{"id":2986,"date":"2021-07-19T02:34:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T02:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idylltime.com\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2021-08-01T18:49:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T18:49:58","slug":"the-king-quest-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.idylltime.com\/?p=2986","title":{"rendered":"The King Quest Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are heading north today on Chatham Strait to our King salmon spot.\u00a0\u00a0Last year we caught our one and only King Salmon\u00a0here.\u00a0\u00a0We have struggled<\/em>\u00a0over the past few years with salmon fishing.\u00a0\u00a0Jeff says we are like a one year old bear in a salmon stream just flopping around without catching anything.\u00a0\u00a0To fish for salmon, you need to use down riggers which are essentially a heavy lead ball attached to a thin wire cable that pulls your lure down to 60 feet or more depending on what depth\u00a0\u00a0the salmon are located.\u00a0\u00a0We have been reluctant to drill and mount a down rigger base to our nice teak cap-rail so we\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0have always used the dinghy for salmon fishing.\u00a0\u00a0This has limited us to fishing only near our anchorages.\u00a0\u00a0This winter we found an adaptor for our down rigger which\u00a0\u00a0fits in our large rod holder on the back deck stanchion.\u00a0\u00a0With this addition hopefully we will\u00a0\u00a0be able to fish for salmon from Idyll Time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reaching the channel markers for the bay, we see a whale fishing the entrance.\u00a0\u00a0A salmon soon jumps.\u00a0\u00a0These are good signs.\u00a0\u00a0Several charter boats are here trolling. We soon have our Scotty down rigger deployed and join in with the other fishing boats.\u00a0\u00a0It seems to be working fine and our herring bait is now residing at 60 feet.\u00a0\u00a0It certainly is more comfortable fishing from the back deck than the dinghy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We troll for several hours along the north shoreline at the 100 foot drop off without getting a single strike.  The other fishing boats don\u2019t appear to be catching anything either.  Around 5pm the boat next to us has strike. A few seconds later our line trips and it is Fish On!  We have a few minutes of pandemonium as we haven\u2019t yet perfected our fishing technique.  It wasn\u2019t pretty, but we soon have the fish netted and aboard.  Our King is quickly measured as you are only allowed to keep ones 28\u201d or longer.  Ours measures 31\u201d so we are good.  We could continue fishing as our  out of state license limit is currently  one King per person per day for a total of four per year.  We are happy with the one fish and decide to call it a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just around the corner is our anchorage. \u00a0Our salmon weighs in at 13.5 pounds.\u00a0\u00a0He is not as big as some but we are happy to have caught a King.\u00a0\u00a0Friends of ours caught a 45 pound king the other day.\u00a0\u00a0We will be back out tomorrow to try again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well\u2026. We have had a change of plans.  As we were pulling anchor to head back out fishing the next morning  our inverter gave us a high temperature alarm.  The inverter is a necessary piece of equipment aboard the boat.  It takes 12 volt battery power and converts it to 125 volts AC just like in your house.  This allows us to run our refrigerator and other household appliances.  Luckily we have two brand new Maginum inverters aboard that we were planning on installing this fall.   We reluctantly abandon our King Salmon fishing and make a two day run back to Petersburg.  Devren at Homeport Electronics worked us in to his busy schedule and spent two days installing our new inverters.  Thank you Devren!!!  All is now good aboard Idyll Time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While in Petersburg , we learn that the King Salmon limits for non residents will be changing on July 7th<\/sup>.  Due to the low number of Salmon this year,  non residents  will now only be allowed one King per person per year.  This means we can catch only one more for the rest of the season.  Our King stamp cost us $100 each in addition to the State of Alaska fishing listens.  At that time we were allowed four Kings per person per year.  Anyone can do the math to see that these Kings are expensive fish.  Jeff says we would be better off going to Costco. The thrill of catching a big King is worth the $100 fee.   We will be heading back out tomorrow to look for that last king.  Thanks for following along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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