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Alaska 2012

Art and I returned to fish in Alaska during July & August of 2012. Once again we used Alaskan Widespread Fishing Adventures as our guides. We fished for six days, including a float trip down the Kasilof River, multiple trips along the banks of the Kenai River (all for sockeye salmon), a halibut trip off Anchor Point, and a fly-out trip to the Upper Kustatan River for silver salmon (coho). We came home with 26 lbs of silver fillets, 53 lbs of halibut fillets, and 113 lbs of sockeye fillets.
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Art flippin' and rippin' for Kasilof River sockeyes
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A load of Kasilof reds (sockeyes) in the fish box
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A full stringer of sockeyes
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Trying to lift a 100 lb stringer for a photo
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Although there isn't any real skill involved when fishing for halibut (except of course on the part of the captain in knowing where to find them), it pays to be lucky. Art and I caught the two biggest fish on the boat (30-40 lbs) as well as two around 20 lbs. The other four fishermen were not as lucky. (Check out one of their fish behind Art.) The yield from our four fish easily outweighed that from their eight.
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More Kenai reds
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Art & I hold up a stringer near the spot he took an impromptu dip into the Kenai earlier in the day
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Preparing to board the float plane for our trip to the Upper Kustatan River. In spite of the size of the plane, the only passengers were Art & I and our guide Nick.
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Alone on the Upper Kustatan River
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Peace, quiet, fish, and bugs
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Art launches us off a sandbar
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A limit of nice cohos (silver salmon)
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We stand behind our fish!