My Alaska trip.
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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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ND Mike What a great trip, especially with team mates. The smiles on all your faces tells it all.
Beautiful photos!Give a man a fish and he eats for a day
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ND Mike What a great trip, especially with team mates. The smiles on all your faces tells it all.
Beautiful photos!glen thank you! It was pretty special.
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ND Mike glad to hear that you had a great time and made some awesome memories. I have family and friends up there and have spent time in AK. There is lots to see and do especially after the spring melt.
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ND Mike glad to hear that you had a great time and made some awesome memories. I have family and friends up there and have spent time in AK. There is lots to see and do especially after the spring melt.
YooperDog I just need to talk my wife into going up there instead of a Beach in Mexico or Jamaica…that is going to be a hard sell!
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I’m LIVING VICARIOUSLY through your pictures! Loved the trip!!
Denny O’s-Smokey Bones
I’d rather be sit’in in a boat and thinking about God,
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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!!!
ND Mike Hey, did you get a chance to see the Boar Tide come into the inlet just on the southside of Anchorage? I can’t remember the name of the inlet (it may be Seward something). Aka: The Tide comes into the inlet at around 8-10 foot high and fills the inlet within 10-15 mins with water that started out as mud after the tide “went out”. I understand how tides work. But, watching the tide up there in AK just floored me.
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ND Mike Hey, did you get a chance to see the Boar Tide come into the inlet just on the southside of Anchorage? I can’t remember the name of the inlet (it may be Seward something). Aka: The Tide comes into the inlet at around 8-10 foot high and fills the inlet within 10-15 mins with water that started out as mud after the tide “went out”. I understand how tides work. But, watching the tide up there in AK just floored me.
zbigjeff when we left Anchorage to go to Kenai it must have been high tide because it was very full along the drive. When we drove back to Anchorage it was low tide because there was very little water out there. It was pretty crazy to see.
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zbigjeff when we left Anchorage to go to Kenai it must have been high tide because it was very full along the drive. When we drove back to Anchorage it was low tide because there was very little water out there. It was pretty crazy to see.
ND Mike It’s nice that you noticed it. When it came back in, it sounded like a roar/a dam let loose. Pretty crazy.
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ND Mike It’s nice that you noticed it. When it came back in, it sounded like a roar/a dam let loose. Pretty crazy.
zbigjeff The boar tide occurs in the Turnagain Arm, just off the Cook Inlet. It is wild to watch them surfing it, when it occurs. The tides in the cook inlet are some of the most extreme water changes in the world.
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zbigjeff The boar tide occurs in the Turnagain Arm, just off the Cook Inlet. It is wild to watch them surfing it, when it occurs. The tides in the cook inlet are some of the most extreme water changes in the world.
Spidey Thanks for filling in my dead brain spots. I do now remember each of the words/locations you mention. As Paul H used to say: here’s the rest of the story.
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Spidey Thanks for filling in my dead brain spots. I do now remember each of the words/locations you mention. As Paul H used to say: here’s the rest of the story.
zbigjeff Not a problem! I can’t wait to get out of this midwest heat and look at the Turnagain Arm on Friday night. Then off to Ninilchik and spend 10 days with relatives and hope the water is good, to go catch some halibut. If not we will have a good time relaxing and drinking some adult beverages.
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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 what amazing pictures. Thanks for sharing with us. I’m pretty sure that would have been my favorite part also. Congrats for getting to enjoy it.
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ND Mike what amazing pictures. Thanks for sharing with us. I’m pretty sure that would have been my favorite part also. Congrats for getting to enjoy it.
cdavis thanks! It was definitely a highlight in my life.
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