Tonight's opening could have lasted till 5 am. It's a hold up tide, meaning that the low tide is not very low so we could have fished much longer in it like we did last night. But the fish slowed down - temporary lull, I hope. So we decided to pull in the nets early and get three hours of sleep instead of two. We don't scoff at two - that, with wind in the face and fish in the hands, is refreshing.
Before we pulled, we delivered about 7500 lbs, again, mostly from the inside site. That takes us to about 145,000 lbs for the season so far - ostensibly still in the heat of the run. If we stopped now, it would be our 5th biggest season since we started keeping track some time in the 90s. Next are 170K, 180K, 205K, and 230K.
Jake is now a picking animal. It's always a good tide when someone crosses the threshold from being sort of timid about the net and knowing that you grasp (my new favorite expression) Net Logic.
It's 3:30 am here in Naknek, having just come in (early) from the previous tide. We set again at 7 am, so we are now sneaking some sleep.
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Wow; sounds like a great productive year. And hopefully this is just a lull. I forgot how little you sleep during these times. Oy! I like "Net Logic" too.
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