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
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Quad.
Our silver salmon fishery at Alaska West is very numbers-oriented. Doubles are very, very common. We think it’s pretty cool, though, when a family – like the Whitings pictured above – pulls off a quad. From the looks on their faces they seem to agree! More on Silver Salmon at Alaska West It’s the Best…
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Family Fishing Trips – Why and How
Doing what we do, we get to meet some pretty amazing people. There’s something about high quality experiences in remote locations that just attracts good folks. We’re really lucky to have gotten to know Bryan, Kathy, Jason and Eric Whiting through their trips to Alaska West, starting in 2004. Bryan was kind enough to put…
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Family Fishing in Alaska Part Six – What We Learned
Spending some quality time. Today we conclude our series from Bryan Whiting on his family’s trips to Alaska West. Bryan has made 3 fishing trips to Alaska with his family, and was gracious enough to write a 6-part series for us on the trips. Thanks so much, Brian! This last chapter is focused on what…
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Family Fishing in Alaska Part Five – What We Learned
Jason Whiting, bombin’ the two-hander. Photo: Cameron Miller Today we hear from Bryan Whiting on what he and his family learned on their trips to Alaska West in 2004, 2006 and 2008. Today’s post is all about strategies for the trip – we’ll have a follow-up post on what they learned about the fishing. As…
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Family Fishing in Alaska Part Four – When and Where to Go
Mom found some nice rainbows… We continue our series from Bryan Whiting on his family’s fishing trips to Alaska West, with his thoughts on making your decision of when and where to go. — When can I go? If your boss, your spouse, your work or circumstance determines when you can go, don’t be concerned because…
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Family Fishing in Alaska Part Three – The Report
Dad got to catch some too. Bryan Whiting has been checking in with some posts about the trips he’s taken with his family to Alaska West. Today we get the full report, via an article he wrote about his family’s first trip. — Did the 2004 trip to Alaska West meet our personal need? Beyond…
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Family Fishing in Alaska Part Two
Good times with the family. Photo: Cameron Miller We continue our series from Bryan Whiting on planning a family fishing trip to Alaska. For 3 of the past 5 years, Bryan has brought various members of his family to Alaska West to fish for silvers and kings. Today we learn about getting ‘over the hump’…
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A Family Fishing Trip to Alaska
Dad, do you think we’ll catch one? In 2004, the team at Alaska West had the pleasure of hosting Bryan Whiting and his sons Jason and Eric on their first fishing trip to Alaska. We were really taken by the lengths to which Bryan and his wife Kathy went to give their kids a great…
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