More Photos From Tuesday

The coastline from Anchor Point to Bluff Point is mostly--well--bluff. That's Anchor Point in the distance.

The bluffs are striped with bands of coal. We live just behind the ridge in the picture below but it takes us well over an hour to get from our house to this point in the water...



We fished off Bluff Point for several hours and caught two halibut that were of decent-enough size to keep. When the day-breeze began to kick up, we decided to head into Kachemak Bay, looking for calmer seas.



We ended up in Pederson Bay, just across from the Homer Spit. This shot was taken looking toward the Homer bluffs and--in the foreground--Gull Island.



Looking the opposite direction, the tranquility of Pederson Bay...



The winds were lighter at Pederson Bay but the tide was changing and it was hard to keep our bait on the bottom as the waters of the smaller bay rushed out into the larger body of water. We finally decided to call it a day and headed back to port.

The waters of Kachemak Bay showed a clear division between the tidal-run sea water and the lighter-colored melt-off waters from the glacial streams that feed into the south side of K-Bay.

If you click to enlarge the phot below, you can see the darker grween line of water in the distance as we head out on the Bay.



The sea waters and the glacial waters meet but don't want to mingle...



The winds were still blowing quite briskly out on the Bay and we had to cut well behind the Spit before we could head into the harbor. But the waters are always rough in the afternoon and it was unpleasant but nothing worse.

We got home and bade our friend good-bye, then filleted and packaged up the halibut. It was a long day and the fresh air wore us out, but all-in-all, a success.