Greetings from akguide

Greetings one and all,
While I have been in many chat rooms, this is the first time in a chat forum of this nature. I already feel at home among hunters and fishers with common interests, and experiences. I am from Alaska where I had the great honor to serve as a licensed hunting and fishing guide for many years. Hunting and fishing in Alaska, is still alive, and in my opinion, among the best in the world. I learned to fish and hunt growing up in Michigan. My Michigan experience, along with being mentored by some of the best AK guides in the world, helped prepare me for the reality of hunting and fishing in Alaska. I credit my mentors not just for showing me how to successfully fish and hunt in Alaska, I also credit them for saving my life. Without them, I would have most likely been injured, and or killed. One of the greatest achievements in my life, was to safely guide hundreds of fishers and hunters in the wilderness of Alaska. The best I ever felt, was while in the wilderness of Alaska.

I have a problem, and I need help. I will give more details in my next post. The anti-hunting,fishing,and guiding movement has become insane. More about that later. Thank you one and all just for being here.
Salute,
akg

Welcome to the IDO chat room.

And good luck with your problem.

Greetings and good morning Biggill, and MN,
Had the great pleasure of some fine fishing in MN.
Fine looking steelhead?
Thank you for the warm welcome.
So great to be a member with so many that have common ground.
I do gear too, as gear is life,
Many thanks,
Salute,
akg

Welcome

Welcome to IDO my friend. A lot of us here are from the Midwest and it’s always great to get a wider perspective. Looking forward to hearing more about your experiences in AK.

Greetings and many thanks pool2fool,
Rgr on the Midwest. I learned to hunt and fish in Michigan. This was great preparation for my life in Alaska. I posted a photo of our hunting camp on the Mulchatna River in AK. I am just left of the guy in the yellow sweat shirt.
Here to help and support in any way I can,
Cheers,
Salute,
AKG

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Welcome! I look fwd to your reports.

Moose is on my buvket list, even though it will probably never happen…lol

Welcome to IDO! Looking forward to seeing your reports. I had the privilege of spending 5 days on Lake Creek chasing Silvers several years ago, it was awesome. How can a guy be homesick for someplace he was at for 5 days?

S.R.

Greetings and good morning Timmy,
What we think about, we bring about.
This phrase helped me to set about living my dream. When it comes to dreams, my best suggestion is, to “live your dream.” Make it happen.
We only live once, and once is enough.
Moose hunting in Alaska is a huge challenge. The Alaska-Yukon moose is the biggest “deer” in the world. A full grown bull, can weigh, 1600 lbs. For many good people in AK, moose are simply seen, as groceries. Contrary to popular myth, there is not a moose behind every tree in AK. No guide is required in order to hunt moose in AK. While some of the best hunting for moose in the world can be found in Alaska, other great moose hunting locations do exist. The best moose hunting in AK, may require air taxi services. I find rafts and boats to be among the best ways to hunt moose in AK. For me, hunting and fishing in Alaska, is living my dream. Let me encourage you, to live your dream.
Cheers,
Salute,
AKG

Welcome, helpful group here. Would love to hear both hunting and fishing in Alaska. I think many people would love info or storries from Alaskan guiding. I hope to make a trip someday in my future. Sorry about anti-hunting/fishing groups. Without people there willing to help and guide nonresidents it would be a trip many may never get chance on there own.

Hey Steve,

Been on clear Creek. Much of my Alaska river fishing and guiding experience included fly out destinations. Road access Alaska is certainly very different than fly out locations. Most of my AK river experience included adapting fly fishing to AK salmon. Fly rod equipment is so much lighter as weight is a huge issue with regards to air taxi or bush Alaska locations. The thing I really like about silver salmon is their aggressiveness. While the 4 other AK salmon species remain somewhat lip locked, I have seen silvers chase my fly all the way across a river. Silvers in AK are absolutely incredible. I have bit by the AK bug. In fact, I cannot live in any other place on earth. Too many people, and not enough bears.
Thanks Steve,
Cheers,
AKG

Hi Jon,

I got beat up pretty good as a member of the bear chat community, which is found at the following live bear cam location. Live bear cams have been provided by explore for many years. Viewing live bear cams is very cool, however, the chat community was very abusive with me. While on bear cam chat, I never discussed hunting or fishing/guiding, as to do so, is suicide….lol. The bear cam chat needs a large group of people to come in there and balance things about a bit. I recommend the link posted below for great viewing of AK bears at Brooks Falls in AK. I also recommend extreme caution for folks like us who post comments at the bear cam chat forum. See link,

https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls

Here you can see several live cam feeds focused on bears at Brooks.
Thanks again jon,
Salute,
AKG