Early Saturday afternoon and with most of my chores done it's time for an update.
Since last we spoke there have been some new Tyee registered, and we'll start with last night.
Just at dark Mr. Mike Hamilton rowed one Dawn Hamilton into the Tyee Club as she boated a nice 31 pounder.
I was told they have been trying for some years now to get one for her so good going and patience does pay off, sometimes.
Pics to follow.
Last night was one of those weird ones where we were heading out one minute then not heading out the next then actually did go out, at the latest time ever, I think.
We got in 45 minutes of actual fishing but came out fishless.
Karl spent the night on my couch then rowed himself this morning. He noted several fish being hooked and it turned out that two of them were Tyees.
The first one was solo rowed by Randy Killoran and weighed a nice 33 pounds.
Randy hasn't had a lot of water time the past couple of years due to work commitments out of town, but showed he's lost nothing in terms of getting Tyee to strike.
I found this interesting, but a mutual pal told me this was the first one he has ever rowed himself to, as he always had rod-holders wanting to fish with him, he being as good a rower as exists in these times.
Well done RK.
Hot on the heels of RK this morning came that Mike Stutzel fellow with another new member for the Tyee Club in tow.
Welcome Clayton Stoner with his 30 pound plus fish, a Tyee for sure.
Again, pics to follow.
Note, all the Tyee registered so far have been taken on plugs, while usually the early bigger fish are taken on spoons.
Make of that what you will.
Aside from that, hanging around the Tyee Clubhouse yard is always interesting, particularly when a boat rows out and the fight is watched by all, the net is deployed and the boat heads to the beach in front of us.
It's always fun speculating about the size of the fish when it's first seen, and this is what that looks like.
Much chatter erupted when this fish came through the gate with a split in the group as whether it would make 30 or not.
It didn't, showing but 28 1/2 pounds on the scale, causing a moan of disappointment in the crowd.
We also had a good view over the estuary of the smoke plumes from what I'm told are more than one fire off to our west.
Lots of photos of it online, and here's mine.
This is not what I want to see when looking that way, but I'm told they pose no danger to buildings or anything else, so will probably be left alone for now.
Pray for the winds to calm down, both for the sake of fire-fighters everywhere and also for the sake of ageing rowers.
Take care.