Back from Alaska 7/11-7/18

Hey folks,

Just got back from my biennial trip to Alaska a few days ago. I fished for six days and slept a total of 15 hours for six days. Feels like going through combat training-sleep deprevation big time. Hd a great time with my friends and we got lots of fish.

I was able to get this one on my last day when my wrists were "officially exhausted."

Hopefully the picture worked. I have a bunch more to post but my video camera caught a wave and died. I'm geting it repaired so I'll have more fish porn to post later.

Thanks for the re-fresher, I had almost forgotten what a salmon looks like!  Nice fish, now get some sleep!

-beenfishin

Nice fish! How big was that hog?

Nice king Can't wait for the rest of the Pic. Wht part of Alaska?



Alex

Nice one!  (40 pounder it says in the file name)

WTG and thanks for sharing.   

I've got a date with one of those around Labor Day.   

I was on the Kenai Peninsula. Homer, Seward, Upper Kenai, and the Kasilof River. This salmon went 44 inches and was real fresh. My other one, also caught on the Kasilof was 48" but thin. I also got 4 lingcod almost 50 pounds a piece as well as 4 decent sized halibut 35-60 pounds. Tons of Black rockfish to 10 pounds and goldeneye.

The best part of the trip was to watch my compadres catch huge sockeye salmon off the back dock of the lodge we stayed at. All together for three days they got about 80 of them. I did get one, but was relagated to fillet duty and net boy since I am the only one who could do these tasks. Had more fun hearing them whooping it up as well as the drags getting pulled when the salmon went for their first run.

I love fishing in Alaska!  That's an awesome King!  Thank you for the report and picture.

Nice report, that king is giant, awesome fish! Did you get the chance to kayak fish up there?

Mmmm!! Fresh salmon. Just a reminder that the Queen of Hearts 5-day trip out of San Diego next year may become a 7-day venture.

NICE...!!! ...hope you can save the pics/vid.... I Love that place...lots of good memories...hope to get back there next year.

Gue

Nice one!  (40 pounder it says in the file name)

WTG and thanks for sharing.   

I've got a date with one of those around Labor Day.   

 Where will you be fishing for Salmon then???

I was on the Kenai Peninsula. Homer, Seward, Upper Kenai, and the Kasilof River. This salmon went 44 inches and was real fresh. My other one, also caught on the Kasilof was 48" but thin. I also got 4 lingcod almost 50 pounds a piece as well as 4 decent sized halibut 35-60 pounds. Tons of Black rockfish to 10 pounds and goldeneye.

The best part of the trip was to watch my compadres catch huge sockeye salmon off the back dock of the lodge we stayed at. All together for three days they got about 80 of them. I did get one, but was relagated to fillet duty and net boy since I am the only one who could do these tasks. Had more fun hearing them whooping it up as well as the drags getting pulled when the salmon went for their first run.

Oh Ya! I'm much familiar with all those area those were my annually stopping grounds when i lived in Anchorage I caught some of my better stillhead out of the Kasilof River.here a pic. Have you been or heard of Good Time Charlies In Soldatna  Just as the name says.....thanks  for sharing .
Alex

Steve,

Nice fish!!!

Is that one that than the one you got a couple of years ago?

Heading up to Gustavus again in September.

-Dan

Dan,

No it is one I got last week. Once I get more photos, I'll post more. She was the smaller of the two I got on the Kasilof River.

My party also hit the Sockeye run on the Kenai and the fish we got were the biggest sockeyes I've ever seen. Our lodge proprieter got one about 15 pounds. All of the fish were caught off the back dock of Tim Bergs Trophy Lodge in Soldotna. Most of the fish were from 8-12 pounds and real thick. One night three guys got their limits of six a piece and just the fillets weighed almost 50 pounds. Now I have a bunch of salmon in my freezer

Send me a PM and let me know how you're doing. Still at our old company? I'm right down the street now in Redwood City.

Have fun in Alaska.

If I could ONLY fish there Once I would be a happy man...Nice fishs great report...and one of these DAYS!!!

Monster Lingzillas, Buts, Salmon, Stealhead...Hell Yeah!!!

WTG!!!