We slept in this morning, and then we prepared to move. While we were getting ready, we got a text from Linda's Mom. Our big box of fish from Kodiak was delivered. She said "I've never seen so much fish!" Yep, 54 pounds of halibut, King salmon, Silver Salmon, rockfish, and lingcod. She has no more room, and if we send anymore, it'll have to be parceled out to the neighbors.
In the late morning, we left the no hook-up Swiftwater Campground and moved a few miles over to the full hook-up Klondike RV park.
We arrived as soon as they would allow us to check in. We had side-by-side sites, but ours was at the end of a row and a little funky. We parked opposite of the way the site was designed to give us a little more privacy.
Steve & Esther went to pick up their box of Kodiak fish which had just arrived in Soldotna, and Linda gave me a much needed haircut.
Here's Steve with his big box of fish.
Linda's Mom should have received the exact same thing, so we were curious as to what it looked like and how it was packed.
They got their box unpacked and a some packages were starting to thaw, so they got all the fish in their freezer quickly. We were glad we made the decision to move our rigs and plug in for a couple nights so we can get all the fish frozen solid.
A little later, Steve and I headed back to the river.
Today, I got my limit of six, but Steve only got three by the time we had to leave. We wanted to take them to the processor, but they closed at 6:00 p.m. so we needed to get going.
Custom Seafoods has a nice operation. You drop off your fish, and they weigh it - they charge based on the incoming weight (so you can save a little money if you take the heads off and gut the fish). They then give you a paper with the weight - you pay when you pick the fish up, and they'll store it for you in their freezer for up to two weeks. The paper they give you also gives you an estimate of the net weight of fish you should get back. They said it's based on a University of Alaska Fairbanks calculation which they say is fairly accurate - we should get back fillets weighing about 55% of the whole fish weight.
Back at the RV park, the ladies were into Happy Hour, and we worked on getting dinner ready. It was a team effort as I grilled some rockfish and lingcod while they put together all the fixins for taco-less seafood tacos. With no shell to hold all the stuff, we had to use forks, but it was delicious. We then relaxed for a while before calling it an early night.
Tomorrow, we're going back to our 5:00 a.m. fishing schedule to see if we can get our fish early and have most of the day free. We'll see if it makes a difference.
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