Planned on doing at least a 4 mile row this morning, favorite exercise since i can troll while getting some cardio in. things changed and only ended up doing just a 1 mile round trip from home and only fishing for maybe 200 yards. 22 pound feeder king. today was one of the best days i have had...
you could plan to fish out of Homer and do both halibut and trolling for Kings for a couple days (and silvers in later summer.) Bunch of options up here. i can recommend a couple charters if you want me to direct message you.
Lifelong resident of the Kenai peninsula here.
Black bear, black bear everywhere. you can road hunt, atv or hike in along the road system fairly easily or you can take a boat across kachemak bay from homer, Limit 1 a year to non residents there, 3 a year in the rest of the unit. if you decide...
not on that day but here is a photo of me from about few years ago, i don't tend to have many pictures taken of myself so i didn't think to rinse the blood off the fish before hand
Ignore the pile of lines at my feet was in the middle of untangling them when the fish hit.
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30-06 with light loads or go with the 270. i learned on a 30-30 and 30-06. if it its something your son might carry for Years, you don't want to get something too light. you never know you might have a chance to take him after elk or moose in the next few years.
if your into flyfishing it is a good time of year for Coho, halibut and rockfish is still going steady that time of year, and trolling for winter kings is also a fantastic option. but make sure every place your planning to visit is still open. we closed down our Inn and rental cabins in Halibut...
with what leupold, vortex and even nikon making nowadays you will be more than happy with any scope in that price range. I have a couple of the new leupold VX-freedom "budget" scopes and i have been more than happy with them, and they come well under your budget.
looks like a dead grey whale. the tail flukes are usually the first think to rot off or get eaten off by sharks while drifting, thats why it looks like a whip tail. we get a dead whale every few years up here in kachemak bay, usually humpbacks. had one wash up about 3 miles away once and the...