Beautiful Weather in Homer

The skies were blue and the seas flat calm in Homer yesterday. Looks like more of the same for today. I went out fishing in the kayak yesterday....nothing in front of the condos, but had my herring stolen once and had one hook up that I lost:-( out by the buoy. I'm going to try again this morning before heading back to Soldotna.


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 The water condition looks great . How were the temperatures ?

 About that hit and run---------- use sharp hooks.

 and there is always next time.......keeps us coming back for more.....

Today was productive! Caught my limit in 2 hours.  I found the fish out by the buoy at 50' depth on the downrigger. I was using blue-brined herring.


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It was cold, but a lot warmer than in Soldotna. It was 29 degrees when I started out on the water at noon.


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Nicely done. Way to bring in the new year.

That's awesome!   

Way to get it done!!!  Great looking fish!!!!!

Way to go, Kat.  I've been watching the webcams but haven't been able to find the motivation to go give them a try.  I've been freezing my butt off chasing rainbows on the Kenai for less than half the gas money.  I might need to go give the salt a shot just to take a break from the cold temps and freezing fresh water. 

Awesome, nice fish!!!

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Absolutely Awesome!  Thanks for sharing!

-Mark-

Wow!  So looking forward to visiting your town as a tourist next summer!

 Atta boy Kat.......
                     glad you got rid of those lousy Eagle Caw hooks....
                                                                                           'dem some purty fish.
 Ya did good. Keep it up.

Way to go Kat. I like your down-rigger set up. Got any photos of the instalation? Is that a Scotty Orca rod holder and how does it work for you? I've been meaning to get one.

Way to go Kat. I like your down-rigger set up. Got any photos of the instalation? Is that a Scotty Orca rod holder and how does it work for you? I've been meaning to get one.

I don't have any pictures of my down-rigger installation. It was quite simple and basic, but works great.

I installed a gear track in the recessed part along the side by the back of the seat. Then I used 2 carriage bolts in the track to attach a swivel down-rigger base to the kayak. I positioned the swivel base so that 2 corners were flush against the top edges on either side of the gear track, and the carriage bolts came up through the other 2 holes. In other words, the base is positioned like a diamond and held in place tightly by 2 bolts with the other 2 bolt holes held tightly against the kayak. So far, it has been very sturdy with no wobble using an 6# and an 8# down-rigger ball.

Not sure if you can picture that from my words. I'll take a picture of it when I get home in a couple of weeks.

On the rod holder. It's a Scotty, the kind that opens up when you lift the rod. I like it a lot. At first I thought it was difficult for me to lift the rod hard enough to open it, but have discovered that I don't have any trouble lifting the rod with enough force to open it when I have a fish on my line!


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She scores! Everyone loves a happy ending, thanks for sharing.