I fished when I was a kid. Often we fished in places where we’d catch catfish, especially in my grandparents’ pond. That thing was full of catfish (and a rogue…
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Ending our vacation with Klutina Salmon Charters
We left Valdez and headed back north to Copper Center to camp at Klutina Salmon Charters along the Klutina River, near where it empties in to the Copper River. The…
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My brother’s family came up to visit!
On a three week long, trip of a lifetime, my brother Brian, his wife Leanne, and their kids Hadley and Easton are touring around the Yukon. We’ve spent two long…
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Evening fishing adventure
We headed back up to the North Klondike River to go fishing after work today. We took Anna, visiting from Manitoba, with us so she could use her new Yukon…
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An afternoon of fishing
Today was probably supposed to be more productive, but I had a terrific hangover and the rain in the forecast postponed our firewood mission. So we went fishing. Actually I…
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Spring comes to the Dempster
Today we took a drive up through Tombstone Park on the Dempster with our fishing poles, hoping the river wouldn’t still be frozen solid. Just 100km up the Dempster Highway,…
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Fishing up the Dempster Highway, and watching a wet moose eat lunch
We woke up at 5am to get an early start with our day. We went up to the Elephant Rock lookoff at 221 km up the Dempster Highway and worked our…
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A black bear, moose, swans, and thousands of orchids
Last weekend we took a drive south to a fishing hole Jeff wanted to try. Despite being relatively dry here for the first half of the spring, it has been…
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Tombstone Park and Jeff’s first Grayling!
Since it was a holiday today (Discovery Day) and we both had the day off work, and all the Discovery Days events were over, we went on an exploration/fishing trip….
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Ice fishing, gardening update, pouring rain, and random pictures
Ice Fishing We got up early today and went ice fishing before the rain storm moved in. (It is now POURING rain and we have a wind warning for possible…
Read MoreA cold fishing expedition over the Easter long weekend
Over the Easter weekend, since the ice has finally left the lakes, we thought we better get a jump on the season and get the boat wet! We tried a…
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Ice fishing
Jeff and I went ice fishing this afternoon on Gillis Lake. Beautiful cold sunny day with a bit of wind. There were several groups out on the ice, even a…
Read MoreDid a little shopping for Julie today
My sister Julie’s birthday is coming up so I thought I’d do a little birthday shopping for her today. First, we got our fishing licenses for 2013 with the hopes…
Read MoreAmazing long 2-4, except for one dead power supply
Epic 2-4 long weekend! We’ve had GORGEOUS weather. Here are our accomplishments: I was a judge at the Lion’s club multi-district Speakout event. We went out in the boat and…
Read MoreFirst time out in the boat for 2011
We hit the lake with the boat WAY later this spring than last year. This year the ice lingered into April and it is has been cold and windy and…
Read MoreThe score is 4-1, in Jeff’s favour, but mine is bigger!
Jeff had the day off today, but he still waited until I got home from work so we could go fishing!! Jeff is up in our fish tally, 4-1, but…
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Jeff caught a fish on his birthday!
Yesterday we went out on the boat in the late afternoon hours. It was Jeff’s birthday and the weather was unbelievable! Here are some photos: Here you go Brian, here…
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Test Drive – It floats!
Day off work, and Jeff was up at 5 o’clock eager to fish. I delayed him until closer to 9 and we went for a ride! It was cold and…
Read MoreThree Blue Fin Tuna
We took a trip to Canso today to watch the fisherman bring their blue fin tuna catches in to the wharf. We were lucky enough to see THREE of them!…
Read MoreSaturday Morning – Jeff’s out in the boat!
Jeff is out on the lake this morning with 2 of his co-workers. They volunteer themselves and their work boats once a year to a Big Brothers & Sisters fishing…
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