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AlseaAssassin
08-22-2004, 08:10 PM
Hi Guys,
My buddy just moved up to Kotzebue(spell?) AK and hooked up with another friend of his and caught these beautiful char. Jon said it was a intense because of the abundance of bears. They got charged once but didn't have to shoot although as you can see they were prepared to do so :grin:. I think the big one was 22 pounds by the local char formula. Enjoy the pics!!
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/4658arcitc3.JPG
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/4658arctic1jp.JPG
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/4658jonshotguncharjp.JPG
Holy cow! Where is that in relation to Fairbanks? I'm headed up North of Fairbanks this week. We'll be going as far up as the Yukon River at Circle. I don't really know what to expect and its not a fishing trip, but I'm taking a load of egg patterns, egg sucking leeches, and my 6 Wt. :yay: :dance:
Kevin
redfish89
08-22-2004, 09:05 PM
Great Pics... :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
AlseaAssassin
08-22-2004, 09:25 PM
I am pretty sure that it is NW of Fairbanks and directly North of Nome.
globalfisher
08-22-2004, 10:34 PM
Awesome fish!
TillamookChinook
08-23-2004, 12:32 PM
Wade,
I did the drive from Fairbanks up to the Arctic Circle a year ago. The Yukon is a big river and was not too clear when I saw it. I did not try fishing it. Give us a report so I'll know what I missed.
TC
5-Cents
08-24-2004, 02:25 PM
Man those are some very cool pics :cheers:
steelhead86
08-24-2004, 02:38 PM
Wow, that buck has some really nice colors on it
to go with the size. Almost looks like a pink salmon -
brook trout combo!
:cheers:
grandsalami
08-25-2004, 10:20 AM
Nice fish. My buddy is heading up there next week to do some Char fishin.
Riverkeeper
08-27-2004, 03:47 PM
:blush: :shocked: :blush:
Kevin, good luck with your 6 wt :grin:
Our initial plan was to observe and photograph the Aurora up North and I would sample the streams along the way :smash: but the forest fires smoked us out so we quickly changed plans and headed South to Seward instead. The only fishing I did was a "shoot-from-the-hip" halibut charter in the Gulf of Alaska, my first such experience. Actually about everything I did this last week was a first. :cheers: My wife and I explored one of the few clear rivers coming into the bay (most were choked with glacial silt) and spotted quite a number of spawning pinks and chums, but it was getting too dark for photos and was our only opportunity. For those of you that haven't done Alaska, all I can say is DO IT! :tongue: We spent a week there, flew into Fairbanks, rented a car and logged 1200 miles on it, did whatever we wanted including a full day glacier cruise, ate fancy dinners, modest breakfasts and lunches, the whole thing total was just under $3000. If you just wanna explore and fish it'd be way less, especially if you don't mind camping.
Kevin
long_shanks
09-03-2004, 12:34 PM
AWSOME PIC'S!! geat job, Ive allways want to go up there and fish for those :dance: :dance:
Sublime
09-04-2004, 01:54 AM
Wow! What beautiful fish! :applause: