Alaska is synonymous with salmon. We decided to try and get a last minute fishing charter for July 12th… I was calling boat captains on the 11th, lol, hoping to get lucky.

After several calls and referrals, I called John at Inn and Out Charters in Seward. He was not taking his boat out but for some reason agreed to take us. It would just be Capt. John, my favorite man, and me.

It was about a 2 hour ride down to Seward so we were up at 4am. The boat was the Nauti Girl…somehow that just seemed appropriate. Off we went searching for silver salmon. The day was warm and clear and we saw bald eagles, seals, sea lions, and whales. There was so much wildlife it was hard to focus on fishing but Capt John was awesome. I caught the first fish and was first to catch my limit of salmon and rockfish.

Capt. John expertly fileted our fish so we could take it to the shipping dock to send home. He have us a bag full of rockfish and sent us to the Apollo restaurant in Seward where we asked for Capt. John’s fish dinner for two. They fried some and grilled some for us. This had to be some of the best fish I’ve ever had and definitely the freshest!