Fishcamp Finale
Well, Fishcamp is finally over and it ended with a bang. After several pulls of anywhere from 2 to 12 salmon while the fishery warmed up, we finally got a huge haul of 39 salmon in one pull on the last day. Even as good as this was, people around us were pulling in 90 to 100 fish in one pull, but our net is old and a bit holey. Still we were happy with what we got. We ended up closing out our permit, as well as the permits of two other families, and still had a few other fish for friends too. We can rest easy now that we know we have food for ourselves and our dogs this winter. I guess cleaning more than 100 salmon at our place (see photos) was too much though, as the fishy scent drove in a brown bear last night around 2 a.m. Joseph heard the yard erupt into hysteria and looked out the window of the loft to see something big and brown charging Oaky, Seeker and Trucker. In the semi-darkness he thought it was a moose and feared a calf might have been seperated from the mom. Joseph went out in his underwear and slippers and was about half way through the dog yard, when about 10 yards from him, a big brown bear charged up to Ibn. Ibn dove into his box and without thinking Joseph started clapping and yelling “get bear!” The bear was totally startled and bolted back about 15 yards, then stood and looked one last time before running into the nextdoor neighbors and eventually moving off. It was the first time in 7 years we have had a bear in the yard and hopefully it will be the last. Luckily no one, dog or human, got injured.
