I want a mulligan

July 14th:

We spent the day in Valdez relaxing. Instead of leaving in the afternoon to anchor on a set, we just spent the night in town. It didn’t really matter, because the next day we were just going right outside the harbor to fish anyways.

-Jack

July 15th:

I think we should get a mulligan for today. It was just a poorly thought out, nonproductive day for us. It was a good day for the co-op, with us hitting our limit again, but so far today was our worst Valdez opener. Only 2 sets, and one of them was a screw up so we didn’t get any fish. We didn’t even get our net into the water until about 10 am or so, because most of the morning was spent running around the Valdez arm is a flutter, which is something we usually avoid. Thankfully other people were able to get some fish and save the day.

Total poundage for us/co-op: 7800/750000

Total poundage bought from us: 428291

-Jack

July 16th:

Today was actually a non-boring day in Valdez. At about 2:30 in the afternoon several of our boat friends and I decided to go hiking up the fairly steep base of a mountain. We didn’t hike all the way up the mountain, but we made it to a ridge over halfway up, and it was the hard part anyways. The trail was so steep that at some points you had to use a rope that ran along it to pull yourself up. It was hard, to say the least. The bad part was that we didn’t think to bring any water with us, so we couldn’t really go any farther than we did. It would have been cool to get all the way up the mountain, if our bodies had allowed it. We were all exhausted, but it was pretty fun.

Tomorrow we go out for what might be the first of the last 2 openers we have here in Valdez. The next one will be on Wednesday.

-Jack