Halibut Fishing

The biggest halibut I've seen caught, 200 lbs. By Malyn Malquist.

A couple of the salmon I caught.
Where we lived in Karluk

Old men and the sea

Got one on.

Our catch of the day.

A scruffy bunch heading home.

Malyn sent me some pictures from our halibut fishing the first day off the mouth of the Karluk River in the Shellikof straits. He caught the biggest halibut, I caught the next biggest. It was the best day halibut fishing we have ever had there. ll total halibut were caught.

Back From Alaska

We had a great trip to Kodiak Island, Alaska. Our flight was cancelled to Kodiak the first day because of weather, but we got in early the next morning and made it on the charter for halibut fishing. The weather was kind of rough, Dale Reese got sick, but he still managed to catch fish. We caught 14 halibut, the largest was 140 pounds.

Saturday we flew to the Karluk River. The weather was good and the ocean calm so we went out in our boats to the ocean for halibut again. We caught 11. A couple of 80 to 90 pounders then Maylyn got a barn door. The halibut was huge. We estimated weight by length and girth to be 196 lbs.

The salmon fishing was the best ever. We had our limits early in the morning, then went out in the afternoons to catch and release. I landed more than 100 fish. I even got a nice steelhead.

We saw bears every day. It was funny to see them try and catch the red salmon. Home safe and sound. Total of processed fish was 1349 pounds.

Flat Stanley went with me. He was nearly eaten twice.

Flat Stanley says sorry BYU. Maybe next year.

Phoenix Hot Hot Hot

Just a quick update. Fun in the pool. Dog vs boy swim race. Kelmen's baptism was awesome.

Then last night Drew and Denton did surgery on me.

Home from Mexico to Snow

We had a great trip to Puerto Penasco. The week was quiet. We went into town for dinner on Tuesday and there were not many gringos there. It was very pleasant and we had a nice dinner of shrimp at The Point and watched the sunset.

Friday a storm came through with high winds. It was tough playing golf with 30-40 mph winds. Then that night it blew harder and rained. The high tide took sand over some of the fairways on the golf course. The golf course was tough. I didn't break 100 all week, but I got lots of practice out of the sand. Sometimes out of one trap to another trap. Plus the rough is one big sandtrap.

We had fun with the little kids, thank goodness they had an indoor pool with the temps in the low 70's. The little girls really did love the water. Over all we had a fun trip and were completely safe. Mexico is really taking a hit on its tourism. Great time to travel there now.

Sunny in Puerto Penasco

We/re Having fun in Mexico. Today was a nice day, in the high 70’s. The boys played golf on the Peninsula de Cortes course here at the Mayan Palace. There are 100 sand traps and one lake. Plus if you hit off of the fairways, the rough is like one big sand trap. There is also on lake. I hit two in the lake off the tee, and Drew hit three in the water and took a 12 on the hole.

The kids have had lots of fun in the water. The indoor pool was hot today and the kids loved it. The outdoor pools are cold. The beach is huge. Tonight we watched the sunset and walked all the way out thru the tidal basins. We found starfish and conch shells.

It has been fun and I'll post more with other pictures later.

Fun Weekend in SLC

Friday afternoon the boys picked me up from the airport. It was 75 degrees, we immediately went to the airport golf course, wingpoint, and played 18 holes. Saturday we went to the zoo on a nice morning.

Sunday we helped bless baby Jackson. With Edon's family and our family it was a record for a blessing circle, especially when half the men were facing the wrong way. Then Sunday afternoon we had the opportunity to go to the last session of the Draper Temple dedication.

We played games Sunday night and it was a blizzard driving home and snowing good this morning when I left Salt Lake. At least we had a couple warm days and a great fun weekend with the fam.

Moose on the Loose

We had a cow and calf moose in the yard today. The snow and cold weather has pushed them down to the valleys. Mom, Dori and Gavin had a fun time tracking them this afternoon. The calf was all over our yard grazing.

Bunches of people showed up taking pictures. So Mom started taking pictures of the people watching the moose. She called the fish and game department, but they just said they were aware of them and leave them alone. So they are still wandering around the neighborhood. Our yard is becoming a wildlife refuge for moose, deer and raccoons.