kodiak island


As promised, I am going to get a little more into last week’s Alaskan adventure here…starting with the awesome diversity of species you can catch armed only with a spinning rod, rental car, a handful of lures and a healthy sense of adventure!

We obviously didn’t get our mitts on everything that swims around the island — not even close — but we did pretty well considering we had no access to a boat! Here’s a look at some of the critters we caught… [click to continue…]

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One of the reasons I really love Kodiak Island is the fact that it has a great road system that allows you to access plenty of world class fishing. For those of us who don’t own a Beaver on floats, that’s a big plus! On the way to all that great fishing, one is treated to some pretty epic vistas. The Panorama setting on my camera pretty much sucks, but you just can’t capture the vastness of the place with regular format photos, so for better or for worse, here are some wide views of the island…

The Buskin River, which is basically right in downtown Kodiak


Downtown Kodiak, Alaska and the harbor


Lake Rose Tead (Full of reds, silvers and pinks, by the way)


The upper end of Lake Rose Tead (View is just to the right of that in the photo above)


Senic vista of another kind: Chrome Coho


Sunrise over Mill Bay


Looking for chrome in Salonie Creek


White Sands Beach, Monashka Bay


The upper Psagshak River drainage

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Kodiak Island Salmon Insanity Video!

by JD on August 31, 2009

Kodiak

Reilly and I just got back from an epic trip to Kodiak Island, Alaska…check out the video!!

The latest in the angling adventures of the www.fishwithjd.com gang. This episode, watch as JD & Reilly head for Kodiak Island, Alaska for some awesome salmon and mixed bag action…in the surf and rivers!

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