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| And I DID! |
We stopped for an afternoon in the Keku Islands, across from Kake, and went fishing. If you've been reading along, you might remember we've not caught anything we could keep and eat. My mantra has been, we've caught crab, halibut, flounder, and one shark, all too small, and thrown it all back in to grow up, except the shark, which we didn't want to keep anyway. Well as of now, I'm happy to report the "too small" streak has ended.
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| Keku Islands |
It was a warm day, partly cloudy, but also it's hazy with smoke. Alaska, and BC Canada are experiencing high temperatures, and have a multitude of forest fires. It's affecting our air quality.
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| Here it comes! |
I was reading, and I heard the reel start to move out, Zowee! I have a fish on! While reeling it in, I had to take a moment to get a photo, and then Bill grabbed the gaff hook, and brought it onboard. I'm glad it wasn't any bigger, or we would have had more trouble dispatching it.
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By the time it was over, the deck looked like a murder scene.
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We were going to clean it onboard, but our buddy suggested we go ashore, and take care of it there. He has a Jack Russell terrier, and Jackie needed a trip to shore. Jackie is a dog on hyper overdrive, I've never seen a dog with so much energy.
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Jackie loves to play catch, loves sticks, and loves to swim.
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| So much seaweed, and stuff in the water in this bay. |
We rafted up for the night, and had some wonderful snapper that Walter had caught, and cooked. We also had sea asparagus that was picked fresh in the bay. The plant's actual name is Glasswort, and it's delicious.
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| Steamed sea asparagus. |
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| Anchored and rafted for the night. |
A very successful day, I hope to have more of them.
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Congratulations on bringing in a beautiful halibut. What does sea asparagus taste like? (Please don't say chicken)
ReplyDeleteThanks! Glasswort has a slightly salty test without adding any, it has the texture, and slight taste of asparagus. We liked it with a bit of lemon juice, I'm going to look for it more often now, it's a great local addition to adding green stuff into our diet.
DeleteThanks. We will have to look for the sea asparagus.
ReplyDeleteGoosetongue is also good. [leafy]
DeleteDownload this excellent pamphelet to read up on these and more edible shoreside plants: http://www.alutiiqlanguage.org/files/lessons/Spring%20Plants%20in%20Color.pdf