FLOAT TRIP ON THE KENAI RIVER
Jonathan and Cody hard at work
As the postings before have indicated, Cody and I are really into fishing and getting the chance to do it as much as possible while visiting Alaska is our ultimate goal. On another fine AK afternoon we headed to the Kenai River with two buddies, Jonathan and Will, to do a float/fish trip. The great thing about AK is that there is not much time restriction on when you can and can't do outdoor activities. So at about 4pm we shoved off and were excited to spend the evening fishing, swilling, nature scouting and talking a bunch of trash. We definitely caught some fish, and as stated previously the only thing to really catch at this time of year were reds. There are plenty of gigantic rainbow trout to be caught and released, and Will did just that accidentally. He was rigged up to catch a red but ended up bycatching a trout.
There were plenty of salmon taken down in that fishing hole directly behind us
Fishing at 10 pm, yes please!
As the sun got lazier and started its close descent towards the mountains, the brown bears started to show their presence. In all we saw 6 brownies. Even though I may have seen tons of Alaskan bears during my life they will forever remain jaw-dropping beautiful in size and character. I will say, however, that the fear still brews when seeing one of these gigantic forces of nature, especially when you have fish in your backpack. Once it hit 11:30pm, we decided we had seen enough bears and needed to get off the river stat, our security was dropping rapidly as nightfall ensued. Life is quite an adventure in Alaska, and I will never get enough of it!
Dinner
Jonathan showing his fine filleting skills
Will and his accidental rainbow
Across the river this brown bear snagged someone's bag like a swift bandit making out with a stagecoach full of cash
Things you see in nature
Ahh, I'm not so sure we really had that much fun rafting, don't be dissuaded by the expressions on our faces...
Uh yeah, it's kind of pretty
Jonathan and Cody hard at work
There were plenty of salmon taken down in that fishing hole directly behind us
Fishing at 10 pm, yes please!
Dinner
Jonathan showing his fine filleting skills
Will and his accidental rainbow
Across the river this brown bear snagged someone's bag like a swift bandit making out with a stagecoach full of cash
Things you see in nature
Ahh, I'm not so sure we really had that much fun rafting, don't be dissuaded by the expressions on our faces...
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