Just finished up another trip to Alaska courtesy of the Naknek River Camp and Steelhead Alley Outfitters. If there is one thing I can say about this area is you never know what to expect. Itineraries can change in a second and the best laid plans can fall apart in a heartbeat. I didn’t catch as many fish as my trip two years ago but this trip was much more memorable. In the first few hours I was there I had my closest bear encounter to date. I was fishing the Naknek river when a sow and her 3 cubs walked to within 15 yards of me. I was waist deep in the river and the only way i could go was back to the shore she was standing on. Fortunately she turned around and went the other way.
As for the fish I caught the biggest rainbow trout in my life at 31 inches long. I have yet to have a Steelhead almost spool me like that fish did. Silver salmon, fresh from the ocean, were still coming in so we took advantage of that for a couple of days. I got to take a very eventful trip to Brooks Park for a day where I saw so many Brown Bears that I lost count. On our way over a float plane had crashed on the lake and we ended up rescuing the passengers and carried them to the park. I can only imagine the relief they felt when they saw our boat coming towards them.
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