Bear veiwing with Kodiak Adventures Lodge

Kodiak has a reputation as the place to come see Brown bears. With one of the highest populations of them per Sq mile it lives up to the place to be. This week was no exception!!! When we came around the corner while trolling for King Salmon we saw this bear walking casually along. He was unaware at first but soon realized that we were following him. He did not stop and did not seem to care. Only after a long walk up the beach did he decide to stop and eat some grass and then move up onto the hillside and watch us fish.
What a truly fun morning.

Kings and halibut for spring trips

King Salmon and Halibut fishing trips for the spring season are in full swing. We have been putting clients on some nice size King Salmon this spring.
The largest is 62 lb so far. With several 40s not far behind. Lots of Halibut being caught but no 100lbers yet.  We are still spending most of the time looking for the big King Salmon that we are known for. So as we start to hit it a little harder for the halibut we should be bringing in some larger sizes.
Check out this heavy weight king salmon below. It tipped the scale at 62lb. A white meat king salmon as well.

First King Salmon of the year

White King Salmon !!!!
As I was fileting the first King Salmon of the 2013 season April 27th,  we were placing bets on White or Red meat. I win again.  Always nice to see one of those beautiful fish in the net. The colors are bright and clear. Purple, green, Silver and blue. It tipped the scale at 48lbs
Josh had never caught anything that big and was pretty pumped when it was stripping line out over and over. Each time he hauled it back to the boat and each time it refused to come close to the boat. Back out with 100ft of line and around the boat twice.
A fantastic day on the water.

Sailboat from far away

We were working around the lodge when a sailboat pulled up to the shore. It was a family from France that lives on a 20 meter sailboat they built themselves 20 years ago. Spend most of their time in S. America. Do not live in France any longer.

Invited them in for dinner. They had sailed around Cape Horn then to Hawaii and we were the first bay they came to in Alaska. Loved the sailing stories and company. We shared stories from Alaska and our life also. Very neet to see how other people around the world.