Sunday, August 9th, 2020
After driving 9 hours from Boise Idaho, we made it to Pacific City, Oregon. The night before fishing I had to go to bed early but, I couldn't sleep because I was so excited. In the morning we had to wake up at 4:00am to get ready for our fishing trip. When is was time to go fishing we headed over to the marina to meet Mark, our amazing captain. After we met Mark, we went over the safety rules and we went to launch the boat. To launch the boat, Mark had to get the trailer in the water a little ways. After he got the trailer in the water, we had to hold on to the boat rails and get ready for the launch. For the launch, Mark had to time it right with the waves and when it was the right time he when forward fast which the car which made the boat go off the trailer into the water. After the boat was in the water we left for the journey. When we got to our spot to fish we were bringing rockfish in left and right. When we had one rock fish left to catch before the limit, I had a fish on and when I got it to the boat it was a 5 pound smallmouth bass. After we had our limit of rock fish, we went to check on our crab pods. On our way to the crabs my grandpa was sea sick and threw up. After he threw up we went to the first crab pod. When we get the first crab pods there where 7 keepers because there was hole in the pod. On the second we got 20 some keeper and on the third we got the rest of the limit. On the way to salmon fishing, we saw a whale. After the crab, we tried to got salmon fishing. Before I could even get my lure out in the water someone already caught a salmon. While he was fighting the salmon, the fish got off. Then my grandpa really started to not feel great and then threw up many many times because he was not use to the seven foot swells. After my grandpa threw up he had a salmon on his pole. While reeling the fish in, my grandpa fell on the deck of the boat and still kept reeling. We finally got the fish into the boat after many runs. After the salmon, we kept trolling for about an hour and got no bite just puke. After the trolling we decided to come back to shore early. To land the boat on the shore, we had to go the full speed to shore and the raise the engine when we got close to the shore. After the boat was loaded on the the trailer, we went to Marks house and had a fun time eating crab and fish.