Wharf Rats

Post Aquarium tourist activity. Nota bene - early afternoon squid fishing at the pier - oh man did I want to get some of that action ;)

Seattle Aquarium - for the Third Time

Picture heavy -

Ramen and More

Late post - seems as if the ramen shop in the Mall area outside of SEATAC has become our default place to eat when flying in or out of the area. Here are some pictures from the Nov 20 ramen run.

Drive By Flies

On our way up to see my sister and her family, we stopped off at Emerald Water Anglers. Nice shop with awesome flies. These guys should catch papio.

Hanging in Seattle

Hanging out with my sister and her family before I take back off for da aina.

Air Mobile

I can catch some fish with this setup...

All Packed Out

Gomen nasai for the lack of posts. I've been busy - I flew back to help with the final pack out and clean up of the house we've been renting in DuPont.

With a bunch of help from friends and family, we got the second of two PODS all loaded up, all the items we are leaving with family out of the house, and the shipment on its way to Hawaii.

And as I'm writing this, we are just finishing off the final cleaning.  This place is cleaner than when we moved in.

Seuss-ish Fish in Downtown Tacoma

Saw these while walking around Downtown Tacoma.

Look Who's in Town!

Stan "the Man" Wiles! I took him fishing, but the "Curse of Stan" prevented us from catching any fish (even though I went out to the same spot the day before - last post - to make sure the fish were there). Always great to catch up with this guy!

The Cycle Starts Over (Rats are Back!!!)

I went fishing Saturday afternoon. Since I hadn't been out in a while, I decided to use bait. Cut squid strips and the better solunar time frame and I got some willing participants. The smaller class of blue fin trevally are back on the flats! When I got out here nearly a year ago, these small BFTs (papio) were the fish I would consistently catch. I watched (and if you read this blog, you saw it too) these fish grow to nearly double this size and weight. It's good to see the new group of young papio show up! I caught one of these humuhumunukunukuapua'a also. Three papio and a humu - not a bad take for a Saturday afternoon bait session.