At First Light: A Collection of Short Stories

Welcome to the school of hard knocks, Pain, humor, excitement and a whole lot of luck fill the stories ahead. If you love fishing, hunting, or just being in the great outdoors, this book is for you. Ride along on the ocean voyages, river trips and hunting expeditions with Captain John as he learns the lessons of survival the hard way.

Captain John has been a professional fisherman for most of his adult life. Working with NOAA and National Marine Fisheries he has fished the Grand Banks, Gulf of Mexico, South Pacific, North Pacific and the Bering Sea. Owning and operating a west coast Salmon, Halibut and bottom fish charter for over twenty years. When not on the ocean he guided river trips down the many rivers of the Olympic Peninsula. He now spend winters in Mexico and summers in the Pacific North West.