The Weekend

Well,
When i last posted on Friday we still had to finish off they day. So we met up with mom out at school and had a good visit. Then we headed home and prepped for Dinner.
The only way to end a school year off right is with some homemade Pizza!
So i had three "Iron Skillet's" ready and when Nicole arrived home we created our own "favorite" pizza's. Not sure which are which here but, the pictures almost do justice to how good these were!
I think this was Nicole's creation.
I'm pretty sure this one was my own personal creation: Needless to say i ate it ALL!
Saturday found Isa, Gene, and I headed back to Lake Samish in search of some more of those tasty little trout. This would make 3 days in a row for me.

Isa was all smiles as we returned to the Launch with a cooler full of Kokes to take home.
She prided herself with picking out all the worms prior to there fateful offering on "The Hook"
We couldn't just go alone, So my good friend Gene came along. Good company, and GREAT with Isa. Gene (and I, for that matter) finally got our "cup of coffee" on the return trip to the launch....The fishing was just to HOT to stop for a cup!
I couldn't help but snap a photo of "a man with his coffee" since the topic was the punchline for most of our mornings constant fishing action.


And of course,

we have to get one of those signature "limit" shots. So here is the limit for Isa and me. Another good trip!

So you may ask what we did for Fathers day....... well only one guess......

What else, a trip fishing with the family.

Nicole agreed to go and take Kai along for the ride too.

He didn't like his life jacket was the understatement of the day! So fishing was short lived, but we still managed to boat 7 fish in 40 min. of fishing. That's when it was "time to go" as level 4 of 5 meltdowns had started to occur.

I still enjoyed having everyone in the boat, and it was Kai's first trip to boot!

So a picture of the troops to document our first outing all together.

Not necessarily all smiles though.

And, last as a closing shot to a good weekend.

The old Yami. doing it's duty on another trip, pushin' the dory at maximum speed....8 m.p.h.!

Signing off from the North......Where father's fish with friends and family......and have fun too.

Mark......"The Iron Skillet"

Down To A Science

So the last two mornings I've awoke at the early hour of 3 a.m., to continue trying my had at catching some more of those tasty little Kokanee out at Lake Samish. You may be wondering...why would i get up that early? Well, even I'll admit that's pretty early, but I have to be back home by 6:45 so that Nicole can head off to work, and i can watch the kids.

My goal is to acquire a limit (5 fish) before i need to be home. This is easier said than done. So here is a little break down of how things have to work.

It doesn't get light until 4:30.
I need to stop fishing by 5:45. Giving me enough time to get back to the boat launch, load the boat on the trailer, and heading for home by 6:00.
It takes 30 min. to drive home from the boat launch.
It takes 10 min. to stop and get Nicole a mocha on the way home.
So that leaves 5 minutes to spare!


So since I've made a job out of this entire ordeal......

Here is a picture of my office for the last two mornings, things are working just as they should.

So after all that, you might ask if i achieved my goal?

well, yes, both mornings in fact.

Pretty good fishing in my book!

Gotta have pictures to prove it, right?

This mornings final product before it hit the freezer.

Mission complete.......We've got quite the stack of these in the freezer right now. I think a little canning, and some smoked fish are in the near future.

So hopefully the rest of the day will go as well as the start did.
The kids and i are to pick up some lunch and visit with Mom on her last day of school. Should be fun, I'm sure she'll enjoy our company on her last day.


Signing off....From the North......Where fishermen are hard core....and trout are cooked in an IRON SKILLET!


Mark ...."THE IRON SKILLET"

A Morning of Kokes

Well, with the big boat broke down i found myself still wanting to go fishing, and since i had to take everything off and out of the big boat, why not reinstall some stuff on the dory so i could at least do some lake fishing. I'm now glad i decided to do so.
This is the outcome after a morning of fishing at Lake Samish this last weekend. The fishing for these tasty little guys was outstanding. I fished a total of 1 hour on saturday and 40 minutes on Sunday. 4 Nice Kokes and one cutty' was the result for Saturday. Sunday turned out 5 nice Kokes.

These are Saturday's fish
Have to get a shot of the view and fishing conditions out of the dory
Back at the launch by 7:10!

A side shot of the dory before loading her up and heading home for some breakfast

In hindsight I'm glad i didn't sell the dory this last year. It's been a lot of fun with Isa this year, chasing trout in our local lakes and there are a lot more in its future.

From the north.....where men get up early.....and catch trout too!