Alaska is Just 15 Minutes from Anchorage

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[chillywilly2]

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A busy afternoon, downtown.

looks like smelt fishing here

 

[thør]

Starts today.

 

[thør]

looks like smelt fishing here

No smelt here, but there are hooligan (or candlefish). People dip them out with nets.

 

[thør]

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[thør]

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Drying salmon in an area known for a lot of bears. Not the sharpest tool in the shed.

 

[chillywilly2]

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Drying salmon in an area known for a lot of bears. Not the sharpest tool in the shed.

The whole state is known for a lot of bears...what else would you do

 

[thør]

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[thør]

The whole state is known for a lot of bears...what else would you do

In this area, the hunting bag limit for black bears is 3 per year (no closed season). And brown/griz bears are 1 per year with no harvest ticket required (no closed season).

I'd hang the fish away from the campsite and perhaps a bit higher. But I wouldn't prep the fish like these folk did for smoking.

 

[chillywilly2]

In this area, the hunting bag limit for black bears is 3 per year (no closed season). And brown/griz bears are 1 per year with no harvest ticket required (no closed season).

I'd hang the fish away from the campsite and perhaps a bit higher. But I wouldn't prep the fish like these folk did for smoking.

Maybe they are bear hunting

 

[thør]

Maybe they are bear hunting

Honestly?

I doubt it. No one shoots a bear for the hide this time of year.

My bet is they just keep a sloppy campsite.

 

[Aquagal]

Honestly?

I doubt it. No one shoots a bear for the hide this time of year.

My bet is they just keep a sloppy campsite.

Plus, they drove up in their school bus.

 

[chillywilly2]

Honestly?

I doubt it. No one shoots a bear for the hide this time of year.

My bet is they just keep a sloppy campsite.

Meh..mericans eh...go figure

 

[chillywilly2]

Plus, they drove up in their school bus.

Lots of people here camp in school busses

 

[Hard_Rom]

Looks like many of our salmon rivers here. In the fall though! Picture of last spring? Or what is catch? Water marks, winter melt or tidal?

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A busy afternoon, downtown.

 

[contrifan32]

Honestly?

I doubt it. No one shoots a bear for the hide this time of year.

My bet is they just keep a sloppy campsite.

Question. I would think that those sides would make a nice bug nursery without any smoke?

In addition to stupid (re. bears) it seems like a waste.

 

[thør]

Looks like many of our salmon rivers here. In the fall though! Picture of last spring? Or what is catch? Water marks, winter melt or tidal?

Downtown, just the other day. 30' tidal range. King salmon, this time of year. You can walk there from the hotel.

Question. I would think that those sides would make a nice bug nursery without any smoke?

They are prolly salt brined. More skeeters than flies around there.

 

[thør]

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I see the iris have popped.

I noticed that the wild roses on the flatlands were open on Monday, but even today, they haven't opened at home.

 

[Hard_Rom]

King (Chinook) salmon in spring! Can't be spawning. Why in the rivers?

 

[HisArpy]

Hey Thor, I need some particulars on a pic you posts a loooong time ago.

It's one of those "watercolor sunset" pics. The one with the fishing boat in the foreground and a yellow band low on the horizon below magenta sky.

Was that image enhanced or filtered? I showed a quick screen grab to a friend and he says no way it's real.

If you have any others I'd like permission to have one or two of them printed.

 

[thør]

King (Chinook) salmon in spring! Can't be spawning. Why in the rivers?

They are doing what salmon do. Spring Kings are the best eating!

 

[thør]

Hey Thor, I need some particulars on a pic you posts a loooong time ago.

It's one of those "watercolor sunset" pics. The one with the fishing boat in the foreground and a yellow band low on the horizon below magenta sky.

Was that image enhanced or filtered? I showed a quick screen grab to a friend and he says no way it's real.

If you have any others I'd like permission to have one or two of them printed.

So I don't have to search and be wrong, please find the photo and send me the image on PM or link to the page that it's on.

 

[thør]

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That was last year, but again?

 

[HisArpy]

So I don't have to search and be wrong, please find the photo and send me the image on PM or link to the page that it's on.

Working on it...

Ok, this pic.

 

[OldJourno]

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That was last year, but again?

Alaska botanists expecting above average crop of Cessnas this year.