04 September 2010

Hello from Southeast Alaska

Big John, Diane, Danny (the old man), Betsy, and Jennifer have been fishing aboard the Adventurous for a long time. Danny fished on Jays original Adventurous! This a great group of friends that has become family to us! We also welcomed Adventurous first timer Rick Allen. This was Ricks second trip to Alaska and he was a great complement to the trip.

Danny was the original fly fisherman of the group, but after years of watching him enjoy fly fishing everyone shows up with fly rods! We had some great fly and light tackle fishing for Coho the first day of the trip landing over 60 fish the first afternoon and the following morning! Great fishing! John did very well with the fly fishing, just a little hard on the gear. The girls, Diane and Jen had a great time landing several Coho on the fly!

John has fished and hunted for all types of land and sea creatures, but these days his ploy is Halibut. He is a nuts and bolts fisherman, put your time in fish hard and fish will come! This year everyone followed John’s example and we had some absolutely off the chart Halibut and bottom fishing! Diane and Jen started the week with a couple of very nice fish, Then the Old man upped the stakes with a 270 pounder…not bad for and 84 year young man!! Not to be out done John put the screws to a 340 pound monster, his personal best! Congrats John!

Shrimping, Crabbing, fishing and sightseeing all in one of the most amazing setting on earth!! what a week!

It was a great week of Laughs, great fishing and supper food! Thanks to Betsy for the outstanding lasagna the last night and diane for the succulent chowder!!!

This was James’s last week aboard for the 2010 season, back to school. James is a great hand, fisherman and crewman. We have all enjoyed his company, hard work and full time smile! James we can’t wait to see you back again, good luck in school this season!!

Another wonderful week with more than I could ever write! The only problem I saw was time, too short!

Take care and keep casting,

Travis, Jenn, James and Lucy

The Old man with his personal best Halibut! 84 years old and still going strong!!! Congratulations Danny!!!

Lucy did a little fishing herself this week!!

Just another rough Anchorage!!

The Fly fishing gals!!! Diane and Jennifer

The Berinator….shrimp killer

Rick watching a little whale action!!

Hale to the Halibut King, Big John Petroski!! You did it again big John!! Congratulations on your 340 pound halibut.

James the halibut King!!

Rick caught a little of everything, steelhead, salmon, halibut, hell even a octopus.

Diane had some great Coho on the fly!!

Lots of fly action this week!!

03 September 2010

Hello from Southeast Alaska,
We had a special guest aboard the Adventurous this week, Bob Kelly. Bob is the brother of one of the old time charter operators in Southeast Alska Rod Kelly. Rod was one of my early mentors and friends. Although Bob Kelly has been visiting and fishing Southeast with his brother and other operations since the 1970’s he had never been aboard the Adventurous. Confusing description, but the bottom line is we were damn happy to finally meet and fish with Bob! Bob was joined by brothers Don (Ansel) and Dale Lawson, Greg Huton, Eugene Harris, and Brian Leamy.
Once again the weather Gods shined on us this week and we had wonderful running and fishing weather! Once again we found our selves on the outside coast of Baranof Island. We fish Baranof and explore a lot on the outside coast and always hope to find good fishing, but this week it was off the chart!!! We great King Salmon fishing, Coho’s and a wide-open Halibut bite!! Left em biting more than once! Greg had the king of the week at 45 pounds, Congrats Greg!! Brian had the Halibut of the week at 165 pounds!!! Good job Brian!
As the week progressed we went around the south tip of Baranof, Cape Omeney, and shifted in to low gear. Late August on Southeast Baranof is about as good as it gets! Great light tackle Coho fishing a couple more Halibut , some hiking and even some fly fishing! What a trip! We were lucky to have the opportunity to have accomplished photographer Don Lawson with us this week. Don spent the entire week with his camera in hand and ended up with some exceptional photographs of both activities and wildlife! Thanks to Don we all enjoyed the great photos!!
This week trip ended at one of the most beautiful spots in Southeast, Baranof Warm springs. A good soak and the float planes carried the crew back to Sitka!!

A special thanks to Bob and the crew for a wonderful trip!!! We can’t wait to see you on the steelhead grounds!!

Keep casting,

Travis, Jenn, James and Lusea

Greg with a nice Halibut!

Bob and Greg having a cold one stream side!

Brian with his monster Halibut! Conrats Brian!!

Ansel, I mean Don doing what he dose best, shooting pics!! Thanks for the great photos Don!!

Greg with his big King!!

Team Eat more Eggs!!!

Bob the new fly fisher!!

Nice King Don!!

Nice Halibut Dale!!

James on the shrimp!!

Slamman Salmon!!

Another rough Anchorage!

One of many photos by Don! Thanks again Don!!

Not a bad way to wake up!!

21 August 2010

Hello from Southeast Alaska

It has been an exciting August aboard the Adventurous! This week we welcomed back the commander, Curt Duininck. His wife Eunice and grand daughters Kelsey and Arron joined Curt. The Dunnincks were also Joined by good friends Donna and George Bershinsky of Laramie Wyoming.
Curt and Eunice have spent a lot of time sailing around Southeast Alaska so this week we chose to make a trip none of us had done, a circumnavigation of Chichagof Island. King Salmon, halibut fishing that would make the boys in Homer jealous, world class whale shows, bears and even a stop in Elfin Cove…what a week. Young Erin had the fish of the week when she landed a 80 pound class halibut! Congrats Erin!
We had the chance to do some great fishing, and see spectacular country!

Thanks to Curt and Eunice for a wonderful trip!

Travis, Jenn, James and Lusea

Erin’s extra large Halibut

Blue sky and King Salmon. Nice fish Kelsey!

The commander with, what is that?

Elk Steak night! Thanks George and Donna!!

Shrimp Time!

Curt helping granddaughter, Erin, land her big Halibut.

Great Whale shows this week!

Sister Halibut fisherman.

Eunice with a nice King.

The Adventurous in Elfin Cove.

14 August 2010

Hello from Southeast Alaska,

Most trips aboard the Adventurous are memorable for one reason or another, but there are some weeks we do so much it takes a little time just to recall everything that happened. We take photos to kinda help us remember and reflect then I pic a few and post them on the blog. Last was one of “those” weeks! We took over 1000 pictures between us!!! We had some Adventurous new comers this week! Although I had fished with Brothers Kurt and Rick in Panama several times this is the first time they made the jump to Southeast Alaska! The brothers were joined by their wives Kathy and Cindy. Also joining us was Alaska first timers Chuck and Renee Trebilcock.

I think it would be easier to list the things we didn’t do in this report as it would be a very short list! Making our way all the way around Baranof Island this group of adventurers saw all types of weather, fishing, terrain and wildlife! They managed to land all 5 species of Salmon, some nice Halibut, Yellow Eye and release some nice ling cod! We also had the chance to do a bit of stream fishing and had one of the better shrimp catches of the year! Hot Springs, a tour of the hatchery and a chance to see King Salmon being milked for reproduction. A rough passage around the cape and flat calm warm weather!!! Wow what a week!!! Congratulations to all!!!

Thanks for a great week!!

Please enjoy a small glimpse of the week in the photos below!

Keep Casting,

Travis, Jenn, James and Lusea

That is a Shrimp Haul!!!

Renne the Halibut Killer

You can’t beat Baranof!!

Kurt and Rick with a double on the fly!

Rick got this great Bear shot the first day!!

Ohio by the falls.

Yellow Eye from 1700′!!!

Adventurous ladies!

A little morning fishing

The Adventurous men!

The one that got away! This one cost chuck a shot!!

Time to Relax!

Brothers in Halibut!

Snapper time.

Rick also got this great feeding whale shot!

Kurt is a happy man! Nice King!

Life at Baranof.

07 August 2010

Hello from Southeast Alaska,
I think one of the great advantages of a trip aboard the Adventurous is the ability to pick and choose the type of Southeast Alaska Adventure you would like. Our good friend Drew Reger Joined the Adventurous this week with his wife Gina and Sons Jack and Andrew. This was the Reger’s first trip to Alaska and they not only wanted to do some fishing, but have a look around Southeast Alaska. We made the choice to run north from Sitka this week and explore the outside coast of Chichagof Island.
Drew and Gina are the owners of The GPS Store in North Carolina and recently helped us refit the Adventurous with new, top of the line Garmin Electronics. This was a great week to put the new gear to work winding threw narrow passages and anchoring in some of our favorite, super tight, super pretty Anchorages.
We had the chance to do a wide variety of fishing this week! August is a great month to stream fish and we had some great stream fishing this week! Drew landed his first fish on a fly rod, Andrew landed a beautiful Dolly Varden trout and Gina caught several nice Coho! The off shore fishing was also very good landing a number of Coho, King Salmon, Halibut , Snappper and releasing some XXL Ling Cod! Young Jack released one Ling Cod that was larger than him!!
Aside from the great fishing we had the opportunity to visit White Sulfur hot srings for a wonderful soak in the tubs and a beach BBQ in the sun!! We ended the trip with a night in Pelican and a stop at Rosie’s! What a trip and what a way to see Alaska!

Thank you do Drew, Gina, Andrew and Jack for a memorable Adventure of a lifetime!!

Keep Casting,

Travis, Jenn and James

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