Fishing.

We were fishing for halibut or yellow-eyed rock fish. We had no luck but did have some interesting catches and adventures.

Three different rock fish. In the picture above you can see a bloody spot on David's finger. He was poked by one of the spines of the fish - which are poisenous. His finger was numb for the rest of the night. Nothing serious - but definately can be if you're allergic!

My brother snagged onto someones line that had been snagged in the rocks. This was what was tangled in the old line. Some kind of funky star fish thingy.

Same fish as picture number 2. These fish are bottom fish and when they're caught their stomachs and eyes get all bulging from the pressure change. Usually if you poke their stomachs they'll swim back down. Otherwise they float, as this guy did. Amazingly the Bald Eagles see these fish from their perches in the trees on shore - and all of a sudden they'll just be there. Most of the time you never even see them coming. We knew this guy would be coming because we could see him, so we knew he could definately see the fish! He waited until the fish was about fifty yards from the boat before he picked up dinner. I tried to get a picture of the eagle's decent to pick up the fish - would've been much cooler - but you know how it is with point-and-shoot cameras...

The Eagle is headed back to Middle Rock Light where it had been watching us from.