A Day of Firsts

As I wrote last week, I have been in search of my first salmon in the new/used kayak/drysuit Sequim Salty gave me such a good deal on. I launched from Mukilteo this AM in search of an early pink. It took me most of the morning but I finally found one sneaking in ahead of the crowd. It's still too early there for the pinks but it was fun catching my first of the season. Speaking of firsts - it was also my first use of my new NWKA Hawg Trough (thanks Polepole). I clipped the end of the head off the picture - but it is not being entered in anything so - no worries. I guess I need some practice with my phone camera. Finally, it was the my first use of a drysuit relief zipper! I don't know how I got along without that.

The second picture is of a serious powerboat sharing the water with me this morning. I swear I saw a couple of downriggers coming off the back  Probably headed into Seattle for SeaFair weekend and doing some trolling along the way.

Good job double Y!! congrats on the first salmon the yak!

That is for sure a real power(fire) boat....

Congrats!  After fishing for decades, this is my first year on a yak and its scary addictive now that I have hit a few nice salmon!  Buyer Beware...in a whole different way!

Congratulations on the first salmon from the kayak.  Those relief zippers sure come in handy, don't they.