Been a while since I wrote anything. Basically we've been working non stop for the last 2 1/2 weeks and will continue at this pace for a while. Things started out real slow, not to many fish showing and the sets weren't yielding what I had come to expect. I was beginning to get nervous about how things might turn out. Then one day, fish started to freight train right up the channel. Today we landed 215,000 lbs of fish. Not to shabby.
I can't believe how nice the weather has been. We've had 15 consecutive sunny days so far in July. That's rather unheard of up here. Someone told me that last year they had 8 days where the sun come out and it did not rain. Working outdoors all day can be a blessing or a huge burden. Working in the sun makes me very happy. I think of all the poor suckers stuck in cubicles all day long grinding away while I get to feel the warm rays, gentle winds rolling on the mountain peaks, and the spray of sea water. Working in the rain makes second guess what I'm doing and how I ended up working outdoors. Nothing more debilitating than being cold and wet. The weather really has an adverse effect on the attitude and general well being of a person.