I am born and raised in Bellingham and have been trying to find that Ira Yeager book for about 10 years so good luck with that.

I hear the book and perhaps a lot of his stories from this article are hog wash and that his family is a bit embarrassed about it. It doesn't matter to me really but something to put it in perspective.

I grew up next to a old local who died at 106. He knew Ira well. The stories guys like these told were insane. Most of them quit sport fishing a long time ago. Way too much work now.