Fishing was slow again this week. We fished a 24 hour opener, and only caught one fish the first day. On day 2, as the noon closure came near, the fishing picked up and we got a dozen or so. The fishery was then extended 24 hours, but the captain had to [...]
We finally put together a backyard fireplace, and I’ve been using it the past several days, eating a late dinner after fruitless sport fishing for king salmon. Last night, I was looking with binoculars across Gastineau Channel to the mainland mountainside behind Juneau at a white spot I thought might be a mountain goat. [...]
Went hooter hunting yesterday, and it’s been a long time since I last went out. Hooters are large blue grouse that live in the spruce forest here in Southeast Alaska. They get their name from the hooting mating calls the males make at this time of the year. It sounds like blowing [...]
After several days of near or actual 70 degree weather, clouds moved in yesterday, and the temperature dropped right now. I thought this would be the day king salmon fishing picked up.
My buddy Jeff picked me up on the way to the boat rame with his 14′ lund and brand new 20 hp 4 [...]
We had so much snow this winter, after it filled my skiff, the weight broke the trailer axle. So, I ordered a new one, and got it on on Friday, after running back out to NAPA to be sure I was putting it together correctly. No directions came with it at all, and [...]
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