The Sundance Log

July 2011

                It’s a new month and July Fourth came and went. We had a barbeque for lunch. Cheeseburgers, Boars Head hot dogs (they made it all the way from Florida), French fries, potato and macaroni salad and all the trimmins. The Sundance is a very stable boat and we tuck in behind an island if the weather gets rough.

                Picking the fish from the net is a job for a young guy who is in good shape. If there is only a couple fish it’s not bad but when it’s loaded it’s a back breaker. With all my physical problems I have to stay away from that. I am playing steward right now which is pretty cool. Some days I work in my pajamas. Very cool. It has to be flannel pants not silk boxers. Heheheheh.

                We see gray whales all the time. Larry and Ty saw a grizzly bear on one of the beaches. He was just standing there. Hunting bears is ridiculously expensive. You need a tag and you must have a guide. All in all it’s around 5 grand. Phew. The Alaskan state troopers told me you can hunt all the wolves you want. We are only a couple miles from the mainland so on a really nice day I am going to check it out. I must get my license first though.

                Things are really getting better for me. I have a pretty good plan in the galley now. Mark, who is the main owner, likes a really clean galley. It’s a nice galley and looks great when it’s all cleaned up. Maggie taught me well about that cleaning as you go. It makes things so much easier.

                I can’t wait to start dredging for the gold. Mark and I are going over some of the design problems. When we get set up I will be dive master on the dredge. We must have calm weather for that operation. We are going to continue fishing here in July. The goal is 200,000 pounds of salmon. That will make everybody some money. And keep the whole thing rolling along.

I really miss my wife and dog!!

                We caught 2 salmon sharks. Pretty impressive. Thank god the boat has a crane. I cut out the jaws and we had some fillets to eat and I made shark fin soup. It was all pretty good. I put some chopped clams in the soup and made like a Manhattan clam chowder. An aphrodisiac. Just what we need on a boat full of men heheheheh

                Things have been great. The crew gets along good and we have had some good fishing days. Larry and Mike say that we could do better. I hear that it’s slow everywhere. Our goal is 200,000 pounds and we are half way there.

                A fellow fisherman I met is also a bear guide. He has some great stories. If we make enough I am going for the bear hehehehe. His company has several different kinds of hunts. I would really like to take Billybob. It would be the hunt of a lifetime.

The Sundance in port
SUNRISE SAN DIEGO BAY ALASKA

30# KING SALMON


SALMON SHARK

MIKEY, TY, NATE

SOCKEYE SALMON IN BAG

Well thats all for now. We'll be prospectiong for gold this weel yeehaw!!!