Here are some close ups of some sheep we didn’t take during our last few hunts. Some were so close we could have practically touched them. Some of these were nice but we had already taken a ram and were hiking back to the truck with our sheep or just let it slide waiting for …
Tday Chip Van Mols and I took out the Noklby Family for a day fishing on the 40 foot Gamefisherman. We had a long day of trolling until we saw a really nice fish come to the short bait. It came up all over the lure and didn’t bite. It looked well over 500 but …
I apologize for my posts being late this season. It has been a great year with a ton of good action. We have been in the field so much working that it has been really hard to get in the office. I have been hoping to have the trips and stay busy fishing and hunting …
Here you see Dennis Gutman With a nice ram we got. We went out in the afternoon and found the sheep working their way back up to their evening range. We got on them right away but couldn’t find a sheep big enough. As the afternoon went on we saw more and more sheep but …
Today Bryce and I went to the south end to hunt goats. We were shocked at how dry it has been. Once really green it now is down to very low grass. It is a worry for the goats if the food for them goes away or they range out …
You just never know when you are going to get to see the sheep really fired up fighting in full rut. This morning we saw these nice rams fighting. It was a great stalk and was high energy and stressful which added to the drama. Bryce and I drove to a good look out and …
Roy Carlson and I had time to scout after he got his Black Hawaiian Ram so we looked for herds and had found good herds of sheep. Here you see a young ram who seemed to be the biggest ram of this herd chasing this ewe getting ready make new years lambs. We were able …
Roy Carlson got this nice Black Hawaiian Sheep. We couldn’t find the sheep in their normal pattern but found a small herd with this nice ram in the bunch. Roy made a good shot off hand due to an tough set up. The sheep were close to us which helped but a standing shot with …
Here the first coats are on. With taking the prep sanding down so smooth it is shining early in the job. I took the table home to my shop where I sprayed about 12 coats of Imron clear over it. I sprayed 6 coats on the first day . I sanded flat and …
Here you see the wood stripped and some of the stain applied. It felt good to get to this stage. Once the stain goes on it is down hill from here. We use a filler stain that stains the mahogany and helps fill the grain. It is nice to get a good uniform color throughout …
Today I started working on the boat. I started off slow by stripping the interior varnish. It was in pretty nice shape but was on the verge so I decided to strip the varnish entirely instead of trying to patch it here and there. It seemed at the start like I could bang it …
The Bergstedt family fished with us today on Halloween. It was Sharon’s birthday and we had a good day at sea to celebrate. We trolled down to the dolphins and fished the tuna stick most of the day. It was poor timing for the traffic. There were a lot of boats there which made it …
We had a nice couple of days of fishing focused on our goal. A spearfish. By this time word had spread of our quest. Everyone in the fleet was helping us try to find one but they weren’t to be found. At 2:30 in the afternoon on our last day we hooked another nice Blue …
We hunted and hunted for spears and found that they really are rare billfish especially in Oct. It was a tough thing to do but we kept fishing hoping for the luck that Sandra has in fishing. She has caught a lifetime of billfish in a short time. Her accomplishment over the last 35 days …
We got called on for what I call now mission impossible. Sandra Hiler in Indiana called to charter the Northern Lights to catch her two of the 9 billfish species she needed to complete her slam of billfish. I assumed we would start the first week of February or so to start trying. I suggested …