my biggest king this year


A double!


our campsite moose


bears on the russian river where we fished for reds



Kenai Lake




Les at the Yukon


bush co.


more to come....

Great pictures!

Awsome.

Nice pictures. Looks like a great trip.

It was a blast as usual, but my internal clock is once again out of whack. Just when you begin to get used to the 20+ hours of daylight, it is time to come home.

Awesome

Cool

i have a friend that works offshore out of kenai - he's told me stories about the bush co.

Cool pics.

That Kenai Lake photo is almost enough to make me go see my travel agent. Great fish too!

Sweet.

dang that looks like a blast!! great job!!!

I wonder if there is an Alaskan fishing forum. I would love to see some more these kind of pictures!

nice photos
i love alaska... in the summer

Have always wished..........

i have tons of pictures from trips over the years...will post some later for you

wow those are some awesome pics

This is my desktop image now

My 3 fish limit for Sockeye salmon on the Russian River

Ha, BG, I put that one on the desktop also for right now. I change mine every couple days. I copied the pic of Bush Co. building also.

i feel cold now

wow awesome catch ! pretty place

cool pics. I hope to make it back up there some day.

book your flights and cabins(if you aren't camping) in february

Nice pics!! That place is awesome. I got the privelage of meeting my Grandparents in Oregan and spending 2 months after I graduated high school with them. We drove to Alaska and fished for 2 months then drove all the way back to Texas. Awesome scenery and experience and would recommend it to everyone. Thanks for sharing.

Those pics make me very jealous... great fish

Sweet!

Wow...just plain wow...

those fish are corkers lads!!! any idea on the weight?

that pic of the lake is outstanding

I HATE to travel.....wore it out in the Navy......BUT...I would go to Alaska in a heartbeat!!! Nice pics!!!!
Steven

I can't see any of the pics at work. Is the Bush company in Anchorage? Nice place... went there a few years ago, beautiful scenery in that fine establishment.

Great pics!

the 1st one is over 40 and the 2nd 2 were right around 25#

I wish i could have captured the color of that water. It is a glacier fed lake and the color is a silvery looking aqua blue...absolutely stunning.

MAN WHAT A CATCH!

Not to hijack your thread but I made my first trip to AK last August....absolutely loved it! My older son and I spent 3 nights on my sister-in-laws boat in the Prince William Sound canal and saw everything from humpback whales to sea lions and otters.
Most amazing place I've ever been. Countin the days until I go back!

Here are a few pics.
Yes..I know...looks like her fish is going to eat mine!

Older son's 30lb Halibut...caught 600' down. Took him 20 minutes to reel it in.


Yellow-eyed rockfish...mine 9lbs....son's was 20!!!


Looking up from the boat about 100 yards from shore...

here's a 70 pounder


pretty big ling cod




didn't catch this one but it was over 250#

Nice pictures..

I havent been back to AK since 1997

Sweet!

I had the Russian River on my schedule but spent an extra day in Denali and had to scrap it. Will definitely hit it on my next visit!

Where abouts did you catch the ling and halibut?

out of seward.

the russian river is definitely something to experience and when the run is on, it cannot be beat.

I spent my 18 birthday in the Great Alaska Bush company...

Holy smokes! I heard it was crowded but that looks like a good way to get someone's hook stuck in you!

So does everyone around you reel up when you have a fish on?

The pic looking across the river was at the mouth of the Russian dumping into the Keni at the campground right.Is the ferry still there to go across the Keni. Was there 1965-1968 loved it.

Yep, I am sure it is the same cable ferry. What did it cost back then? When I started goin i think it was 4 bucks. Now they want $9.25....ridiculous.

that picture is a little deceiving. It is zoomed in. That's actually a VERY long strech of the river....1/4 of a mile or so. Now that was an extremely crowded day...most likely on a weekend after all the local papers reported record numbers of fish counts.

Neat pics!

Thanks for sharing

WOW - thanks for posting more pics. Amazing!

Well...my sister-in-law lives in Anchorage, so my goal is to "visit" her every year!

It's like nothing I had ever seen before...just like a fantasy world or something.....if only I could talk the wife into movin!!

Or maybe I should just live with the sisterr-in-law and visit the wife once a year!

We called this one "The Alaska Tip". Left for the gal that had to clean up that cabin after we left....very late.

Great pics, my wife saw these and know I may have to plan a trip.

Casey

If you do it right, it really is not that expensive.

Book your flights in Feb and pay for those. Reserve your rental car then as well. A minivan is good to for transporting all your gear.

Camping is cheapest(free) of course, but there are lodges and cabins you can stay in for under $150/night that are pretty darn nice. Book early.

Going with a group of 4 or more is the way to go so you split everything 4 ways.
If you or someone going is either active duty or retired military, I HIGHLY recommend ending you visit at the Seward Lodge. They have great fish houses where you can process your fish and flash freeze it. I do this every trip and my fish are still frozen solid when I get home with them a day and a half later.

Hendo,
Looks as if we were at the Russian River at the same time! I have the exact same pictures of the two grizzly cubs. There mom was with them a few days earlier. I fished there for five days and went King fishing up at the Parks Highway streams (poor run this year). Didn't go out halibut fishing but fished for pike up in the Fairbanks area. I will have to post some pictures soon. Glad to see you got a King, where did you catch him at?

Hah, i just saw your other post. I fish the kings on Sheep creek. You passed it as you went up to fairbanks. You go through wasilla, willow, then come to sheep right before montanna creek. I always do well there. The run was a little late this year, but i got mine.