We were thrilled when Brian Morrison – Alaska West guest and fisheries biologist – volunteered to put together a series of articles for us about the science behind some of the fish we’re so lucky to chase in Alaska. We think Brian’s insights are really interesting and hope you will too. Thanks, Brian! Western Alaska…
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Rainbow Trout
Trout Snacks.
If our rainbow trout didn’t snack so much, they wouldn’t be so darned fat. More on Trout at Alaska West All About Alaskan Trout J.E.B. Hall’s Sculpin Rig When to Go Trout Fishing in Alaska
4 Tips for Trout Fishing in Side Channels
We’re lucky at Alaska West to have incredibly varied rainbow trout fishing. We use mice, sculpins, leeches, flesh flies, beads, smolts and more. We use single- and double-handed rods. And we fish lots of different parts of our rivers, from the big main channel to upriver spawning beds to little tiny side channels. Fishing side…
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Alaska Fishing Photo Gallery
Today we bring you another round in our series called “just a little gallery of pictures from fishing at Alaska West.” Enjoy! More on Alaska West Giant Rainbow Trout Big King Salmon Alaska West Introduction
Nice Fish, Gary
Gary Davisson and his son Greg are long-time guests of ours at Alaska West – and this spring they’ll be joining us at Andros South too! Here’s an example of the critters that keep them coming back to Alaska West. Nice fish, Gary! More on Alaska Rainbow Trout All About Rainbow Trout Michael White’s Switch…
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It Won’t Be Long Now
Wow, it’s hard to believe it, but our setup crew will be on site at Alaska West in 3 months. Silvers and kings and rainbow and dollies and good, good times are all right around the corner. We still have some prime weeks with availability for 2012, but this is the time of year that…
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Nice Fish, Kellsey
Kellsey Perkins runs the back office at Deneki Outdoors. Last summer on a trip to Alaska West, she learned that our trout are salmon-sized. Nice fish, Kellsey. More on Rainbow Trout at Alaska West No-Nonsense Intro to Our Trout Top Trout Fishing Posts of 2011 Our Trout Spey Program
Alaska Trout Fishing Pictures
Just a few more pictures of trout fishing in Alaska. No hero shots this time around, though! More on Rainbow Trout All Our Posts on Trout Fishing 5 Ways to Catch More Rainbow Trout Spey Fishing for Trout: Gear
Top Trout Fishing Posts of 2011
Last week we started our end-of-the-year series on our top posts of 2011 with a rundown of the most popular posts about bonefishing on our blog. Today we continue with the posts about trout fishing that you folks read the most. Before we start with the list, we should point out that we added an…
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J.E.B. Hall’s Bead Rig
In the past couple of weeks we’ve learned from J.E.B. Hall about how he rigs up and chases rainbow trout in Alaska with mouse patterns and sculpin patterns. Today we wrap up our mini-series on JEB’s trout rigs as he tells us about how he uses beads to imitate salmon eggs. Once again, it’s built…
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