Landscape & scenery photos from the Gulkana River
Date AddedJul 20, 2011
CameraCanon PowerShot D10
There's a fish-cleaning table right IN the river at this landing. Driving out on the gravel bar is the norm, too. It was a good place to field-dress my sockeye salmon. Tossing the guts out into the river has them devoured by hungry gulls within seconds. That's illegal in many places, but in Alaska it's the preferred way of dealing with fish waste: these ecosystems are driven by dead salmon and fully equipped to deal with it.
Date AddedJul 19, 2007
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
Here's my first Alaskan salmon, a small king that put up a fun fight.
Date AddedJul 19, 2007
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
This is my first-ever lake trout, caught on a spinner before we stopped to unpack the fly rods near the beginning of a 4-day float trip. I caught another of about the same size soon thereafter. The coloration is incredible compared to other lakers I've seen -- a much more believable cousin to the brook trout.
Date AddedJul 19, 2007
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
Here my dad drops his largest resident rainbow ever, after a spectacular fight. It's a good 18 inches.
Date AddedJul 19, 2007
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
Date AddedJul 19, 2007
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
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