We spent a quiet morning in camp and then headed over to watch people dip net fish on the Kenai River. If you are an Alaskan resident you can “dip net” fish for short period of time in July. It’s quite interesting seeing people with huge nets standing in the water or from a boat dipping these nets into the river. The limit for salmon is big—like 30 fish a day via the dip net. When we fish for salmon on Friday the limit for us is one. The lady holding the net to the buttress of the bridge didn’t pull in any that we saw.
Then we headed down to the community of Homer, end point of the road going south right along the Cook Inlet. In this image you can see the “split” of land away from the mainland. John got this good image of the harbor.
While walking we found the Salty Dawg Saloon and after looking in decided to have a home brewed beer. Every surface in the building is covered in dollar bills.
They have constructed this Seafarer’s Memorial that John captured.
After a great dinner—fresh peel and eat red strip shrimp from Prince Williams Sound, oysters on the half shell, salmon and clams and prime rib (guess who chose that!) we drove north. John saw a lynx cross the road about five miles outside Homer.
Oh!!! THAT kind of dip net! We have that in Hawaii. Smaller ones, though. Real small. I know some fishing boats do something similar to that concept and that's what catches everything that it shouldn't. I don't think the boats throw them (the fish that shouldn't be caught) back in the water though.
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