this weekend, eric and i took out our boat for some fishing. we hadn’t been out in months and were slightly surprised that for the most part, it ran fine. the last time we had been out we had both become so seasick that we had lost interest in fishing and the boat for quite a while. this time though, we both took seasickness pills and were fine out on the water for more than 5 hours.

unfortunately, eric and i are in quite the fishless slump. i’m not sure what happened, because we used to catch fish all the time. i think what really ruined us was that huge halibut we caught 2 summers ago, and now most of our gear and setup is aimed at fish that big. i think a return to basics might do us some good and bring the joy back into fishing - and catching. in reading fish reports it also just seems like there aren’t too many fish out there right now for whatever reason, but in a couple of weekends we’ll give it another try.

the funniest thing that happened that day though was when a large pelican and an ocean duck were sitting next to our boat waiting for some of our bait fish. the duck got a hold of one and the pelican started chasing it which made us giggle. so being an asshole, i put a live sardine on the pelican’s back and it didn’t notice it, but the duck did and started attacking the pelican. when the pelican saw that the duck stole a sardine from its back and was trying to swallow it, the pelican put its whole mouth over the duck’s head and neck trying to fight for it. eventually the duck got its head out of the pelicans mouth, but without the sardine. we taunted them with a few more fish before moving on to another spot. it was hilarious, but maybe you had to be there.

and here’s a random sight: a seagull standing on a floating, dead sealion