The Mighty Frigg'It

Kevin Ward’s job is Captain of The Searcher, a 90’ long range boat out of San Diego. He spends his free time jigging for yellowtail at SLC (that should tell you something about how good the fishing is there). His mere presence on a boat lends legitimacy and confidence to any fishing trip. You already know Alan. Well, luck would have it that we were honored to receive a personal invitation – an invitation to be deckhands on the mighty Frigg’It for a day. Of course, we jumped at the chance of a sure-fire circus in the making.
The Frigg’It is a little 17’ SeaWay commercial boat originally purchased brand new by Syd’s brother Bob. Supposedly one of the only SeaWay’s ever built for an outboard motor. He used it for years to commercial Sculpin fish out of, then it sat around in disrepair until Kevin bought it from him. It’s still in disrepair, but he loves her just the same… We had a ton of fun fishing, laughing, telling stories and even caught a couple of fish. In fact, it was on this day that I caught my personal best for the trip – a 31 pounder. Totally whupped me. I was breathing harder than any recent gym workout, and I finally had to put the rod on the rail, shift into low gear and just focus on cranking. Steve describes the view from behind as something akin to (mom, close your eyes) a baby giraffe humping a volleyball…. There's a reason Kevin is holding it up for me!