Captain Dave of Reel Pleasure Charters.
Their Motto: No Excuses.
He is the 6 time Derby winner and 22 years in the top 3.
His biggest fish weighed 325lbs.
The end of the Alaskan Pipeline in the Valdez harbor.
Catching a silver Salmon.
A few made it to the harbor, but they never really came in.
It was not a good year for Silvers.
Captain Dave, friend of Melody Fair, backing our boat into dock.
It took two cart loads to get our fish.
The happy fisherman with a fine catch. L to R - Myself, Andy Bryan - who made this trip possible for me, Thad Newton, Chad, Thomas Ridenour, and Evan Bowers.
My biggest catch of the day - 95lb halibut.
Evan Bowers and I
Evans fish weighed about 80lbs.
If Daryl Quesenberry is reading this: 162lbs.
Loading fillets into the cart.
Captain Dave filleted it out in a little over a minute while talking and looking around. He is the fastest Filleter in Alaska. If you ever get to Valdez and want a big fish and your limit. See Reel Pleasures Charter.
309.5lbs of fillets.
Beautiful mountains the whole way home.
Mount Blackburn
Robertson Glacier
A new friend: Evan Bowers.A wonderful gentlemen.
The bad thing about this guy - he is friends with Daryl Quesenberry.
Evan Bowers was just inducted into the Karate Hall of fame as the Most Distinguished Master Instructor Mr. Bowers has been studying the arts for more than 37 years and currently holds a Go-Dan - 5th degree black belt in Isshinryu Karate, a 3rd degree black belt in Taga-Pagturo, and has studied Filipino Modern Arnis. He is currently an instructor at Hall’s Dojo Arnis in Knoxville. http://www.thehallsdojo.com/instructors1.htm
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The silvers were in,, you just have to know how to fish. ;-) haha :-P
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