Home Cookin’ and Mt. Redoubt

There hasn’t been much to report in the eight days since the 2009 halibut and blackcod longlining season began.
Storms have kept George and the boat landlocked for about a week. However, as my dad pointed out, with the looming eruption of Mt. Redoubt and the canceled flights between Seattle and Anchorage, there probably isn’t much fresh [...]

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Happy First Day of Halibut Season

I’d almost forgotten that today was the first day of the halibut/blackcod longlining season until I read a short article about it in National Fisherman magazine this morning. I’ve only talked to George once since he left. We are hard people to catch in beween “boat stuff” and “baby stuff,” so we often just leave quick [...]

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Three Days Down, Two Months to Go…

This has been an exciting week around here.
First of all, thanks to everyone for coming by the blog to view the photographs and leave comments. During the first two days that the photos were posted, the blog had near-record numbers of hits. In fact, Highliners and Homecomings was just four views shy of beating its former viewing [...]

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Here’s to a Great Longline Season Ahead!

Bryan, Brett, George
 

Dad and George

Bryan

Bryan, Brett, John
 

Guess who?

Bye bye and…

the very best of luck.

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Pre-Season Crew and Family Party Pics

I didn’t actually warn anyone that I’d post pictures from the party, so here are just a few photographs with identifying captions left out!

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A Festive Pre-Season Send Off

Today is departure day for the 2009 blackcod and halibut longline season. We had a crew and family breakfast at the harbor yesterday, and then we had a big farewell party for the crew last night.
We haven’t thrown a farewell party in quite a while. We used to have them before each season, but [...]

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Q and A With the Elusive Captain George

I’ve been maintaining this blog for well over a year. Do you realize that in all that time, we’ve never actually heard from the guy I write so much about, the one who makes it all happen? It’s true. Although it appears that George reads the blog, my husband has never written in with any [...]

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