Merry Chinookmas!

Jennie@ifish · 04-20-2001, 06:08 AM

Tis the season to be sealin, fa la la la laaaa la la la la!
Vac and Pac for later dealin, fa la la la laaa la la la la!
Smoke the fish, that's how I'm feelin, fa la la la la la.. la la la!
Steaks are cut for greasy grillin!
fa la la la la laaaa LA LA LA LALA!!! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
I can't believe it! My arm is sore from "pressing on both ends" and sucking air out of Vac and Pac bags of Spring Chinook Salmon!
We have a deal with some friends to trade for wild rice, some for family, some for friends, hey just knock on our door! We have SPRINGERS!
A little smoked, a little fresh, I love to vac pac! Better watch out, Bill, I've gone nuts with this machine! If you come home some day and your couch is vac packed, don't be surprised!
I've gotten so good at it, that every time I see Bill out there filleting, I have that vac pac whipped out and ready for sealin and mealin.
Yesterday brought home another Spring Chinook! It's already neat and tidy in the freezer. One for Andrew's orthodontist, one for my Sis. Count 'em up! Gosh, I have friends this time of season!
Bill brought in a beautiful sea liced chromer yesterday off of the Willamette.
It was caught on an orange prawn, wrapped with an orthodontic rubber band, and scented with Marie's shrimp scent. Those little bands come in so handy when trying to keep those prawns on the hook, and they are colorful too!
Pete Morris came with us, and we had a really great time. Seven hours of fishing produced two fish, one keeper and one non fin clipped. I still can't call them wild. Of course, Pete's was a couple of pounds bigger!
Oh... Springers... come home to me!
I am so tired of driving to get to these fish! Yesterday found Bill and I on the road at 5. zzzzz
Soon, oh so very soon, they will be knocking on my home waters, haunting my sleep with visions of launching at Memaloose, fishing the Trask, bobber down, net up! Boxes of shiny polished spinners.. Perhaps even a permanent place on my counter for my VAC PAC!
Tis the season to be sealin, tra la la la laaaa la la la la!
I'm a happy packer!
A packy happer?
A happacker?
A mealsealin Mama?
A chinnookacook?
A domesticookchinookpackyhapper??

Predator Dawg · 04-20-2001, 06:38 AM

Jen, babe, ease off on the caffiene!

Jennie@ifish · 04-20-2001, 07:02 AM

Ok! Sorry!
Gotta run to the orthodontist now.
I'm late, gotta pick up a latte first.
Bye!
J

STRIKE ZONE · 04-20-2001, 07:37 AM

You've lost it Jen!!!!!!!!!!Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

SteelieSteve · 04-20-2001, 07:45 AM

Jen
All that Chinook fat and lack of sleep is getting to you. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I did the before work thing with BOE this morning. Really nice fellow ifisher! Dawn found us up by the falls in the happy OC crowd. Here we get setup and another sled slides in beside us and pushes us out of our spot. May the rain pour down on them all day and give them nasty colds! Saw 2 fish hooked, 1 keeper and one non-keeper. I tried the killer k-15 kwicky, BOE used bait... no bites. Nothing like the mist from the falls drifting over you as the rains slowly chill you. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Great to get out anyway and meet another ifisher.

novice · 04-20-2001, 08:22 AM

Jen..
Maybe you've been fishing just a little bit much lately...
You need to read or re-read "The river why " sometime..
Maybe get you back on track...
novice

fishbait · 04-20-2001, 08:43 AM

Jen,
rumor has it the there are some fish in tidewater. I would suggest pig pen, the hay rake area............Steve

04-20-2001, 10:47 AM

Mr. Fisherman · 04-20-2001, 11:50 PM

A vac pack attack from a gal who don't lack.....

Bag on Jen [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]