I went fishing with my buddy Danny on Wednesday. I had to get up at 3am and drive for 2.5 hours to the coast at Westport. It was worth it though, as my man Danny is an awesome fisherman. Seriously, he could probably retire and be a guide and run charters etc (except then he'd have to deal with amatuers like me all day every day)

Anyway, on with the pics.



That's me with Danny. (He's the one with the awesome handlebar mustache)


This was the first "keeper" of the 7 or 8 salmon (silver) that i reeled in. The first 3 i caught werent clipped and therefore had to be relased.


The guy on the right in this pic is Danny's homeroom school teacher from when he was a kid. They still keep in touch and go fishing pretty often. This dude has been fishing for 65 years...and he still puked his guts out twice that day. (from sea sickness, for you slow folks) For the record, i was drinking Jameson and Long Hammer IPA all day and didnt puke, im taking that as a sign that i need to be out on the ocean more. In the old guy's defense, we were on a 28ft fishing boat 15 miles out in the Pacific, needless to say it wasnt a smooth ride.


This is how we celebrated reeling one in.




These were the ones we kept. Theres a 2 fish limit per person, per day. So since there was 3 of us, we could have technically kept 6. But we kept on catching wild ones we had to let go.


Being that im not man enough to know how to clean and filet fish, Danny took care of all 5 of em right there on the dock, next to the boat. Im not kidding when i say he literally handled all 5 salmon in 10-15 minutes. It was pretty obvious the man has done it more than a couple of times.


So anyway, this was easily one of the most fun times ive had in quite a while. I dont get out and try new things often enough these days, so this was a much appreciated adventure with my boy Danny.

ps - This is a little video i took of Danny showing off his big catch (sarcasm). For some reason i always find it hilarious when people pose for a pic and dont realize youre taking a video. Makes me laugh every time.

Danny's bait from Chris Cox on Vimeo.