Smoking Alaska sockeye salmon takes some time but is well worth it. Cooling your smoked salmon is very important before packaging it. Cooling racks can be made just about out of anything but when you are doing a fair amount of fish in the smoker it is nice to have racks stacked like this one. Carrying for your catch might …
Kenai river trout fishing
Kenai river Trout fishing was good again today. We didn’t land any huge fish but we did catch a lot. The dolly Varden and rainbow trout fishing should do nothing but get better every day. I liked this shirt one of the guest was wearing today. “the whole trout and nothing but the trout so help me cod” ! The …
Kasilof river silver salmon fishing
Kasilof river silver salmon fishing can be very relaxing, here we are in the run we call desperation waiting for another bite. A day on the river back trolling is a great way to fish. Back bouncing or back trolling are the two most productive ways to pursue kasilof river silver salmon. We were out Drift boating Kasilof river silver …
Alaska garden
A good friend of mine lives in sterling Alaska. Every time I visit him he is working on a very elaborate project! This summer he has finished his raised bed Alaska garden and fence. When Ray makes anything you can bet it isn’t half way done. When he was peeling the logs by hand, i asked if he might be …
Kenai mountains
This is a very easy ridge to follow for now. Hiking off tail in the Kenai mountains you have to be careful not to get into a place you can’t get out of. This ridge (mountain) rolls very nice and there are no razor edges but with fog and weather coming in like it is I will hunker down and …
Kenai river rainbow trout fishing
We were out early this morning for our kenai river rainbow trout fishing trip. Linda and Bill Live in Sterling Alaska and try to fish the Kenai river rainbow trout bite many times a year. The bite is getting better everyday now, there are days we are landing 50+ fish and some very large fish too. Here we are drifting …
Sitka clothing and gear
Taking a couple day break to go do some hiking and camping in the Kenai mountains. One thing that I have to depend on in the back country of Alaska is my clothing. I put my life on the line with Sitka clothing and gear. I’ll be gone on a solo trip for 5 days with only my pack and …
Kasilof river silver salmon fishing
Headed to the Kasilof river silver salmon fishing on the Kenai peninsula! I’m up early and am noticing that the days are getting a little shorter now. It’s not daylight until about 5 am now. On the kasilof river looking for a few silver salmon this morning. The bites been slow but we are sitting perfect on the tide for …
sockeye salmon fishing
Sockeye Salmon fishing on the Kenai river can be very productive. Today we are lower in the With almost 1.5 million sockeye salmon that have entered this year the fish are not to hard to find. Now we may start to see a few that are starting to turn but there are still plenty of chrome fish available. It …
saltwater fishing
Today we went saltwater fishing in Seward Alaska. It was so late when we got off the water last night we didn’t take the time to hang our catch. We took a couple pictures of the yellow eye with the kids and butchered our catch. The trip was a success and even with a little motion sickness everyone had a …