Fishin' Blues

Hello, today's story Fishin' Blues comes from British Columbia, Canada. I would like to post this story as a tribute to my good friend, Steve Cox, who passed away recently. Steve was supposed to accompany me, my father-in-law, Jim Meyers' and his buddy Geoff Hughes, both of Kalispell, Montana. Steve and I worked together for 10 years in The Denver Post photo department. I hope Steve was laughing every time I pulled up some strange-looking fish from the depths of the ocean.
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I met up with Jim and Geoff in Vancouver and we flew from there to Port Hardy where we climbed into The Goose, a nine passenger plane that can land on water or pavement. I begged to ride shotgun as the co-pilot so I could make pictures from the side window.
The Goose landed on the water in Ocean Falls and taxied up the boat ramp where Joann and Jim Walls met us. They own and run "Wall's" Fish Camp. Joann does all the booking and cooking while Jim and several other guides take guests fishing.
We were fishing for salmon for the most part. However, I kept reeling in odd catches one after another. It became a running joke! Finally, I caught a small China Rockfish but before I could reel it in a large Ling Cod grabbed it. I almost dropped my rod and reel into the ocean when this giant fish came out of the water with its mouth wrapped around the smaller fish. Usually I end up taking pictures rather than fishing. This trip I managed to do both. Yesterday I dropped off 80 pounds of filleted fish to be vacuum packed.
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