ALASKA SPORT FISHING GUIDE

Written by TravelMake.com


WHAT TO FISH AND WHERE: Alaska offers some ofrepparttar most diverse and incredible fishing opportunities inrepparttar 139273 world. You can drop a line into a roadside river and catch a nice size rainbow trout. Or charter a boat and reel in one of Alaska's giant Pacific halibut. You also can treat yourself with a freshly caught shellfish- shrimp, crab, clam. There are almost 400 fish species in Alaska's fresh and salt waters including all five species of Pacific Salmon: King (chinook), Silver (coho), Red (sockeye), Chum (dog, keta), Pink (humpy).It is not uncommon to catch a 50-pound King salmon,repparttar 139274 Alaska record was set by a fish weighing 97 pounds. Arctic greyling, sheefish and northern pike are easy to find in many inland streams. Diverse Alaska geographic areas offer adventure for everyone, give us various choices: Interior Alaska. From mountains and rolling hills , river valleys covered with forests torepparttar 139275 vast spaces of treeless tundra at higher altitudes and inrepparttar 139276 far north. Temperaure varies greatly throughoutrepparttar 139277 year, from -50 Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) inrepparttar 139278 winter months to +30 Celsius (+86 Fahrenheit) during summers. There are just a few highways inrepparttar 139279 interior part of Alaska. Most ofrepparttar 139280 area can only be reached by plane, boat or by foot. Almost every settlement has a good all weather airport served daily by small commercial air carriers. Summer is warm but short, it isrepparttar 139281 best time for fishing inrepparttar 139282 land ofrepparttar 139283 midnight sun. Pacific salmon enterrepparttar 139284 Yukon River in early June and move almost 2,400 km (1,500miles) uprepparttar 139285 river. They spawn alongrepparttar 139286 way, provide best fishing in June and July for king salmon, and in August and September for silver salmon. Chum salmon can be caught throughout summer and fall. Catch sheefish in July and August, especially inrepparttar 139287 Kobuk River. Best fishing season for lake trout and arctic char is May and early June. Ice fishing fans can take pleasure in good fishing for trout and burbot. Southeast (the narrow and long part betweenrepparttar 139288 Pacific ocean and Canada). Consists of mainland and many treed mountainous islands alongrepparttar 139289 coast. Inland waterways are well sheltered fromrepparttar 139290 Pacific ocean. The main fishing trophies are allrepparttar 139291 five species of Pacific salmon andrepparttar 139292 Pacific halibut. Rainbow, cutthroat, brook and steelhead trout are easy to catch in some inland streams. We can add arctic grayling and Dolly Varden torepparttar 139293 list. Onrepparttar 139294 coast crab and lingcod are available. South and Southwest (torepparttar 139295 south and west ofrepparttar 139296 Yukon river). Mountainous inland with many rivers and lakes, ragged coastal line dotted with numerous islands. The region offersrepparttar 139297 widest variety of saltwater fishing and inland fishing inrepparttar 139298 state. The Bristol Bay area is well known for outstanding rainbow trout fishing. Lake trout and northern pike are abundant in some lakes inrepparttar 139299 area. Arctic grayling, burbot, arctic char and Dolly Varden can be found in some waters. June and July yieldrepparttar 139300 best fishing results for Pacific salmon. You can catch Pacific halibut in Gulf of Alaska and some inlets. Razor clams are best to dig from April to September, especially onrepparttar 139301 Kenai Peninsula.

FISHING LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: - An Alaska sport fishing license is required for all nonresidents 16 and over, and most residents from 16 to 59 (see below), to fish in all Alaskan fresh and salt waters. It is valid for a calendar year. - Sport fishing licenses and king salmon stamps may be purchased from a license vendor (most sporting goods stores), by mail fromrepparttar 139302 ADF&G Licensing Section, P.O. Box 25525, Juneau, AK 99802-5525, (907) 465-2376, or online. Licenses, stamps, and tags are non-refundable. - A sport fishing license permits you to take or attempt to take any finfish or shellfish in fresh or salt waters, except anadromous (sea-run) king salmon, for which you must also have a current year's king salmon stamp. In order forrepparttar 139303 stamp to be valid, anglers must sign their name, in ink, acrossrepparttar 139304 face ofrepparttar 139305 king salmon stamp and stickrepparttar 139306 stamp ontorepparttar 139307 back of their current year's sport fishing license. RESIDENT LICENSE FEES: KING SALMON STAMP FEES: Resident sport fishing license . . . . . . . . . . $ 15.00 Resident king salmon stamp . . . . . . . . . . $ 10.00 NONRESIDENT LICENSE FEES: Nonresident 1-day stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10.00 1 -day sport fishing license . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10.00 Nonresident 3-day stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20.00 3-day sport fishing license . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 20.00 Nonresident 7-day stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 30.00 7-day sport fishing license . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 30.00 Nonresident 14-day stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50.00 14-day sport fishing license . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 50.00 Nonresident annual stamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 Annual nonresident sport fishing license . . .$100.00 Military annual stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20.00

Mazatlan Frank Tour Guide

Written by Yvon Marier


While we were in Mazatlan, we took a Copala and city tour with Mazatlan Frank. We looked forward to it very much because Frank was highly recommended. He picked us up inrepparttar morning and headed off to Copala. Copala is a delightful little village about 40 miles from Mazatlan onrepparttar 139261 mountains, which was once a thriving mining town. Duringrepparttar 139262 ride, Frank kept us entertained withrepparttar 139263 history of Mazatlan, pointing out roadside interests, and best of all, his wonderful sense of humor. Frank's exceptional English, knowledge, charm and wit have made this tour so much more enjoyable. Alongrepparttar 139264 way to Copala, we made stops to see handmade bricks, tiles and potteries (incredible!!), beautiful hand-carved furniture (my wife had to convince me we couldn't bring furniture home inrepparttar 139265 plane), andrepparttar 139266 freshest homemade bakery (yummy!). Once we got to Copala, I was amazed by their arts and crafts. We spent some time browsingrepparttar 139267 town, and then off to this unique restaurant for a fabulous lunch, which includedrepparttar 139268 famous, absolutely delicious banana coconut cream pie!

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