Kenai Dip Netting Adventure ~ Part 3

Saturday morning the guys headed back down the beach with their gear for another day of dip netting.

They went out in the morning for the high tide then came back to the house for lunch and then went out again for the evening tide. So it was nice to have them around for a good part of the day.

We cleaned fish, talked, drank coffee, played games, read books, and enjoyed our time together.

Geoff bringing in another one!

Kenai Beach is over taken with dip netters this time of year.

It's windy, cold, loud, messy and crowded down there on the beach where everyone was fishing so it was really, really nice to have a clean, quiet, house to go back to and stay at. Plus a REAL bathroom! haha! ;)

Folks heading home after a day on the beach. 

Mount Redoubt (an active volcano) on the horizon.

Tomorrow i'll post the last of the photos. They'll be of our drive home.

Kenai Dip Netting Adventure ~ Part 2

 These photos are from the first day. 

There were so many i wanted to share and it was too many for one post.



Juliet and Ethan got along well this weekend. This picture was taken down on the beach at the mouth of the Kenai river where everyone was fishing. 

A couple churches go in together and set up an out reach tent there and offer face painting, bounce house, bible stories, and free food and drinks. They grilled up and handed out over 500 hot dogs just on Friday. Ethan ate two of those. This kid loves his hot dogs! Almost as much at macaroni and cheese! :) 

Later on that afternoon after the fishermen had gone back for round two the rest of us went down to the beach in front of where we were staying and watched a wind surfer. It wasn't long before Ethan was in the water jumping waves and having the time of his life. 

When big brother saw how much fun he was having he dug out some shorts and a tshirt and joined in.

Bless their little beach lovin hearts!

 Sisters Cosset and Daisy on the sand.

Juliet is their other sister and she always seems to have a grin on her sweet face.

This is the house Mike and Marianne rented for their family for the weekend.

We camped out in a tent on the lawn in front. Other friends brought their RV campers and stayed there as well. For a total of 20 people. Everyone brought food and we all shared lunch and dinners together.

So proud of my hubby's hard work and success in his first time dip netting!

Marianne showing us how she fillets with an electric knife. Geoff wants one for Christmas now. :)

Filleting time! 

High tide was at 6:30pm so by the time they brought the fish back and we cleaned and processed them it was after midnight by the time we all got to bed.

Sunset was around midnight so there was plenty of light to work by. Sunrise at 4:30am. It never got totally dark.

Goodnight!

Then up the next morning to catch the high tide and more salmon!

Kenai Dip Netting Adventure

What a weekend! 

We got to go dip netting in the Kenai and Geoff pulled in 35 sockeye salmon. A new adventure for us- and a huge success for our freezers!

Mike and Marianne give all the employees Friday off to go dip netting if they want to. 

We set out Thursday after Geoff got home from work.

Drive along Turnagain Arm on our way to Kenai on Thursday evening. It was a rainy and windy drive. 

Thankfully Friday morning was clear. No more rain.

The Post's rented a little house on the beach and we camped out on the lawn. It was so nice, you could hear the ocean waves and the seagulls.

Morning visitors! Juliette and Daisy came to say hello.

(These two belong to the Post family)

Another Friday morning visitor took a break in a nearby tree.

The best time to dip net we learned is about an hour and a half after the tide comes in. So guys had left for the beach early. Later on that morning the rest of us loaded up on the four wheeler and drove down the beach about ten minuets to where they were fishing.

Joseph, He's a Post too. Actually all the other kids you'll see in my photos are part of the Post family.

Sam and Daniel.

This is Marie working on the fish as her hubby pulls them out of the water.

Marie's husband Paul goes to wash off a fish he just caught.

Mike and Marianne.

You already know this kid.

And this kid. :)

Geoff had a blast even though it was really cold in the water!

Geoff caught 21 on Friday! By the end of the weekend we brought home 35! Whoohoo!

The end of a long day.