Wooden Boat People
By McKenzieDriftBoat.com
Alaska Trip
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Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on
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Dan, are you flying, driving or taking the ferry? When would you like to be there? What species are you after? It is an obviously big place so dependent on your trip variables there are multitudes of options. Have you ever considered applying for a job with the Discovery Channel as a fishing watercolorist? I understand that they spend some time fishing in Alaska. I have spent a little time up there and can share some ideas.
Rick Newman
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Permalink Reply by Dan Burr on
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Rick, We want to go in late July, the species doesn't matter just as long as they pull line off our reels.
We will be flying in to Anchorage, about that job, if it gets me on the water more, I am game.
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Dan, just think "Deadliest Painter" or how one painter survived a month painting portraits of five crab boat skippers! Just you and them in a remote cabin, no alcohol, cigarettes or salt water. Who will come out alive? Will Dan the Painter be forced to defend himself with his paint brushes or will he have to throw water colors on them to keep them apart?
Watch as Dan survives the harrowing adventures of survival in the Alaska wilderness. Dropped off who knows where. Which captain will sit still long enough for a full body portrait. Coming this fall to a channel near you.
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Permalink Reply by justin nicola on
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well that narrows it down. the fishing there is great just about everywhere. i went in the summer as well, and caught trout and salmon in denali, and halibut in seward. im a saltwater guy these days, but grew up trout fishing religiously. we flew into fairbanks, went to denali, then prince william sound, then alyeska, then katmai (highly highly highly recommended), then seward. i have a good friend who used to guide in ketchican (spelled phonetically, definitely wrong). it was unbelievable. if you want to hardcore fish pick one spot. if you want to travel and fish, get a good pack rod and you can catch fish just about everywhere there is water. loomis makes a nice one, and i think shimano or diawa started making a decent one recently. the one thing i regret about my alaska trip is not fishing more, but i was traveling w/ family who share my passion for the outdoors more than the fishing bug, so i was outnumbered.
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Wow, that is a bunch of traveling, I think we are looking for as much fishing time as possible, I want to keep the traveling time to a minimum, it will just be me and my son and maybe a friend, no others to complicate the trip with sidetracks...
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took this in katmai, without a zoom lens by the way(18-55mm i think). they are much better fishermen than we are, and salmon are a lot more protein filled than we are as well, or so ive been told. sent my buddy an email who used to guide up there, he spent a few summers there vs. my 3 weeks so i will defer to him...
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incredible photo, did you have to compete with the bears for the fish???
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i definitely did not have a fishing rod with me at katmai. not a whole bunch elsewhere. in denali they steered clear of humans. its a giant natl. park, with one road that goes the whole way in. so humans basically stay within ten miles tops of that road. bears are smart enough to stay away for the most part, and there is enough food up there where they arent trash pickers. one thing i forgot is that during the salmon runs, it gets pretty crazy on the rivers near major highways. we're talking 200 yards of people shoulder to shoulder on either side. granted, its alaska, people are more self sufficient up there and they arent hunting for sport as much as elsewhere. as someone who grew up fishing quiet trout streams and (sneaking into) resevoirs, i couldnt deal with it.
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