Next up was a trip to Neah Bay. I got to go on that one. I love riding in Dave’s new Alumaweld. This year we had really flat water. We went 30 MPH all the way to Swiftsure. Fishing was only fair but Dave and his friend John got several nice Chinook and a lot of yummy bottom fish. I got to fetch my horse toy in the surf and mooch food from all the other campers.


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Only a few days later we headed town to fish Buoy 10. Darn there were a lot of people there but all of the guys caught fish. Dave got his biggest Chinook of the year a 28 pounder.









Then came the most exciting thing all year. Dave took me too Cook Canyon with Seastrike, his boy and his dog chase. What a lot of fun. I learned how to track pheasants and took to them immediately I think bazillion generations of my ancestors must have left me with great instincts. I even pointed a few. I live for this now. I am so glad HuntNCoug and Art Achewter got my parents together.







Our next trip was with Fishranger and Dave’s grandkids fishing for pink salmon. The kids loved it and it was a relaxed good time for everyone. I liked watching the fish get netted and licking them before they went in the fish box.







Then Big Fish Danny and Dave took me for the longest car ride ever. It seemed like I was in that kennel for a week but I guess it was only 18 hours. We stayed in some cabins where everyone loved me. I spent time with Ryley and Todd and slept in at least three different beds. We fished for two weeks and my people caught fish every day. One day Dave got really excited about what he said was the biggest steelhead he had ever photographed. Danny was pretty much always excited but he rubbed my ears and felt sorry for me when the bugs chewed up my privates badly.













We got back home and took a few days off but soon headed over to eastern Washington. We hunted quail several times and I flushed several but Dave sure did a crappy job of hitting them. Then we went to the Methow River with Brad Wagner. I followed them up and down and across the river and they caught a lot of steelhead.


We fished around the area a few times then Dave took me to eastern Washington duck hunting. I was awesome. In two days I retrieved 24 ducks and one huge goose. The goose was a bit scary but I finally drug it in to shore. One time Dave tied me to a five gallon bucket then we both forgot I was tied up. I jumped in to retrieve a duck and towed the bucket behind me. I got the duck and brought it back but that sure was hard.



As the year ended Dave and Pam, went to Florida and left me with a house sitter. He was a nice guy but I sure missed Pam and Dave. It does look like they had a good time and d Dave said he scratched several species off his bucket list.


To end the year we did several hunts in eastern Washington and went clam digging again.

Dang I love this outdoor life, I think I’m one lucky pooch.