Working Hard For Your Money
There is no picture to post today. We caught 10 Halibut and a few Silver Kings and it was nothing spectacular. BUT, it was very much a lesson as to how life works and what life is all about. As you see from a previous post and picture, Monday was a spectacular day. We caught lots of large fish and had a wonderful time at it. The water was calm and we stayed in the same place all day and caught the last big one just at closing time. What a day.
Today? We did catch our limit - BUT - it was more like what we all experience on a day to day basis, real life in other words. We moved around a lot, we spent a lot of time catching junk fish and then moving to another location (takes time) and setting back up and going at it again only to see marginal results. Sound familiar?
And when we did get on the "bite" we were catching small fish. You know how it works, eventually you run out of time (although it doesn't get dark until mid-night but when you have been out there for over 11 hours enough is enough, does that seem familiar too?). So we finally hit a honey hole that immediately produces fish but they are 11th hour fish (meaning size no longer matters) and you take what you get. Today the seas were high and it was hard work, really hard work just to keep your balance on the deck fishing, it was hard going from one place to the next and you felt like you were banging your head against the wall. It was a hard day on the water for a fortunate yet marginal catch, but it WAS a catch and it WAS a limit.
What does this mean? Some days in life you reap a great harvest with little effort. Other days you work hard, you work your tail off, you give it everything you've got to obtain what seems like a little, just barely getting by, but we must remember those days that we catch 117 pound plus Halibut and it was easy.
It was another good day in Alaska. Alaska, the elements and conditions that people face on a day to day basis reminds me of something really important; we are not in charge, we are not in control, no matter who we are or what we do.
Today? We did catch our limit - BUT - it was more like what we all experience on a day to day basis, real life in other words. We moved around a lot, we spent a lot of time catching junk fish and then moving to another location (takes time) and setting back up and going at it again only to see marginal results. Sound familiar?
And when we did get on the "bite" we were catching small fish. You know how it works, eventually you run out of time (although it doesn't get dark until mid-night but when you have been out there for over 11 hours enough is enough, does that seem familiar too?). So we finally hit a honey hole that immediately produces fish but they are 11th hour fish (meaning size no longer matters) and you take what you get. Today the seas were high and it was hard work, really hard work just to keep your balance on the deck fishing, it was hard going from one place to the next and you felt like you were banging your head against the wall. It was a hard day on the water for a fortunate yet marginal catch, but it WAS a catch and it WAS a limit.
What does this mean? Some days in life you reap a great harvest with little effort. Other days you work hard, you work your tail off, you give it everything you've got to obtain what seems like a little, just barely getting by, but we must remember those days that we catch 117 pound plus Halibut and it was easy.
It was another good day in Alaska. Alaska, the elements and conditions that people face on a day to day basis reminds me of something really important; we are not in charge, we are not in control, no matter who we are or what we do.
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