Ketchikan Kayak fishing trip with Howard Mckim - SEPT 2 -6 '06

Ok guys, we now have a kayak hauling boat, so here's the trip details. Two trips, one in the bush and one based from town.

Sept 2 - Sept 6  Remote trip (OPTION ONE)

- Arrive Ketchikan Saturday 9/2. Leave early 9/3 for a 2 or 3 hour boat ride to our destination. Set up camp and fish, fish, fish. Return to town late on 9/6 which gives us four full days and three nights out there. Daylight runs well into the evening remember. We will have the boat for big water crossings and to get to different spots, but most everything will be done by kayak, like fishing, crabbing, gathering firewood, etc. The primary destination is the Cholmondeley Sound area on the inside edge of Prince of Wales island. We'll be fishing for salmon, as well as halibut, lingcod, red snapper, and all the other fishies down there.

- KKF will provide the captain, boat, kayaks, paddles, PFD's, gaffs, pliers, cook stoves, tents, tarps, utensils, and most food. You will be catching/gathering food every day also.

- You will need to provide your accomodations on 9/2 and 9/6, as well as snack foods, sleeping bag, fishing rods/reels, small tackle box, clothes, and personal items. You will be landing/filleting your own fish, and helping with cooking, fires, and what-not. So this is not a completely catered trip, but one that allows you to experience what its really like to live off the land. You'll be a hunter/gatherer for a few days in the Alaskan wild, by kayak.

- Cost is $700 per person ($175 per day, which is our normal 4 hour half day trip rate). I think that's a really fair price. That covers the captain, boat, and all the gear listed above. We have room for 6 people. I can help with accomodations, and if a group of you are coming you could just get a cabin for the nights you'll be in town. If you stay a day or two later we rent rigged kayaks for $75 a day. Ground transportation is provided and there's great fishing right there.

- The targeted area has many islands, pinnacles, and protected coves to get out of weather. The outer edge has good shoreline, and Skin Island, a known hot spot. There's good potential for whales, bears, sea lions, and who knows what else. Eagles are always around and don't mind picking up a rockfish just feet from your kayak. We plan on crabbing and shrimping. This will be a unique tirp, with experiences you just can't get anywhere else. There's just no feeling like being out there living off the land, in a kayak. For those unaware, SE Alaska is dense rainforest that comes right to the waters edge. Tides can be as much as 22 feet high to low. It can rain a lot and you should be prepared for that. 

DO IT 

I'm in!!!!

OH  MY GOD!!!

I'm in.  I'm going to Ketchikan ...  option #1 please.

Can we put Joel in a tent on the other side of the island?   I heard he snores like nobody's business!!

Howard, tell me what to do to confirm my spot.

-Allen

Where do I send my deposit?

I am in for option 1.

Hell of a birthday present for myself.

-Brian G 

and Randy and I are reserved.  This is my dream trip.

Allen, I'll pack extra ear plugs........

No way I have enough WAF for this so instead I will sticky it for you guys so it does not get buried.

I think with all of Joels snoring he is going to get a little bear luv! 

Those fish-n-dives are so stable, we can just tether one and float him out each night........

with joel's nasal resonance, you may need 300' of rope.

Will be nice length days.  The nights will be dark.  Star city!
Sun and Moon Data for One Day
The following information is provided for Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska (longitude W131.6, latitude N55.4):

        Saturday
        2 September 2006      Alaska Daylight Time           

                         SUN
        Begin civil twilight       5:16 a.m.                 
        Sunrise                    5:54 a.m.                 
        Sun transit               12:46 p.m.                 
        Sunset                     7:37 p.m.                 
        End civil twilight         8:15 p.m.                 

                         MOON
        Moonset                   10:10 p.m. on preceding day
        Moonrise                   5:56 p.m.                 
        Moon transit               8:34 p.m.                 
        Moonset                   11:15 p.m.                 
        Moonrise                   6:34 p.m. on following day

 
Phase of the Moon on 2 September:   waxing gibbous with 69% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.

First quarter Moon on 31 August 2006 at 2:57 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time.

I have "learned" the art of snoring as a young "special forces" unit for the boy scout to protect my brothers from getting mauled by bears at Yosemite during sleepy time....and I got the medal of honor for years of service for having no casualties during my watch 

I rest my case 

Be carefull Mooch. Alaska is different from Yosemite. The Bears might mistaken your snoring for a matting Call...

Be carefull Mooch. Alaska is different from Yosemite. The Bears might mistaken your snoring for a matting Call...

Bears find mates by leaving scent trails. I suggest you start watching animal planet instead of    all the time.

My snore is capable of scaring off big burly hockey players like Chris / cpyak .....I'm sure it will have the same effect on a grizz   

There's also the Bull Moose that like the sound of snorts,grunts and gargalling noises that also could be mistaken for mating calls

I wish I could join you guys on this trip. It would be so much fun to get back into the last frontier! And be able to witness Bullwinkle have his way with Mr. Mooch.

I guess I just have to wait till it comes on the animal channel...

Alien, be sure that I will have a camcorder ready!


-Brian

Right ON! Brian. Happy Holliday





Alex

So am I correct in that it will me me, Mooch, Dave, Brian G, Randy, and Seabreeze.  Yeehaw!  Now there's a crowd to fish with!  What an Xmas present to OURSELVES.   

Mooch's snore will only be surpassed by his ability to yell FISH ON!

-Allen