It's been said by wiser men that I that "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity". Well, the Marine Area 7/ San Juan Island opener is surely an opportunity and all the fishing we've been doing up north definitely counts as preparation. Bolstered by our experience in southeast Alaska and the reports coming from Nootka and points south, the…
I hauled my Alaskan charter boat, the Polar Bear, out of the water today for the 100 hour service on the Yamaha outboards and while it's out of the water I'll give the hull a good cleaning to exorcise any hitchhikers that have attached themselves to the bottom. One of those hitchhikers is algae and…
If there is a constant to our annual Sitka, Alaska adventure, it’s that every year has it’s own personality and pace. It seems that each year the fish are found in different locations & depths and it’s our job to decipher the puzzle. In stark contrast to last year, 2011 was marked by a flat…
BoatUS Releases Annual List of Top Ten Boat Names ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10, 2011 – What's in boat name? It's hard to deny taking a guess at the meaning of a name painted across a boat's transom – it can reveal much about the personality of a boat owner. But like the wave tops constantly…