Outdoors Blog

Although I couldn’t fish the Copper River, it doesn’t mean that I couldn’t get any pictures. Here are a few pictures that I took while I was there.

The river was a bit high that day and the weather was pretty windy. But down there next to all those other cars is where I camped out, waiting for an opportunity to go out.

Fish wheels like this one were planted along the river for those who had the right permits to operate one. They move with the current and scoop salmon up, then drop them in a basket. It takes away the sport part of fishing, but they seem to get their limit of fish every time.

When we couldn’t fish this river, we went south a few more hours to Valdez, where we were catching pink salmon like this one within minutes of our first cast. Although they weren’t very big, it still was fun to reel them in.

I recently just returned from a trip down the Richardson Highway to Chitna and Valdez. Although my dipnetting trip in Chitna had to be cancelled due to the dangerous river conditions, I could still take some nice pictures on the drive down. Here are a few of them that I had a chance to post.

I’ll post more when I get a chance. Personally, I like the glacier views the best along the drive. No matter how many times I see them, they still leave me mesmerized by their size and beauty.