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Post by MK-M-GOBL on Feb 23, 2006 14:08:59 GMT
Well, I just got a very interesting call from my father-in-law a month ago. Seems like he's booking a trip back to Alaska and is looking for a fishing buddy I told him I'd have to check with his daughter first before committing to it. He then told me he's already talked to her and I've got the OK to go ;D Yahoooo ;D Last time I was there was with him and it was a father-in-law & son "welcome to the family" fishing trip when I married his daughter. The photo below is of him and I in the middle, our captain and his first mate on the ends. This time my brother-in-law will be joining us. Man am I pumped ;D We'll be fishing mostly for Kings this time as apposed to Coho on the last trip. It doesn't matter what I'm fishing for! I'm just happy to be heading back to slam some fish Here's the lodge we're fishing out of, www.sheltercovelodge.com/ My first trip there, we were just 40 minutes from Ketchikan at Sportsman's Cove Lodge. It on the West side of Prince of Whales and all of our fishing was done in the "inside passage". On that trip I was saw 3 killer whales, two sea lions (I think they were sea lions) and a ton of eagles! I wish I had seen some bears but wasn't lucky enough I'll be taking a better camera on this trip so I'm sure I'll be bring home some nice photos to share. Only problem with this whole deal is I've got a long wait before we go, It's not until August!
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Post by MK-M-GOBL on Aug 23, 2006 15:13:52 GMT
Well I'm back from Craig, Alaska ;D The trip was AWESOME but the trip home is another story! I got into Manchester last night around 11:30pm and had no luggage or my box of salmon We all left the camp with one 50lb box of salmon (Silver and King), halibut, cod and some yellow eye snapper. On the first day I took the biggest fish that was worth $185! a 26.5lb King Salmon ;D I also won the first fish bet for the first day and the last day. The fishing was tough seeing it close to the end of the runs up there. My King was the largest of the three days fishing and my Yellow Eye Snapper was the largest the lodge has seen in years tipping the scale at 18.5lb. Over all I had a great time winning the group bets as well catching some nice fish. On the trip I saw eagles, humpback whales, killer whales, otters, sea lions and a black bear. They trapped 3 and killed one that was hitting the lodge dumpsters. After they shot the one bear three times and killing it, a bigger bear came out of the woods and dragged the dead one back into the woods. They say, the one they shot was in the 350lb range and the live bear was much larger. Supposedly the one cop took photos of everything and is going to give the lodge extra prints. I asked the owner of the camp to send me the photos if it's all true. We'll see soon. I'll have my photos up as soon as my luggage gets here. I do have a few scenic photo on my good camera I'll post up a little later today.
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Post by b4rifle on Aug 23, 2006 20:08:48 GMT
Welcome back!! I have been dying to take a trip up there. Hope you get your gear and fish back soon.
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Post by MK-M-GOBL on Aug 24, 2006 1:22:45 GMT
Well, I got my fish around 4 this evening and it seems to be all good. A few packs toward the center were still frozen and the one on the top were still pretty cold. They did a good job by packing all my smoked salmon on top, so it didn't matter if they weren't cold or not. I ended up with 2 large packs of King Salmon, 20 packs of Silver Salmon, 8 packs of Halibut, 2 Link Cod, 1 Yellow Eye Snapper and 12 packs of smoked Salmon ;D I'm sitting pretty good now. I still have yet to get my luggage Hopefully before noon tomorrow so I can post the photos
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Post by MK-M-GOBL on Aug 25, 2006 13:56:24 GMT
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Post by MK-M-GOBL on Aug 25, 2006 16:22:36 GMT
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Post by browning204 on Aug 25, 2006 16:23:12 GMT
wow beautiful pics!!!! your right, now I wanna go there!!!!
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Post by troutpro on Aug 25, 2006 19:42:43 GMT
Great pictures! Looks like a good time...
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Post by bluemtchuck on Aug 26, 2006 11:17:41 GMT
Nice pics Tom, looks like you had a great time. Aren't Eagles just awesome? Thanks for sharing the pics.
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