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Nothing spectacular this year...
This one was notable because it was the first trip after a big medical issue....and was just happy to get back out there. A fat stocker from Tuff Campground, near Tom's Place, caught using a homemade spinner and some Oxford commas.

Trip to Alaska this summer

foulhook wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 8:31 am Trip to Alaska this summer

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Pretty cool stuff! Thanks for sharing.

foulhook wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 8:31 am Trip to Alaska this summer

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Is that bear right off the side of the boat? If so, looks like he could have crawled aboard.

Is that bear right off the side of the boat? If so, looks like he could have crawled aboard.
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Yes the brown bear is right next to the boat. The last day in Alaska we did the fly out trip on float plane/ bear viewing and red salmon fishing. The bears would come close enough to the boat while your fishing that you could have reached out and touched them. The bears pay absolutely no attention to you all they care about is catching salmon.

Yes....I still do check in..... best 5 in 2025 went for .....60lbs rounded down....16,13,11,10,10...pictures in order 13,10, 16,10,11

Silentbuddah wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 11:14 pm Yes....I still do check in..... best 5 in 2025 went for .....60lbs rounded down....16,13,11,10,10...pictures in order 13,10, 16,10,11

Those are some beasts!

Mission Beach

Nelson 1 wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 3:48 pm Mission Beach

That looked like fun!

The lakes are frozen here in Wyoming. But I am looking forward to two weeks of fishing in SD first part of June. Here is a small lake trout.

Or maybe not. I can not seem to figure out how to ad the attachment. Obviously I don't do a lot of social media. Picture a monster I could barely haul in the boat.