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Post them up! Did my shakedown yesterday. Took kids this year. We slay'd them. Pretty fun. My life is over come Wednesday until hunting season. ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/joelst99/Mobile%20Uploads/35DE572A-C9F3-4CBA-BDC3-20CF679B5D5B_zpsy2avwhu4.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/joelst99/Mobile%20Uploads/7F3526B3-8AAF-483D-B4B9-C85F30CB267B_zpszmd0k5bm.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/joelst99/Mobile%20Uploads/7B11E510-3F7C-475B-B154-43AFB2DA7E59_zpssykp2ir5.jpg)
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Right on!
I haven't even been out yet. Work and other obligations have kept me from coming over. Been really slow over on this side from the reports I've heard. Glad to see its happening over there. You''ll be seeing me over there quite a bit starting next weekend.
Good on you for getting kids out.
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Right on!
I haven't even been out yet. Work and other obligations have kept me from coming over. Been really slow over on this side from the reports I've heard. Glad to see its happening over there. You''ll be seeing me over there quite a bit starting next weekend.
Good on you for getting kids out. I was getting worried about you. About 1/2 the abundance, but still enough around.
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First teach a child to love God, second teach him to love family, third teach him to fish and hunt and by the time he is in his teens no dope dealer under the sun can teach him anything. Cotton Cordell
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Very nice, Southeast is so spectacular, especially when the sun is out.
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Kids smiling with fish in hand is about as good as it gets,,
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First charter today. Got into them pretty good. Solid 10 days of wind starting tomorrow. Buckle up.
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getting seasick already, from 5,000 miles away... 
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Keep the fair weather fishermen tied up. Can't remember a stretch of se winds like this in June. Usually it's NW winds in June.
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Good for the kids.....looks like a good time!
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Keep the fair weather fishermen tied up. Can't remember a stretch of se winds like this in June. Usually it's NW winds in June. I miss Kodiak, Once I got to know the area I could plan on any wind/tide condition (not big seas though), from Whale Pass to Cape Chiniak in my little Hewescraft. I was frequently the only camper on the hook in Long Isand lagoon, especially in mid-winter.
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Those are some lucky kids.
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I decided to take the boat out for a morning run yesterday to check some new gear and make sure she was ready for another season. Saw these moose wandering up a dry creek and then swim the river. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w463/R0d_Builder/June%20%203rd%20Swimming%20moose_zps5ruqiqbc.jpg) Later, after releasing one larger king that was over the slot limit, I thought I'd invite this one back for dinner. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w463/R0d_Builder/JUNE%203RD_KENAI_KING_zps0me0wvma.jpg)
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Nice! Been busy guiding and it's been good! Been sticking fishing reports on my website at www.alaskawideopen.com via my wix app on my phone.
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Nice website, great pictures and great blog Joel. Best of luck in your maiden year.
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I want to "invite" one home for dinner this wknd myself. King salmon opens here tomorrow. ADF&G had an emergency closure to allow escapement of Taku River kings which were predicted to ,and actually did have, a dismal return. Hope the hatchery kings are in thick as the hatchery chumdogs are right around the corner - yukkk!
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Did the taku fish actually show up?
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Nice! Been busy guiding and it's been good! Guess you're not moving to Colorado after all . . . .
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Did the taku fish actually show up? Nope - two really bad years in a row. Hatchery return has mirrored it. They keep saying it's open ocean mortality. Not enuff food? Ocean acidification affecting the bottom of the food chain - e.g. plankton?
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