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Sailor said:
No such thing as a landlubber. Just a beginning mariner. Get out there and wet a line!
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So true! Even though he grew up on a farm with the obligatory farm pond, my husband never liked fishing. Talked him into going on a charter with me in Homer (AK). He was hooked, pun intended! Of course, now he's a fishing snob and won't fish for anything other than salmon and halibut. lol

He also caught this freaky thing, a skate! He said it was like pulling up a manhole cover. We were hoping it was the mother of all halibut, but alas.

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ThatOwlWoman said:
So true! Even though he grew up on a farm with the obligatory farm pond, my husband never liked fishing. Talked him into going on a charter with me in Homer (AK). He was hooked, pun intended! Of course, now he's a fishing snob and won't fish for anything other than salmon and halibut. lol

He also caught this freaky thing, a skate! He said it was like pulling up a manhole cover. We were hoping it was the mother of all halibut, but alas.

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That is cool! Skate is actually very good if prepared right. Unscrupulous restaurants have been know to cut skate wings and pass them off as scallops. Homer AK huh? One of my favorite skiffs when I am home was built there. Called a Tolman Skiff. Built by Rene Tolman himself. We were coming into Homer in a gale, probably 12-15 ft seas and I look over to port and there is this skiff with one man aboard. Loaded with halibut. That skiff was cutting seas and riding them like a duck. When we got moored up I starting asking around and found about Rene Tolman and his skiffs. Went over and talked to him. What a character. And what a boat builder. Ordered one that day. Came back that way a few months later, got it on the ship and brought it to my home port. Had it ever since. Love that boat. True story.
 
Sailor said:
That is cool! Skate is actually very good if prepared right. Unscrupulous restaurants have been know to cut skate wings and pass them off as scallops. Homer AK huh? One of my favorite skiffs when I am home was built there. Called a Tolman Skiff. Built by Rene Tolman himself. We were coming into Homer in a gale, probably 12-15 ft seas and I look over to port and there is this skiff with one man aboard. Loaded with halibut. That skiff was cutting seas and riding them like a duck. When we got moored up I starting asking around and found about Rene Tolman and his skiffs. Went over and talked to him. What a character. And what a boat builder. Ordered one that day. Came back that way a few months later, got it on the ship and brought it to my home port. Had it ever since. Love that boat. True story.
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I love this true story! How cool is that! Now of course I must ask.... do you follow Deadliest Catch? We were so hoping to see the Time Bandit when in Homer but alas.

Disclaimer: The above photo was not taken in Homer; it was taken in Sitka.
 
ThatFowlWoman said:
Even though he grew up on a farm with the obligatory farm pond, my husband never liked fishing. Talked him into going on a charter with me in Homer (AK). He was hooked, pun intended! Of course, now he's a fishing snob and won't fish for anything other than salmon and halibut. lol He also caught this freaky thing, a skate! He said it was like pulling up a manhole cover. We were hoping it was the mother of all halibut, but alas.
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A fish story for every occasion.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
I love this true story! How cool is that! Now of course I must ask.... do you follow Deadliest Catch? We were so hoping to see the Time Bandit when in Homer but alas.

Disclaimer: The above photo was not taken in Homer; it was taken in Sitka.
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Watched it a couple of times. I very rarely watch TV at all. I can tell you though from what I saw, there is no Hollywood there. That is just what it is like.
 
Phantasmal said:
I’ve never had grouper, I’ve heard it is wonderful. I love and miss halibut. I hope to bring some back to Houston.
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Halibut and especially cod are those meaty fish, the same for grouper. You ain't lived until you've had grouper fingers in a basket with fries & slaw! :cool:

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Sailor said:
That is cool! Skate is actually very good if prepared right. Unscrupulous restaurants have been know to cut skate wings and pass them off as scallops. Homer AK huh? One of my favorite skiffs when I am home was built there. Called a Tolman Skiff. Built by Rene Tolman himself. We were coming into Homer in a gale, probably 12-15 ft seas and I look over to port and there is this skiff with one man aboard. Loaded with halibut. That skiff was cutting seas and riding them like a duck. When we got moored up I starting asking around and found about Rene Tolman and his skiffs. Went over and talked to him. What a character. And what a boat builder. Ordered one that day. Came back that way a few months later, got it on the ship and brought it to my home port. Had it ever since. Love that boat. True story.
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Nice!

https://www.tolmanskiffs.com/
 
Sailor said:
Watched it a couple of times. I very rarely watch TV at all. I can tell you though from what I saw, there is no Hollywood there. That is just what it is like.
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That probably is what has led to it being such a long-running reality show. At the end of each season they show what each crab boat earned, and the crews' individual take. $45K or $50K or $60K might sound like a lot for just a couple of months of work.... but it doesn't begin to compensate for what those guys go through to earn it. That's the only reality show that I have seen where the characters were ppl I came to care about. (Husband loves reality shows, me not so much.) Watching what conditions they work in, watching their fortunes rise and fall, watching some of them die on the job (Like Capt. Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie) or have heart attacks (Sig Hansen of the Northwestern) on camera, the injuries, the being away from momentous things in their families' lives like the birth of children, death of a loved one, etc.

Hat's off to you guys who bring us the bounty of the sea, for sure.
 
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