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Driving would be a great way to see more of Alaska. If you want really good fishing a fly in camp or lodge is the best bet. Hunting poses logistical problems but deer or caribou should be doable. Black bear hunting in SE is also accessible. In September it can be some of the best silver salmon fishing and some rivers will have steelhead runs starting then.

Where might he hunt caribou in August as a nonresident without extensive and/or expensive efforts?

not so much gross as totally overrun.

Certain times and years I run up almost to the devils canyon every day sometimes twice to fish, Doing that tour is well worth it and our neighbors Mahays do a great job!
Landing on the glacier is not an option but a requirement, but I like it the earlier the better personally.
Talkeetna is a little tourist trap town but folks seem to enjoy it. Home base for me for 3 months of the year.

No clue about stupid socialist Canada. But there will be tourists. AK travel restrictions were getting easier.

And 90% everyone that cancelled fishing charters last year just moved em to 2021.

That said no cruise ships will make it hard to pay the bills but will make it less folks which is a double edge sword but nice.

I went to Alaska on a “once in a lifetime trip”, I’ve gone back 6 or 7 times since, it’s bit addicting. Only been there once in the summer, no plans on ever doing that again. Shoulder seasons, either early-mid May, or Sept., are the best times to go IMHO, and I would choose Sept., much less crowded and better prices available on lodging, etc..There’s no way one trip will allow you to even scratch AK’s surface, so make plans to see and do the things that are most important to you. There is a ton of info available on the internet, and the guys on here will be a lot of help. The train ride to Seward or Fairbanks is a decent option, gives you a chance to see the sights without driving off the road while gawking at something. (If you're in Seward about lunchtime, hit the Showcase Lounge for an amber and a bowl of seafood chowder). The downside is you can’t stop just anywhere you want, but you can do that in a rental car. A charter out of either Seward or Homer will put some fillets in your luggage home, I prefer Seward for the charter. Also some very good river fishing south of Anc., heck there's good fishing about everywhere. Unless you’re a better fisherman than I am, and most folks are, I would for sure charter out to someone in the know, again, no shortage of folks who will help you with that. Can’t help you with any hunting info. You can spend any amount of money you want on the trip, as a friend says, “speed costs money, how fast do you want to go?” Meaning that if you plan and pre-book a lot of the trip yourself, you can save a lot of money as opposed to having someone do it for you, you can spend the money you save for chartering side trips. Best of luck to you.

Nude beaches?


Bob

Every tourist who fishes needs to spend a couple of hours on the Russian during the peak red runs.

U have to loop fbks ...theold storybooks about this place are the same as u were reading as a kid... a 10pm charter out of the east ramp will show u some real Alaska wildlife....

Can a guy do a couple days black bear hunting towards end of August?

Its worth stopping to witness that

I like going beginning of Sept and still get some silvers without the big crowds

Steese or Taylor - 40 mile circus? August 10? opener. 1 bull for NR? Off top of head -check Regs.

Absolutely

Tourist here checking in....

Did exactly that 2 years ago, except it wasn't in the peak, it was on the downhill swing of the run. Didn't have much issue catching my limit though. We didn't fish where the Russian hits the Kenai though, hiked the mile or whatever it was back to the falls and fished below them. We started our hike at 3 am to beat the crowds...

Not an expert, not even a novice on Alaska, but we enjoyed it, and I'd go back tomorrow if somebody wanted to go. Drove 1500 miles between Anchorage, Seward, up to Denali, back down to Homer. Sounds like a ton of miles, then you look at the routes we took and it is barely even a blip on the map of Alaska.

Halibut fished out of Seward. All of us limited on halibut, and I think we caught 9 or 10 different species of fish, my 8 year old caught an Octopus and was excited about that. Our boat captain was apologizing for it being so slow. We thought he was crazy. I think we ended up with 130 lbs of filets to bring home.

Tourists that saw Moose, bears, caribou, all the fish, eagles sitting in every dead snag of a tree, it was a great time.

That whole 'never getting dark' in the summer will mess with your head though. Sun brightly shining at 10pm makes you think you're not tired.

I'll second the milepost book, a lot of really interesting stuff in there. As far as chs, there does seem to be a procreating area in the pond.

That gets us too. That fact is often cited as a cause of hwy wrecks as people try to fit so much activity and distance in 18 hours of daylight.

I always wear a watch as it’s very hard to tell time by sun position.

(Nude beaches?)

Yes, we encourage that helps keep mosquitos away from the locals!

And the opposite problem in winter?

For me at least, yes. I amaze myself at the things I’ll start in summer, that I’ll not consider in winter. Tend to not travel as far nor as long in winter. The up side is that frozen ground allows travel in places not possible in summer.

abby

pak had a lot of good suggestions. I would strongly add halibut fishing out of Homer or Valdez. Seward is probably good for halibut also and the sea life center is worth a look. If you drive, take the ferry on the marine highway for one of the directions, either up or back. I found the ferry nice, as I only got to see Juneau the 5 years I was there. When I took the ferry, I got to see places I had only heard of while I was in Eagle River. You can actually go on Matanuska glacier which is on the Glenn Highway. In the 5 years I was there, I feel I only scratched the surface of what was to be checked out.