August 28, 2014 Another Alaskan Summer Comes To An End

Heading back to Michigan soon, after another great summer in Alaska.

Going to take a little time off to rest and relax and then it will be time get everything ready for the upcoming fall, winter, and spring steelhead seasons in Michigan. 

Kings have started to show in the PM already so you know it wont be long before the battle for the big uglies will begin on our West Michigan streams, but beautiful chromers will be soon to follow!

Book your date now for a great day on the river.

Pics from the last couple weeks in Alaska.

Momma and the kids.

Had a lot of fun early in the summer with the kings.

 

 Fresh king on the swing.

Not bad accommodations but living in a tent in Alaska for the summer gets a little old, looking forward to getting home.

Naknek Rainbows! My absolute favorite fish.

Monster Alaskan Pike on the Fly.

Chum Salmon.

Lake Trout.

Grayling.

Pink Salmon.

The camp Fox. He hung around the first part of the summer but when grizzlies show up all the other animals go into hiding.

Arctic Char.

And the last salmon of the summer, the Silvers (Coho).

August 6, 2014 Margot Creek Alaska

For my dads last trip on his stay in Alaska we took the big boat across Naknek lake to Margot Creek for more fishing and bears.

A view from the lake on the way in.

  

Grizzly fishing at the mouth of the creek.

The creek level was a lot lower this year and so choked with sockeyes that it made some places almost impossible to fish due to the sheer number of salmon.

  So we pulled a nice pretty one out for a quick pic.

Lots of salmon means lots of bears.

 

 And lots of char and trout.

Heading back to the boat.

And to complete my dads trip to Alaska we ran into this blond grizzly bear who had quite an attitude, but after a little arguing we finally convinced him to let us pass.

Fortunately the last bear we encountered was much more cooperative.