the top I noticed the one fish was pretty big, but the other one beneath it was too!! I had caught two fish on one line! It was awesome! The guy told me he had never seen that happen before.
My two fish I caught on one line!
Most of the fish we all caught were different kinds of rockfish, which are similar to seabass but different. George caught one that had poisonous spikes, which was still a keeper we just had to kill it quickly just in case he decided to jump out and stab us in the eye! :)
Unfortunately we didn't catch any cod though. Only one guy on the boat did, and he was huge! They have sharp teeth too! After we were done fishing we were going back to get the crab traps and all of a sudden the boat slows to a stop. We look over to the right of the boat and not even 20 yards away, out of the water comes a big graywhale! It was really cool to see that. I have never seen a whale in the wild before so it was nice to have one come so close to out boat. He came up and out of the water a few times.
When we got back, they have people at the dock who will filet your fish and cook the crab for you. It is like an art form the way those guys work and how they are able to cut up those fish so quickly! It's a bit primitive how they smack the shells off those crab too. Yikes!
What a great experience that was to go deep sea fishing. Dave has told me about it for years saying he would take me someday, so it was great to finally be able to go and have such a great time doing it. There's another incentive to come to Oregon family!!!
2 comments:
WOW - I am so impressed by your deep sea fishing abilities! That looks really cool (and pretty cold) and at some point, I would love to come try that out too.
Holy carp! (hee hee!) I have always wanted to go deep sea fishing ever since I saw "Joe versus the Volcano"--except the hammerhead shark part :) I am so jealous!
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