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A Real Nice One
We’ve posted this picture on our blog before – on Thanksgiving of 2008. Since our blog’s readers on Thanksgiving of 2008 consisted of yours truly and my mom, we figured it was time to show it to all you folks! This exceptional resident rainbow came from the lower river at Alaska West a few years…
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Nice Fish, John
John Hawk visited us at Alaska West a couple of years back. Among just a couple other fish, he had a brief encounter with this specimen from the Arolik. There are some pretty rainbows in that river! More Nice Fish Dean River Coho Fly Fishing for Sharks Kanektok King Salmon
Chinook Salmon in Chile
That’s not a small fish. There are Chinook in Chile? That’s right! Some 30 years ago, Chinook salmon were raised and planted in a few river systems in Southern Chile. The stocks were taken from two Washington State rivers, the Kalama and Cowlitz, both tributaries of the Columbia River. Since then these strains have naturalized…
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Shallow Water Bonefish Pictures
This is a bonefish swimming in really shallow water. One of the neat things about our fishery on South Andros Island is that we target bonefish in some really shallow water. That makes not only for some incredible sightfishing, but also for some great photo opportunities. “Seriously, their backs were out of the water!” Actually,…
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Steelhead In Low Water – 5 Tips
John Martin and some low-water Dean chrome. Unlike the ‘throw out the rules’ Lower Dean below the Canyon, the section of the Dean at BC West that we call the Upper River fishes like most classic steelhead holding water. In the late summer of 2009 we had very low water conditions on the Dean, which…
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Just A Cool Underwater Picture
Chums swim around. Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West we’re really lucky to have Cameron Miller as a full-time staff photographer. Guests at Alaska West get to see some pretty neat slideshows during the course of their week fishing with us, and when they head downriver at the end of their trip, they get a…
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Dean River Coho
A Dean River coho and its weary, shaky victim. The Dean River has a reputation for being home to the hottest, strongest steelhead and chinook salmon around. Its steep gradient and legendary canyon section have bred super-races in all its anadromous species – if you’re going to spawn in the Dean, you need to be…
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Jeff Hickman’s First on the Dean
Jeff and his first. Photo: Jim Zawadzki Jeff Hickman is a former longtime member of the Deneki Outdoors team, having worked as a guide and host at Alaska West and as a manager at Andros South. He continues to be a good friend, and this week he got the opportunity to spend his first week…
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Nice Fish, Matt.
That’s a good one. Photo: Ryan Krogh There are some fish out there that deserve headline coverage. Matt Crawford joined us at Alaska West during the third week of July this year. 90 minutes into his first day ever fishing in Alaska, he landed this puppy. 30″ even. If you think Matt and his guide…
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