Dipnetting For Salmon

[JR]

Originally posted by MissEve@Jul 16 2003, 11:22 AM


JR! Dont you have ANY good memories of AK? Dont you ever miss the fish guts? the sweaty ass chest waders? lol Seriously, I still think AK in the summer is one of the most beautiful places in the world! We've had record breaking heat waves this summer.

i think Alaska is nice. its a matter of perspective i guess and a question of what you are comparing it too and what makes you happy. for people that really like the outdoors, boating, fishing, winters etc... Alaska is great. For people hiding from the feds, who want to grow pot in the middle of nowhere or who just plain hate people, its good too.

i never really got into sports fishing that much. i did when i was little. not in the Kenai river because of all the tourists but at different places around my house and other places on the peninsula.

I think that Alaska is really nice to visit. Summer is very nice. Winter was really enjoyable when i lived at Alyeska, had snowmachines and played all the time.

i think that in the end, i am not really an outdoors type of person. i tried. i have shot almost every big game animal and caught every fish. i just dont like it. i even got rid of all my guns.

its a nice place i think. but its easy to remember the good points and forget about the bad... like short summer, very little sun, long, cold, dark winters etc.

i have not even been back there in quite a few years (except to fly to Dutch Harbor). growing up in a small town of 5000 people, living at the end of the road, in the middle of no where in "the last frontier" always left me with one goal... getting out asap. i think maybe i got off to bad wrong start.