My Alaska trip.
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We fished off most of those glaciers in the summer when I was a kid. I lived in Anchorage from 1965 to 1969, right after the earthquake. Somewhere I have a picture of myself holding a salmon in front of the Seward sign at the docks.
johnsbrewhouse I could easily spend my summers up there!
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So the last adventure we went on was a fly in across Cook Inlet to a place called Wolverine Creek. We drove to Nikiski where we hopped on a float plane operated by Alaska West Air. They would be the outfitters for this trip. It was a pretty cool flight over and back. I had never been on a small plane. We landed and got on a boat with our guide who everyone called Badger. We were treated to a shore lunch in an absolutely beautiful setting. We had fresh salmon prepared two different ways along with a green salad and some small Yukon gold potatoes. It was an amazing meal!!! After the meal we went to catch salmon which is actually snagging them while they are on their run. It was a really good fight if you snagged one in the tail. We were each allowed three fish. After we had our limit we went to see if we could see bears fishing for the salmon as well. We saw four different bears. A young single male, a set of twins, and a bigger boar that our guide thought was maybe 5-6 years old. At one point the young male was bobbing for salmon literally 12 feet max away from the bow of the boat! It was amazing.
One of the cooler things about this trip was watching my Coach who is now 77 reel in a nice salmon that fought like crazy. Coach had all he could do to bring it in. This experience was overall my favorite thing I did in Alaska. It encompassed everything that is Alaska!!!
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Here is Coach fighting his fish.
On the way out we flew over a glacier.
This fly-in is something I will do for sure. It was an extra $550.00 that I wasn’t planning on but worth every penny!!! -
So the last adventure we went on was a fly in across Cook Inlet to a place called Wolverine Creek. We drove to Nikiski where we hopped on a float plane operated by Alaska West Air. They would be the outfitters for this trip. It was a pretty cool flight over and back. I had never been on a small plane. We landed and got on a boat with our guide who everyone called Badger. We were treated to a shore lunch in an absolutely beautiful setting. We had fresh salmon prepared two different ways along with a green salad and some small Yukon gold potatoes. It was an amazing meal!!! After the meal we went to catch salmon which is actually snagging them while they are on their run. It was a really good fight if you snagged one in the tail. We were each allowed three fish. After we had our limit we went to see if we could see bears fishing for the salmon as well. We saw four different bears. A young single male, a set of twins, and a bigger boar that our guide thought was maybe 5-6 years old. At one point the young male was bobbing for salmon literally 12 feet max away from the bow of the boat! It was amazing.
One of the cooler things about this trip was watching my Coach who is now 77 reel in a nice salmon that fought like crazy. Coach had all he could do to bring it in. This experience was overall my favorite thing I did in Alaska. It encompassed everything that is Alaska!!!
ND Mike I can see why this is your fav experience. I was taken to a small river that had a confluence. First time ever I could actually think of walking on water(biblical) because the salmon were swimming on top of one another. I also saw 3-4 bears and they didn’t care about us. One bear just sat on a rock in the middle and snagged as many salmon as he/she could. I’m smiling with you. What an experience.
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ND Mike I can see why this is your fav experience. I was taken to a small river that had a confluence. First time ever I could actually think of walking on water(biblical) because the salmon were swimming on top of one another. I also saw 3-4 bears and they didn’t care about us. One bear just sat on a rock in the middle and snagged as many salmon as he/she could. I’m smiling with you. What an experience.
zbigjeff it is something that I will never forget!
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ND Mike WOW! Best round of pics yet, the bears looked amazing and cool to see them fishing too. The one that has just the bears head out of water and he is looking at the camera, like “come on guy, I’m trying to fish too!” That glacier from the air is amazing looking!
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Here is Coach fighting his fish.
On the way out we flew over a glacier.
This fly-in is something I will do for sure. It was an extra $550.00 that I wasn’t planning on but worth every penny!!!ND Mike What an amazing experience. I have a friend with a float plane, he lives in Alaska and one year flew it across Canada to Minnesota. He took me up flying, it is quite an experience taking off and landing on lakes.
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ND Mike AND you should NOT forget it. It WAS a trip!!! Thanks for displaying it and bringing back some wonderful memories.
zbigjeff your welcome!
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ND Mike What an amazing experience. I have a friend with a float plane, he lives in Alaska and one year flew it across Canada to Minnesota. He took me up flying, it is quite an experience taking off and landing on lakes.
bocephus it is surprising how soft the landing is, well at least the 2 times I have experienced it.
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ND Mike WOW! Best round of pics yet, the bears looked amazing and cool to see them fishing too. The one that has just the bears head out of water and he is looking at the camera, like “come on guy, I’m trying to fish too!” That glacier from the air is amazing looking!
Jonathon it is a bucket list trip for sure.
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bocephus We lived large when I brought home about 200 lbs of halibut steaks about 1.5 inches thick and 150 lbs of salmon back in the day from my trip. The experts up there advised to soak it in milk, season it like a steak and grill it. They weren’t kidding. One of the best white steaks ever.
zbigjeff Yes, that works great for a lot of seafood. We do it regularly. If it is real strong stuff, like shark, etc. add a little bit of yeller mustard & that makes it great. Makes some salmon more greater!
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ND Mike
Awesome Mike, thanks for sharing. -
Pictures continued
Here is Coach fighting his fish.
On the way out we flew over a glacier.
This fly-in is something I will do for sure. It was an extra $550.00 that I wasn’t planning on but worth every penny!!!ND Mike That is all amazing & that one shot of the bear in the water is a million dollar keeper. I know you are energized now after being it that wonderful environment for a good bit. Glad you made it home safely & had a fantastic trip. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.
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PapaSop your welcome.
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ND Mike That is all amazing & that one shot of the bear in the water is a million dollar keeper. I know you are energized now after being it that wonderful environment for a good bit. Glad you made it home safely & had a fantastic trip. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.
calldoctoday thanks! Yeah I really like that shot of the bear in the water.
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bocephus it is surprising how soft the landing is, well at least the 2 times I have experienced it.
ND Mike That was my experience also, my friend told me they like a little chop on the water for takeoff as it helps break the suction from the pontoons.
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zbigjeff Yes, that works great for a lot of seafood. We do it regularly. If it is real strong stuff, like shark, etc. add a little bit of yeller mustard & that makes it great. Makes some salmon more greater!
calldoctoday I never thought about adding mustard to a stronger fish. Adding that thought to the old tool box.
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calldoctoday thanks! Yeah I really like that shot of the bear in the water.
ND Mike What an adventure! Those red salmon are fun to catch and very good eating. The bear watching and view during the your lunch is spectacular!
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ND Mike What an adventure! Those red salmon are fun to catch and very good eating. The bear watching and view during the your lunch is spectacular!
Spidey thanks! I definitely want to go back.
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