"The Unique Juneau Alaska Fishing Lodge"

The Uncharted Voyage

Continues

Highlights from 2006 Season

We hear a lot about Alaskan Seafood becoming more sought after by lower 48 and world markets. The health benefits, the taste and above all the value of knowing you are eating one of natures last truly natural food resources all combine to make wild Alaskan Seafood about the finest thing one can put on his plate or in her body in the first part of the 21st century. No preservatives, no steroids or hormones, no antibiotics, no genetic manipulation--just naturally occurring fish.

Come join our friends as they gather what the Great Nature provides.

First guests Bill and Rod returned with their sons Derrick and Jeremy for some quality time at the Whale's Eye. Some small but hard won halibut hang on the rack and the hoedown is just beginning in the lodge.

Bill lays down some boogie while Jeremy relaxes backstage.

Bob, Allen, Burke and Bill flew in from all parts of the West to reunite for some fishing.

Judy and Doug are back for some Kings. Never bet against a powerful woman with a big hook in her hand.

Here Doug relaxes with a snack as we watch The Chatham Family of humpbacks bubble feed near Rocky Island in Icy Straight. Check it out.

For more information on the Chatham Family see our "Whales" page and "A Day on the Water" on our "Web Cam" page

Rick brought his sons Derek and James and son in law Spencer for a few days.

Even when we live nearby there is a special connection we make when we remove ourselves from our everyday lives and focus on being together and catching fish.

Most people are content to purchase their wild Alaskan Seafood from a store. These folks take the trouble to travel to Alaska and capture theirs directly from the source. I have fished for decades-fishing is the sum of my whole life's pursuit. I often ponder the great attraction (or addiction as the Admiral puts it). Why bother?

Logan doesn't mind catching his own as long as he can keep in touch with his girlfriend between bites.

Roy's kind'a amazed, being a bit more experienced, he understands that fishing time is a time to free ones self from one's shackles not drag them along.

Sharon brought her husband Vergil along, probably just so she could show him how to catch the big one-or two!

Here they are hard at work. At the top of the page they take a moment to revel in the glory of the day's catch. 12 halibut 36 salmon these guys don't fool around.

Chris brought 10 of his pals for a little R and R on the Inside Passage. This group and the last group of the season. Kawabunga!

Todd brought his sons Ty and Rod to probe the depths for some tasty vitals. Here some halibut and Coho languish on the rack.

Bob and Bobby from Florida with new friends Ron and Kara from Nevada pose with Captain Ugly in a rare moment of rainlessness. The fireweed blossoms climb the stalk to tell a story of summer half empty or half full-depending

Blind Man John is back with the notorious Party From Pittsburgh for a nine day fishing marathon. Nice King John!

Wada-day! A limit of halibut, 12 Coho and three kings. Who looks tired in this picture?

Carl and Debbie brought Carl's son Brad and wife Debby Dean up from Utah to escape the heat and try their luck on some fish.

The girls show whom do the real work. Note the fireweed blossoms are pretty spent, a sure sign summer is over.

I don't know who looks most wettest the fish or the people.

And the deluge continues with 14.5 inches of rain in August as Bill and Joe hold up a couple of Cohoes in the back of the Desire.

The last day of fishing was beautiful. The only day in August it didn't rain. Ten halibut ten Cohoes as the second Near Cal group closes the season with a bang.

I think, as life gets more and more abstract, many of us are drawn to the primal. It is true that you could hardly call the Desire primal with its state of the art propulsion and electronics but sitting still waiting for the strike, watching the wilderness drift slowly by, wresting you own food from the sea, caring for the catch and finally sharing the bounty with family and friends gives rise to a feeling of completeness, a feeling of placement in the Great Circle that is lost elsewhere in the first part of the 21st century.

Who’d a thunk it? We enter our 12th winter on the Island and plan for our 13th season as a fishing lodge. Working so closely has it’s challenges but here we are, together, still smiling. From us to you, Thanks for making our dream come true.

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