Dip Netting Rookies

Today is the last day of July.  Our 2nd year anniversary of marriage is just around the corner, yippy!  So sorry I have ignored the blog for pretty much the whole month of July.  Today it is raining and this is the perfect time for me to catch this thing up.  Although, this has to be one of the best summers Alaska has had with the sun shining almost everyday.  Made it tough to study indoors for summer classes.  As of last Friday, Cory and I are done with our summer session for college.  We are kicking butt in college, by the way.  Another semester down!  We have a month off until the fall semester starts.  Now Cory and I get to play more.

Well, I have had a handful of photo shoots this month, which I am grateful for.  Had some engagements, some baby and two weddings this month.  I've already booked a family shoot and two senior shoots ahead.  I hope to book more.  This business is definitely helping us get by.  I am always learning how to get better after every shoot.  The more I do photography, the more I am loving it.  It is a sweet escape.  Here is the photography blog EPICPHOTOGRAPHYAK BLOG

On Friday, we went down to Homer to shoot a wedding.  The wedding was on the Homer spit on the rocky beach.  Cory and I booked a hotel to stay the night after the wedding. Homer is 4 hours south and we would rather stay the night, than drive back up to Anchorage after photographing.  Although, last minute, our friends asked us to go dip netting with them the next day.  We woke up the next day and drove to Kenai, which was only 1.5 hours north of Homer.  It was perfect because it was on the way home anyways.

So, we met up with, Andy and Brianna, also a married couple.  They never been dip netting either and this was a great opportunity to do this.  I was pretty excited for this!  Unfortunately, we came when the dip netting season on the Kenai was about to end.  I only caught 1 salmon in the 3 hours.  The numbers were low for everyone on the coast.  If only we came a week early, then we would of caught a lot more.  Bri and Andy had been dip netting the night before, the morning, and then in the afternoon with us. They caught 8 total in all those times.  In the end, they were nice enough to give us one of their salmon.  We will definitely do it again next year.  I can't believe how much I missed out on not dip netting my whole life.  It is so fun!  It is only for Alaskan Residents and basically you put your chest waiters on, grab your dip net, your cooler, and a fish club.  It is so easy to catch a fish!  You just walk into the water, put your net in the water and wait until you feel a punch in the net.  Then you bring the net & fish in.  What an awesome opportunity for Alaskans to catch fish.  Sometimes I would feel a fish hit my butt or slide against my leg.  Can't wait for next year to go when the fish are hot in the pot.

The group!

Tomorrow Cory will go into work for a week to complete his "2 weeks out of the year" rotation for the Reserves.  While he is at work, I will be coaching volleyball camp and editing pictures of the wedding we did.  Next week volleyball season starts and we are on board for coaching this year.  Cory will volunteer again, which I am thankful for.  It is great working together while we coach the girls.  Now he is personally trainer certified, so he can def get those girls in the weight room.  I can't wait to see the turn out.

Until next time!