This week we decided to take a break from our competition and have a salmon derby with pizza for dinner. Come on, we are talking about young adults here…fishing and pizza is like a dream Saturday night for them! If we could add a movie and root beer floats I think they would be heaven!! The heavens opened and the rains came down…all…Saturday…long. The forecast said 2 inches of rain and the sky did not disappoint! The crew who had loaded fish boxes in the rain, cleaned boat

I still feel very lucky to be here with guests fishing. Hoping that this craziness will end soon! We had a slow start to our week, but by the end of the week things were well on their way back to normal. The highlight for the week came from Jerry's boat. He called in on the radio and said he had a 77" halibut in the boat. It was great to share in his and John's excitement as they came into the dock. We heard about the 77" one but they also caught a 134lb right after they

Words cannot express how amazing these are! When the Shoreline crew told me what they were making I will admit I wasn’t sure I would be eating their dinner…I’m not a huge fish fan so this weekly cooking has been a stretch for me. Something about the texture of fish puts me off a little…but I digress here. The bacon part of the recipe sounded good but wrapped around a halibut ball mixture…I wasn’t so sure. Don’t get me wrong, I like bacon and halibut but the thought of ju

July 18th Fishing Update Another rough week for weather! Tuesday we had 25 kt winds and rough Cross Sound fishing conditions. By the end of the week conditions improved dramatically. I did see the sun a couple of times, but this was for sure a wet week. Starting to make last summer seem like a dream we are just waking up from. Hard to believe we went over 6 weeks with no rain. Jake and I were fishing in Middle pass this week and the sea lions were really feeding on the s

It is funny the things you learn after years working at a fishing lodge. Keeping things interesting and entertaining for the crew always seems to be the one thing that keeps me hopping. Each year is different as the people change, one year they watched all the Rocky movies, multiple times; another year they fished every waking moment. This year, fishing off the floatplane dock at night is one of their favorite things to do. They snapped this picture as they were walking d

July 11th Fishing Update When is the best time to fish at Waters Edge? Answer = "When the Open Ocean is glassy calm"! Weather was great this week. Friday we had a 20 kt wind but other then that the week was less than 10 kts for wind. Rain on Thursday and Friday. The forecast for next week is showing a lot of 10 kt winds again!! King Salmon are still showing up on the dock. One of our guests said they could have easily got their limit twice on two different days for kings

July 4th Fishing Update Happy Independence Day! Normally on the 4th of July the cove is buzzing with activity. But today it is very quiet. We jumped are schedule ahead one day so that we could have the 4th of July off this year. All of the community 4th of July activities have been canceled for today, we are doing a scavenger hunt on George Island this afternoon, and then later Eagle Charters is doing some fireworks. The last two weeks have been rough on the open ocean. N