Originally I posted this in one of the decade threads, but thought I would share this

I had a great experience yesterday - went dipnetting (this is fishing with a 10' pole and 4' wide net for red salmon) in the Kenai River with some friends. We had a great haul - enough to feed my family good salmon for the next year.

It's very hard, dirty, cold work even on a beautiful day like yesterday was - and I was fit! Strongest, fittest person on the boat. It takes many hours - and I had the stamina!

Today we get to clean all those fish! Going to be a long, dirty, backbreaking saturday...

really awesome, I'm sure, to have that feeling! sounds like it must have been beautiful too.

That is fantastic!!

wow all that salmon will be great for your diet! I wish I could fish for salmon where we live! salmon is about 6.99 a lb where I live. I did however catch about 10 nice size catfish last week.

Awesome! And plus, how cool is that!!!! I love salmon and love the idea of fishing for your own even more!

thanks, all! Today we filleted and I personally packed/froze 96 fillets. The subsistence fishing we are allowed as AK residents keeps my family in salmon for the entire year.

Boy, am I tired.

Wow, Good for you! I would love to do that sometime, I love fishing!

Wow, awesome! Can you send some to me?