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Category Archives: Alaska
Recipe – Baked Mini Salmon Croquettes with Creamy Dill Sauce
While attending the 2012 Seattle Boat Show I discovered a gem of a salmon cookbook. LaDonna Gundersen, of Ketchikan, my hometown, has published a new cookbook titled Salmon, Desserts & Friends. And she has some absolutely great salmon recipes. With … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – Tenakee Springs Harbor, Chichagof Island
Posted in Alaska, Photo of the Week, Photography, Travel Hints
Tagged Tenakee, Tenakee Springs
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SE Alaska Halibut Fishing Regulations for 2012 Season
As I promised in late December, there would be a post on what transpired at the January meetings of the International Pacific Halibut Commission in Anchorage. Many of the hearings were packed and the discussion was lively both officially and … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – Favorite Halibut Fishing Hot Spots
Posted in Alaska, Fishing, Fishing Holes, Photo of the Week, Photography, Travel Hints, Uncategorized
Tagged Ernest Sound, Halibut Fishing
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Watchman Figures
For many years I have been intrigued by “totem” figures sometimes referred to as Watchman figures. On a recent trip to Hawaii I found one at the Pu’uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park south of Kona on the Big Island … Continue reading
Crossing Paths with a Humpback
Any sort of water activities, fishing or scuba diving, off the Kohala coast of Hawaii’s Big Island in winter involves a chance of seeing a whale. Boat or drive north of Kawaihae and the odds approach certainty that you will see … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Chartering, Travel Hints, Wildlife
Tagged Hawaii, humpback, Point Adolphus, whale
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Photo of the Week – South Sawyer Glacier, Tracy Arm
Posted in Alaska, Blogging, Photo of the Week, Photography, Travel Hints
Tagged North Sawyer Glacier, Tracy Arm
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The Marble Grotto
I have a special place that I like to visit whenever cruising the east shoreline of Baranof and Chichagof Islands. It is a unique geologic formation and not one you would normally expect to find in Southeast Alaska unless you … Continue reading