Wednesday evening was a bit windy and rain-threatened so my scheduled rodman had no problem with my cancelling as he's a local and will get out again shortly, so I watched again as roughly half the usual number of boats plied their way back and forth, holding almost motionless while facing north with an ebb tide trying to move them northward while the opposing wind and a very light application of the oars helped move them southward.
As the ebb flow increased it was fun to watch some boats making big moves from the south to the north in the decreasing wind as it took mere moments to cover a couple hundred yards as they'd beetle along outside the pack sitting still in the mid-pool area.
Eventually a boat with two people arrived at the beach and a fish was retrieved, hauled up to the scale and placed on the table for Bob to weigh. It looked close.
And, at 29 1/2 pounds it WAS close.
But no cigar, so much sympathy was offered by those present as being that close is a heart-breaker indeed.
Not much later Neil Cameron beached his boat and out popped a couple of youngsters and a fish, obviously not a Tyee but the very first salmon ever for the angler, pictured here with his 25 1/2 pounder.
It was funny to watch the fish being carried up the beach as it took two people. One holding the body and most of its bulk while the happy angler held it by the tail.
Big fish for a little person.
This morning, Thursday the 24th., saw another Tyee registered by the dynamic duo of John Chalmers on the rod and Yari Ivanisko on the oars who boated a nice 32 pounder to go with their 38 of yesterday morning. Look back at their photo with the 38 and compare it to this one.
Same pose but different fish and the two put them in the lead for the Isfeld Memorial Trophy, awarded to the angler who registers the largest pair of Tyee caught on separate days.
They have two at 70 pounds combined now.
Show offs I say.
Take care.