My summer in alaska

[live4chrome]

I was lucky enough to spend the summer in soldotna with my good buddy, a disabled vet, his wife and my girlfriend. The four of us left mn early may and returned in the end of September after having the adventure of a lifetime. We did it all, caught halibut off the beach, caught kings, hundreds of reds, big silvers and trout and made great new friends. Saw bears, moose, and had beach ran boils. Here are a few of the pics.

Beach butts!

Hooligans on the kenai

Reds!

[live4chrome]

Kings! The kings in alaska are in a steep decline in both size and numbers. We released all we caught

Bonus beach cod

Colored up red. They are beautiful, but a nuisance when trying to get a trout of silver

Silvers!

Trout and bears!

An awesome summer I can't wait to go back!

[Wanderer]

Heck yeah!! Nice stuff there! Really nice Silvers and a great Dolly. It's great you were there the whole summer. I'm sure you posted why you were there but I didn't see it. Job? Just taking the time off? Plus getting to spend it with the company you did. Fantastic!

Getting the Cod and Halibut off the beach is something I didn't expect to see.

[live4chrome]

We were up there to just get away. Buddy needed to get away from the stressors of PTSD &gulf war syndrome as well as the joke known as the VA. It was plenty of an excuse to quit my job and go!

[Wanderer]

At least you had the guts to do it.

[Odonata]

Great pics. Nice fish

[Walker Bay]

I was fortunate enough to spend some time in AK in my life. I really enjoyed looking at your photos. They brought back some great memories. thanks for sharing

[Garett Svir]

Great pics Chadwick!

[Ufatz]

Hope it helped everybody cope with life a little better. I am sure it was a summer you will always remember.

There is no place on earth like Alaska.

[DonBo]

Wow, what an awsome experience. Something most of us could only dream of.