What’s the most plentiful anadromous fish that returns to our waters at Alaska West in June? The mighty king salmon? The furious chum salmon? Nope, it’s the incredibly numerous hooligan! Eulachon, Actually The real name for these little critters is eulachon. They have lots of other common names in in the Northwest – in our…
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Alaska Fishing Guide Secrets
Today we’re starting up a series of posts on Alaska Guide Secrets. Various members of our guide crew at Alaska West will pass on some tricks of their trade, and you’ll be the ones the benefit. Our first post comes from Adam Kryder. Take it all in! Don’t guess the depth of the run –…
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6 Reasons to Fish at Alaska West in July
We think July is a really awesome time to go fishing at Alaska West. Here are 6 reasons why. 6 Reasons to Fish at Alaska West in July King salmon on swung flies. Yes, ‘peak king fishing’ starts in mid-June but they keep coming in all through July. In fact, the past few years some…
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Nice Fish, John.
This is a picture of a guy we really like fishing with, and a fish we were really glad he caught. More on King Salmon at Alaska West Just a Big Chrome Slab Now’s the Time to Book Your Trip 5 Ways to Catch More King Salmon
Best Gear Posts of 2012
We’re nearing the end of the year, and you know what that means – we wouldn’t be a self-respecting blog without running a series on our best posts of the year. For 2012 we’re going to go with the top 7 in each category, because 7 seems like a good number and we’re a little…
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Nice Fish, Kathy and Bryan!
There’s nothing we like better than seeing good friends of ours with great fish. Kathy and Bryan Whiting deliver. More on King Salmon at Alaska West King Rig Roundup Chinook Salmon Lifecycles Now’s the Time to Book
Now’s the Time to Book Your 2013 Alaska Trip
We’re not sure if it’s the cold weather or the free-flowing hot buttered rum, but during the month of December a lot of our weeks at Alaska West fill up. If you’re thinking about fishing in Alaska in 2013, now is a great time to get in touch and get that trip on the books….
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Top Posts You Haven’t Read, But Should
Yeah, we know – after a few years of 6 or 7 posts a week, it can be hard to keep all the content on our blog. Today we present you with a list of 7 posts that we think you should read, but judging by our traffic numbers, you probably haven’t. You Haven’t Read…
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Bonefish Haiku Contest Winner
Congratulations to Bill Bruce – he’s the winner of our bonefish haiku contest! With well over 100 entries, this was a really difficult one to judge – so many of you did an amazing job using 17 syllables to take us right to the flats. But, we had to pick one. Bill was the winner,…
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Really Heavy Skagit Heads
If you followed our blog much this summer, you may remember that we ran a series of king salmon spey rod reviews based on our experience fishing during the early season at BC West. If you missed that series, here’s the wrap up post. We tend to follow spey tech pretty closely, but in the…
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