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Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« on: January 29, 2020, 09:17:41 PM »
Remember when the Fleet numbered in the Hundreds and the town of Westport, WA never slept, with the Bars closing at 2 AM and the Restaurants open for Breakfast by 3:30 AM.
Salmon Charters Big Yellow Boats were then a colorful presence at Dockside.
My first Skipper, Del Fender on "Drifter Too" (Charter Boat fishing back in the 1960's), went on to take charge of Salmon Charters and his Son, Harold "Bud" Fender took over for Dad, after he retired.
 
What good times were had by all, thanks to these hard working Folks.
We traded a lot of Fresh caught Salmon for "Smoked", back in the day. :tup:
Doug

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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2020, 10:47:23 PM »
Definitely the good old days.
Very cool, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2020, 06:43:46 AM »
 :tup: Lot's of great memories from Westport. Still creating some as well.
The Sugarfoot; now there's an old one.
My brother ran a boat for 10 years or so. We spread his ashes down there.
I think the Comanche's still around. Phil Anderson's still, last I heard. I think he ran a few trips after retiring again.
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2020, 06:58:02 AM »
Wow talk about memories.  I was on the Top Hat a few times. The skipper, Bob Vaughn was friends with my dad and would come pheasant hunting on our farm in the basin every fall and we salmon fished with him. Sadly he passed away from a heart attack on our farm on one of those hunting trips he so dearly loved.
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2020, 08:02:44 AM »
Woke up this morning with the VH song, "Where have all the good times gone"  don-don-dont   don-don-dont. Still can't get it outta head.  Thanks 2many. grrrrrrr
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2020, 10:39:42 AM »
Great Job for a 9 Year Old Kid during the Summer, working as a Deckhand on the Charter Boats (if you didn't mind getting up and being on the Dock before 5 AM. Of course $5.00 for washing down the Boat afterward was a lot of money back then. (Oh, but you would get .25 taken off for every Fish Scale you missed on Deck!)   :'(
 Sometimes after limiting out on Salmon we would head over and clean up on Sea Bass (if there were not too many Customers still Seasick) and if you were good at Filleting, for .25 each you could make a little more on the way back in. :tup:
Doug
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2020, 10:53:50 AM »
Being a past deckhand I will offer the following...........................

Bottom fishing trips sucked!!!!
Standing in the back of the boat filleting pokey fish the whole run back in was the worst.

The only good part was taking a couple of fillets to the burger joint where they would whip you up a killer batch of fish and chips. Then headed back to the rental dive duplex and partying the night away.

Where have all the good times gone?

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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2020, 10:27:23 AM »
2MANY,
I hear ya, on those Marathon Filleting Sessions at the back of the boat. Always well attended by Flocks of Seagulls and the Onlookers just waiting for your knife to slip.  :'(
The first year I had so many cuts on my hands and they got infected with the "Creeping Fish Crud". Pretty scary when it started to spread up my arm.  :yike:
The Skipper told me to show the Pharmacist in town and he will give you some kind of "Horse Lineament" that will burn like crazy but will kill the stuff right off the bat. (As usual the Skipper knew what he was talking about.)
I learned a lot back then and grew up fast, thanks to him.  :tup:
Doug
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2020, 11:31:45 AM »
Cool picks!
We use to sit at the Olsen dock fish cleaning station in Sekiu, and wait for boats to come in. We would make $2 a fish to clean and filet. On a good day, I could pocket $100 easy. Not bad for a 12 year old kid!
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2020, 01:34:21 PM »
Quote from: Bullkllr on January 30, 2020, 06:43:46 AM
:tup:
I think the Comanche's still around. Phil Anderson's still, last I heard. I think he ran a few trips after retiring again.
Last I heard "The Comanche's" running out of Ilwaco. :)
Doug
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2020, 01:51:12 PM »
Great video of a Westport in the above video.  Can anybody make out the name of the troller coming in over the bar? 

Also, the Sea Spree, shown at about 0:25-ish, is currently up in Ketchikan serving as a transport boat for a kayak guide company.  One of my fishing partners up here used to run it for them before he bought a troller. Pretty cool to see it in the video.
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2020, 02:02:56 PM »
Is a good video.

Man it was soooooo good for soooooo long out there.

Cue the tears.
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2020, 05:14:24 PM »
Doug, 2many, yes, it was a wonderful time and place for kids to learn to work, grow up and fall in love with fishing, boats and the elements.  Deckhanded for my Grampa on the original Lucky Lid (40' wood hulled boat) and on his second boat of the same name (62' Blanchard design glass hull) in the early 70's. Loved it, saw lots of fish and lots of big fish come in..we will never see the daily derby regularly won by 50lb kings or the season long derby won by a 70-80lb fish ever again.  Dumped my gpas ashes crossing the bar years ago and I still have to go fish with him each season.
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2020, 07:18:07 PM »
Quote from: Sr15 on January 30, 2020, 06:58:02 AM
Wow talk about memories.  I was on the Top Hat a few times. The skipper, Bob Vaughn was friends with my dad and would come pheasant hunting on our farm in the basin every fall and we salmon fished with him. Sadly he passed away from a heart attack on our farm on one of those hunting trips he so dearly loved.

With all due respect, sign me up for that program....
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2020, 08:47:20 PM »
Quote from: Skillet on January 31, 2020, 01:51:12 PM
Great video of a Westport in the above video.  Can anybody make out the name of the troller coming in over the bar? 

Skillet, Looks to me like we might be watching the Troller "DEVOTION" crossing the bar.  :tup:
Doug
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2020, 09:09:39 PM »
Quote from: Bullkllr on January 30, 2020, 06:43:46 AM
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I think the Monte Carlo is still around.

Bullkllr, Is this the same boat you are talking about? Sure is nice to see Folk's Buying, Restoring and Keeping the Old Memories Afloat.


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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2020, 09:12:50 PM »
June Hogs
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #17 on: January 31, 2020, 09:16:15 PM »
 :drool:
I bet those could really jump.  Wonder where their redds would've been?
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #18 on: January 31, 2020, 09:37:50 PM »
gee_unit360,
When I first scrolled down and saw your picture, I thought they were some nice sized Halibut..... Man what a couple of Hog's!  :yike:
Doug
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #19 on: January 31, 2020, 09:42:06 PM »
Quote from: JimmyHoffa on January 31, 2020, 09:16:15 PM
:drool:
I bet those could really jump.  Wonder where their redds would've been?

Most likely mid to upper Columbia ,pre dams .
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #20 on: February 01, 2020, 01:58:37 AM »
I was just reading up on the June hogs and sounds like the grand coulee dam was their demise
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #21 on: February 01, 2020, 07:25:00 AM »
Quote from: AL WORRELLS KID on January 31, 2020, 09:09:39 PM
Quote from: Bullkllr on January 30, 2020, 06:43:46 AM
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I think the Monte Carlo is still around.

Bullkllr, Is this the same boat you are talking about? Sure is nice to see Folk's Buying, Restoring and Keeping the Old Memories Afloat.


This one https://westportcharters.com/montecarlo/index.html

At the peak there were what, 250 or so boats? Now it's down to about 30 or so. It is good to see them still in use even if repurposed. My brothers boat, the old Sidni-B, ended up as a dive boat in California.
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #22 on: February 19, 2020, 08:53:10 PM »
Those are two incredible salmon!  :o
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Re: Salmon Heyday's.....The Way It Was
« Reply #23 on: September 07, 2020, 06:40:46 PM »
Salmon Charters Drifter Too Captain Del Fender Crossing the Bar in 64.
Doug
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