The Upper Arolik Photo: Cameron Miller Many guests who visit Alaska West like to spend some time on the Arolik River during their stay with us. The Arolik is a costal river that runs roughly parallel to the Kanektok and has about half the flow of the Kanektok. Like the Kanektok, the Arolik is home…
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Bruce Chard, Home Away From Home
Bruce Chard’s 4,721,314th bonefish. Bruce Chard spends some time at Andros South hosting groups and teaching bonefishing schools, and yesterday he got to indulge in a little South Andros fun. He and Josie railed ’em at the mouth of Dodum Creek, and then moved north where he had this little encounter in Little Creek, all…
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John Toker’s Bonefish Rig
A large man with a large bonefish. Photo: rustychinnisimages.com John Toker used to work at Andros South, and over the years he’s spent a bunch of time on the flats. Here’s his go-to bonefish rig, with his commentary.”I have had the good fortune of living and fishing on South Andros since 2003 while managing Andros South…
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Nice Fish, Mike
Mike looks happy. Tim shares the joy. Photo: Cameron Miller. Mike Opitz has been fishing at Alaska West on the Kanektok for years. He’s a great angler and an even better guy, so we’re always particularly happy to see him playing with some Kanektok chrome. Nice fish, Mike. More Kanektok Kings King Rig Roundup We…
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Bahamas Bonefishing
Why do big fish always eat Ramsey’s fly? The world will never know. Photo: rustychinnisimages.com Bonefish live in a lot of places around the world, but anglers who know like to chase them in the Bahamas. Those who have been around the Bahamas tend to wind up on South Andros. Why is that? Lots of…
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Flats Fishing for Barracuda
Many bonefish anglers in the Bahamas think of barracuda as that not-so-desirable species that you sometimes troll for when the weather is bad. At Andros South we disagree. We regularly see barracuda on the flats, and in fact trolling for ‘cudas is very unusual on South Andros. If you’re poling down a flat, have that…
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Rick Sisler’s Rainbow Rig
The lower Kanektok River holds some fat rainbow trout, and Rick Sisler has gotten up close and personal with more of these slabs than anybody. Rick started guiding at Alaska West in 1998. He spent 8 years guiding on the river, and we’re now lucky enough to have him as a core member of the…
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Deneki Outdoors. Our Thanksgiving gift to you is a picture of a giant rainbow trout, caught a couple of years back at Alaska West by our guest and friend Tom Rueping, with Ramsey ‘Rainbow Magnet’ Smith as his guide. Lower Kanektok. Flesh. To learn more, come on up…
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Offshore at Andros South
Although our primary focus at Andros South is on bonefishing, we’re located right next to the Tongue of the Ocean, a giant oceanic trench that ranges from 3,000 to 7,000 feet deep. ‘The Tongue’ presents some pretty incredible opportunities for bluewater fishing, which we offer as an option by the day. Yesterday’s bluewater report was…
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Dean River Chinook
At BC West, we have the incredible opportunity to fish for both king salmon (chinook as they’re known in BC) and steelhead on a river that produces some pretty incredible specimens. A guest of ours from 2008 happens to do some online postings about his fishing exploits. Have a look at the posts below for…
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