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. The lakers were a little weird yesterday. The usual spinny/fly dodger/fly combos only saw marginal activity. They wanted giant super mag spoons.

Nice class of fish!

You probably won't hear anything 'til fall after the spring and summer surveys are completed and numbers configured so don't hold your breath too long. Go fishing, the fish are fat and healthy this year.

You try in the the trench hole at the fort?

I do. I run my leadcore off line-counters. I have written on each reel the distance back to the lure. My outside leadcore will be usually two colors less than the inside core and then stretched back slightly longer. The idea is if a fish is following the inside core the trailing fish can also see the higher line 8' above as a second option. This setup results in zero tangles also

List the motors as stolen with Yamaha. List the boat as stolen with boat manufacturer.... In case they try to parts out and sell motors separately. File a report with your town police then using your counties police report, expand your police reports to surrounding counties. Good luck

There is a small trib that flows into Seward bay on opposite side of town that I caught two cohos wading and casting Vibrax spinners that weighed close to 20 lbs plus fresh pinks....then all of a sudden the fish disappeared....and then a seal popped its head up. Game over. Different world. The cohos we caught flatlining Vibrax spinners off the back of our rented boat in Valdeez were huge too.

Oh and when the sun gets low, the mosquitos are awful.

Yes best 10 days of my life. Spent with my two brothers camping stream side. Traveling mid-day to a new location each day. Even rented an outboard and went out into Valdeez Bay. Take a backpack and tent and go in August. Ate salmon every day and never got sick of it. It is light out til 11:00 at night so lots of fishing time. We found the best times by parking and hiking way upstream to set camp. I did take a shotgun but never saw a bear...only tracks. Had a moose walk into our camp at night. Having a huge black moose cracking sticks in the dark will cause the hair on your neck to rise!

In every creek you cross you will find fish. Every mouth of a creek flowing out into the ocean will have fish you can cast too. Most creeks will have Dolly Varden and Greyling a few miles upstream and beyond from the ocean. Char are more inland. Pink salmon will clog the mouth of creeks near ocean. Silvers chum and sockeye will be anywhere on a river depending on timing. There will be plenty of closed to fishing stretches that will frustrate you. Hike upsteam of any stream that crosses a road and you will have the place to yourself. Don't stop at bird creek as it is shoulder to shoulder due to closeness to anchorage. Your first destination should bear creek or black bear campground (can't remember name) on portage creek...I believe. The small creek that runs clear near camp site is closed to fishing to protect sockeye. However where that creek dumps into the muddy portage creek there is nice hole where the clear water mixes and there you will find your fish. Bring dry flies for Greyling and lake whitefish. Bring large Vibrax spinners with orange hackle for casting off mouths of creeks into ocean. Fish skein off river mouths in ocean for Sole (delicious). Bring streamers and orange egg patterns for silvers chum sockeye and dolly Varden.

I just use a fat tip permanent marker on the Tuf-line micro core and make my own stealth core.

Tuf-line micro-core.

But they survived! Why would anyone wade into dangerous Artpark water up to their chest for Smelt!

Everything is 40 degrees for now.

Micromanagement minute: I/O owners as a reminder we are still in the danger zone for cold temps that can crack an I/O block. Before you head out this weekend, pick up some non-toxic antifreeze and run it thru your engine after you pull out. I am seeing lows near 17 degrees early next week.......