****Jigfest 2025****

[nomolites]

10 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

By 2007, they cut back to 1 luggage and carryon, we ate our salmon there and did not bring any back.  You could pack it and ship it or smoke it and ship it.

That was last time we went up.

When I’ve gone up we’ve checked our insulated boxes of frozen fish as luggage and shipped our clothes and rods, etc. home via UPS.  Works great actually, but that is flying out of Anchorage.  It costs way more to ship  the fish than the gear….

Mike

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, jdmidwest said:

By 2007, they cut back to 1 luggage and carryon, we ate our salmon there and did not bring any back.  You could pack it and ship it or smoke it and ship it.

That was last time we went up.

I meant to say check 2 boxes in luggage, not carryon.  Old brain misfiring.  😀

[Phil Lilley]

On 12/17/2025 at 7:38 PM, jdmidwest said:

How do you bring them back now?  Back when I went, you could pack a cooler with dry ice and fly them back with you for a nominal fee.  But that was before airlines started charging by the ounce for luggage.

Overnight freight is not cheap from Alaska.

I didn't go this year so I got mine from a friend who is a commercial fishermen at Bristol Bay.  He lives in Rolla.