We’re really lucky in that we have a great smoked fish program here at Alaska West. In fact, many of you have asked for a post highlighting our recipe and smoking process, but until now we’ve done a pretty good job at keeping it a secret. However, the secret is out and today our smoke-master…
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New Drying Tent
If you’ve spent any time with us at Alaska West, you probably remember our drying tent, the small structure with a heater big enough to dry out our guests gear after a soggy day on the river. If you haven’t spent time with us at Alaska West, but have picked up a pair of Simms…
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Ringer
Those that have visited with us in the past know that horseshoes are a bit of a tradition here at Alaska West. We just built our new horseshoe pit, and we’re pretty excited about it. We’re all about good fishing, but we also think a good fishing trip is about the full experience, and a good day…
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Dinner Time!
We might spend our summer in a remote ‘tent lodge‘ in the Alaskan bush, but we eat pretty darn well. Nobody goes hungry at Alaska West, and to make sure we have an age old tradition of signaling dinner time each night with an old-school dinner bell. We look forward to that sweet sound each night,…
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Nightcap
We’re all about good fishing.. But we also know that there’s more to a great trip than epic fishing. You know, like closing out the day with a beach front camp fire next to a tiki hut full of ice cold Kalik. More from Andros South How to Build Your Fly Box for South Andros The…
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Friday Cookouts at Andros South
We like great fishing as much as the next guy, heck, that’s how we chose the locations of our lodges! However, we also think that a great fishing trip is about the whole experience as well, not just the fishing. That’s why we started a bit of a tradition this year at Andros South; Friday…
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Congratulations South Andros!
One thing we really like about our location here on South Andros, aside from the bonefishing, is the opportunity to be part of such an amazing community. We wanted to send a big shout-out to the members of the South Andros High School track team who just came back from their latest meet with not one,…
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Holey Rocks
Thanks to long time Deneki General Manager, Mike Sanders, for a great write up on an Alaska West tradition that surprisingly, we’ve never ran a post about.. Until today! Holey Rocks Over the years at Alaska West, we’ve found a lot of strange and interesting things along the banks of the Kanektok River. The most valued…
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Happy Halloween
The idea of a ‘zombie apocalypse’ is all the rage these days. Its taken over movies, books, T.V. and so on. Some overly ambitious individuals have even gone as far as to prepare for the potential of a real-life zombie apocalypse. Well, we’re here to tell you DON’T WORRY, everything’s going to be okay! How do we…
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Fresh Seafood
We like fresh seafood, and have a feeling you might too.. In fact, we get asked all the time by our guests at Andros South whether or not we serve fresh seafood. South Andros is surrounded by a practically untouched marine environment absolutely loaded with grouper, snapper, crawfish (lobster), dorado, conch and more. There’s no need to…
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