Several years ago, some friends and I floated the Karluk River on Kodiak Island from Karluk Lake down the the estuary at Karluk Lagoon. Bears were everywhere and there were a number of camps right on the first low benches above the flood plain. All of them were enclosed with those little electric fences with solar panels to charge the batteries. As far as I could tell, none of them had been molested, despite the fact that bear trails worn into foot-deep ruts ran within a few yards of them.
If I had been camping, I would have damned sure been higher on the slope, away from the heavy traffic areas. But what the hell do I know? (I do know that it was a beautiful float and the fishing was very good.)
