azcouesandelk Report post Posted August 20, 2006 Ok here are the last 4 species of Salmon and I will have a few more stories for the trout,dolly vardon and grayling along with wildlife and scenery. These 2 pics are of the same Chum Salmon. I only caught 6 but this is the only one that I got any pics of. This next pic is of a Pink Salmon. I caught so many Pinks I was getting sore. I would catch about 10 every hour and they fight good on a 5 weight. This next pic is of my 1 and only Sockeye that I caught. Where we were located not a lot of sockeyes run up there but we do catch a few. These next few pics are of Silver Salmon. I left when the run was really starting to heat up. I was still able to catch a lot of them though. The cool thing about our lodge is that we specialize in topwater for Silvers. Seeing a silver erupt out of the water at a popper is a site that is to magnificent for words. Here is a pic of a silver caught on a popper. And here is a closeup of the silver on the popper. Hope you guys enjoy. Also there will be 3 more stories to come on my Alaskan adventure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azryan Report post Posted August 20, 2006 dude awesome pics...thnx for the details...u must of had a heck of a time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DEERSLAM Report post Posted August 20, 2006 Fantastic Christian. Those fish are awesome. I love the colors Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted August 20, 2006 Hey Christian, just from what we've seen thus far.......you have acquired a lifetime of pictures and memories in just a few short months! Every one of those fish are incredible in their own way and the pic's of each one are AWESOME! A BIG congrats to you and thanks for bringing it all back for us to enjoy! Glad to see you made it back with all your limbs still attached also! Thanks, JIM> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az4life Report post Posted August 20, 2006 Ditto to what everyone else said. I think this guiding was a job, that most of us would have PAID the lodge to have! Awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted August 20, 2006 Christian, by looking at the top chum, appears you went to the Amazon, not AK, for some of those peacock bassalmon. Nice catches. Did you volunteer for another tour of duty next summer? RR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted August 20, 2006 Yeah I did Red Rabbit. I am hoping that I will be able to work up there each summer through college. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
