Whale of a Good Time

On Monday Sept. 12th Tommy Mulleneaux came to visit and go fishing. The hopes for his stay was to take some fish home and get to see a little bit of South East Alaska. He arrived after an all day trip that involved driving from Thatcher Arizona to Phoenix, flying to Seattle then on to Ketchikan. It was after dark when he arrived so he didn't get the chance to see anything until the next day.

I got a call early in the morning from a co-worker that invited us to go fishing. Tommy and I rushed out to Walmart to get our licenses then met with Byron at his boat. The three of us headed Southeast about twenty miles to one of Byron's favorite spots. We caught Halibut, Snapper and Rock fish. There were also pesky Dog Sharks. The Dog shark is about 2 feet long and loves the same bait as the Halibut.

After a pretty successful day we headed back. About five miles south of Ketchikan we ran into a pod of Killer Whales. Some of them surfaced less than one hundred yards from the boat. This, I will tell you is very exciting.

The following morning we went fishing with the Fitzgeralds. We left in the early morning fog and ran into the same pod of whales (I think) and had some come within 25 yards of the boat. It happened so quick that we didn't get any pictures. We had a successful day fishing taking home ten large Halibut, several Rock fish and a good sized Snapper.

The following few days We went on several hikes around the area, showing Tommy the sights, and discovering some for ourselves. Tommy instantly fell in love with the area and I wouldn't be surprised to see if he returns in the future to stay here.

I am having trouble with my picture software and will add more pictures later.