Quillback Posted July 21 Posted July 21 3 hours ago, BilletHead said: Could be you or Jeff quillback. Just for your information I didn't name it. I think Louie would be better. I now feel personally attached to that bear. Speaking of Alaskan bears, if you have not seen that documentary Grizzly Man, it is worth a watch. BilletHead 1
BilletHead Posted July 21 Author Posted July 21 How about some food and then Greyling fishing? Same day we took a break and Butterflied sockeye was on the menu! About 9PM Duane said Hey let's walk behind the lodge To the River braid and wade in and try for grayling back there. So, Duane, Pat, Mike and I wadered up and grabbed our dry fly rods. Took the bear trail to the water's edge Dropped into the clear water and began to wade out. Moderate moving water but getting deeper. Duane said it was deeper than he thought. About that time Pat's eyes got big and said I am losing my balance and am beginning to drift in the current. We backed out back to shore. Duane walked back and got the boat. Brought it around and we loaded in. Pat, Mike and I took turns throwing dries towards the bank for fish. We all landed nice Greyling all around 10 PM. Another long day! Wind was low. Look over those pictures good and see the swarms of bugs around our heads. Embrace the sick. Thanks to Duane and some perfect boat control :). nomolites, Johnsfolly, fishinwrench and 4 others 7 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
fishinwrench Posted July 21 Posted July 21 Man, that bug thing IS a bit ridiculous isn't it ? It was like that on a Canadian trip we took when I was a kid. Not sure how long a person would have to live up there in order to get "used to that". snagged in outlet 3 1
BilletHead Posted July 21 Author Posted July 21 21 minutes ago, fishinwrench said: Man, that bug thing IS a bit ridiculous isn't it ? It was like that on a Canadian trip we took when I was a kid. Not sure how long a person would have to live up there in order to get "used to that". When you are catching fish and having fun you get used to is. Proper face protection is a must. Annoying to wear I know. I had a pair of those sun fishing fingerless gloves. Pat ordered a set before we went. I did not wear them for a couple days. The back of my left hand was bitten so much it started to swell up. After I started wearing them problem solved. nomolites and fishinwrench 2 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
ness Posted July 21 Posted July 21 3 minutes ago, BilletHead said: When you are catching fish and having fun you get used to is. Proper face protection is a must. Annoying to wear I know. I had a pair of those sun fishing fingerless gloves. Pat ordered a set before we went. I did not wear them for a couple days. The back of my left hand was bitten so much it started to swell up. After I started wearing them problem solved. That sounds kinda tough. Good thing you had the right gear. At least it was cool and you could cover up and be comfortable. John
Foghorn Posted July 22 Posted July 22 Great fishing and food-a pretty good ingredient for a great trip! snagged in outlet 3 and BilletHead 2
BilletHead Posted July 22 Author Posted July 22 Trying to run Jeff off the island, VID_20250710_120514948.mp4 nomolites 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
BilletHead Posted July 22 Author Posted July 22 The next day we tried to find some Northern Pike. Some intel from Duane from the past was a backwater along lake Iliamna. Iliamna is the largest lake in Alaska. We traveled up the Kvichak past the village and turned left at the lake bottom entrance. Duane was not along but he was getting another delivery in the village. He gave us instructions on how to get there and to watch the weather and wind directions. If there was a change, we were to get out of there pronto as the big lake can get dangerous in mere seconds. We beached the boat and grabbed our gear walked up the band through the sand dunes and peered into the lake. Lake was still and no sign of fish working. Duane told us to look and fish the weedy areas. Not many weeds in the water. We see Moose and otter tracks plus one old, weathered bear track. We all rigg up with something for pike and work the edges without a hit. We see stickleback and finally some little pike. Little is an understatement. Five to eight in fish. No bites for Pat, Mike Dave and myself. We covered maybe a half mile of shoreline. We headed back to the boat and in the distance spied a creature. It was Duane and after town business he found us to see what we were doing. He informed us that Blake Harris was guiding a group at the town beach threading salmon. Before we left out, we left some tracks in the wet sand, We headed back to the village beach at the mouth of the Kvichak and the town beach. hit the bank with the boat and found Blake. got some pictures and harassed the young guide newbie for Crystal Creek Lodge. He told us how much he likes Alaska and Guiding up there and he never wants to leave. It's a way off from where had seen him. The beach is a good place to take clients as it is easy and good fishing. They come in on float planes and land down river. Get in boats and motor to the beach to fish. here is a link to that lodge but prepare to open up your pocketbook wide. Crystal Creek Lodge - Luxury Alaska Fishing & Adventure Lodge Here we are with Blake, Dave and then us, From there it was back to the lodge then a bite to eat and back to catching a few more sockeye, 1000001109.mp4 After cleaning fish Duane said let's rig up with indicator's and set them deep with some egg patterns and drift down the bank above and below the lodge. We had been seeing rainbows below where we had been cleaning fish. Although we were not dumping carcasses blood and stuff falling off our cleaning table and the place upstream the fish knew this. We drifted and caught some rainbows. No giants but fun. I did a couple in tandem and even doubled up. Pat doing her mending magic! 1000001118.mp4 Mike and Dave were having some success too. Hard to handle those wild fish 😀 1000001114.mp4 ness, Johnsfolly, nomolites and 1 other 4 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Foghorn Posted July 22 Posted July 22 22 hours ago, Foghorn said: Great fishing and food-a pretty good ingredient for a great trip! And I left out the part about "great friends!" BilletHead 1
Terrierman Posted July 22 Posted July 22 Have I said anything like "Way to go PAT!!!" yet? Johnsfolly and BilletHead 1 1
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