World's Largest Snag

     I know we have not written in a couple of days.  Suffice to say we are awed by the beauty surrounding us and keeping quite busy.  To top it all off we have been sitting around the campfire until midnight every night.   Here are the latest pictures and descriptions....On Saturday we went to the farmers market and the honey a vendor was selling cost 10 for eight ounces, whew wished I could have sold my honey for that price.  After the farmers market we went into the visitors center to see the worlds largest snag.  Literally thousands of fishing lures are snagged on one log and after years of breaking off lines at the same spot in the river some fishermen decided to gaff it and haul it up. 

      Just imagine every time a person cast their line and had to break it off because it was attached to something which could not be seen under the surface of the water.  

     This catch was finally hauled in by John and Bryan Lowe and their friend Vincent Hooper in July 9, 1987.  The estimates on this snag say it contains some 2, 500 lures the Spin-N-Glo type and all the sinkers and swivels which would go with the lures.  It weighed 600 pounds when it was wet according to  the visitors center information tag posted on the glass case.
     This display made me feel better about my fishing skills or lack thereof...obviously there have been some other people who have lost lures too, now I know I am not the only one. 
    

Homer, Alaska

     We went down to Homer and watched a couple of fair halibut being cleaned.  It was a grey day, but I still managed to get a few stunning pictures.  The picture above has the Homer spit in it and a cruise ship on the left...the mountain range rises up so high it makes a person feel very insignificant.

Halibut in Homer

Doug's Fishing Spot!

This has been our fishing and lodging view for the past four days and we plan on being here for three more days.  Imagine this view with a cup of coffee every morning.  The Kenai River is quite famous for its Kings and Reds, but it should be for the view a fisherman has while fishing and waiting for the big King to grab the hook.  Each day we end with a camp fire to relax and recap our daily explorations.  So, here is Doug's fire!  All warm and cozy.