Alaska Summer 2023

[Sir Henry]

Nice trip, Gene.

Thanks. We are already talking about me coming back this winter to do some ice fishing. Of course I can do that in Wisconsin.

[BigAl52]

Enjoyed the pictures and the thread Gene glad you are able to do that. Thanks for sharing

[Sir Henry]

Enjoyed the pictures and the thread Gene glad you are able to do that. Thanks for sharing

Thanks Al it’s really been fun. We went to the range today.
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=15060

[Sir Henry]

We went fishing yesterday with little luck. I didn’t catch anything and my friend caught one pike. We didn’t see or talk to anyone else that caught anything.

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It was about 15”.

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We fished several Lakers and this is typical of the lakes. It’s Lake 44.5 and is at milepost 44.5 on Chenna Hot Springs Road.

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We did see two moose swimming and diving to the bottom of the lake. They were also eating around the edge of the lake.

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Then something spooked one of the moose and it ran off a few feet from me sitting in the truck.

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[Sir Henry]

Today we visited the Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery in Fairbanks.
https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?A ... yInfo.main

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Then we visited the Alaska Public Lands Information Center.
https://www.anchorage.net/listing/alask ... ter/35884/

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This has been a great trip and I got a real taste of Alaska from seeing the real Alaska in person to reading and seeing the history in museums.

[Sir Henry]

My trip is nearing its end and I’m at the airport. Security stopped me and went through my carry on. I had to forfeit a 5.1 oz of toothpaste. I feel so much safer knowing no one has more than 3 oz of toothpaste.

[Sir Henry]

I took the red eye last night and arrived MSP a few minutes ago.

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Next is a 45 minute wait for the Groome Van to take me to Eau Claire where my van is parked.

[Hatchdog]

Wonderful pictures, thank you. That truck is amazing. Is there a bounty on pike like around here or are they native to the area?

Felony toothpaste, you should know better.

[dave77]

Did you ever catch any fish? You had said your friend caught one.

[Sir Henry]

Wonderful pictures, thank you. That truck is amazing. Is there a bounty on pike like around here or are they native to the area?

Felony toothpaste, you should know better.

No bounty on smelt however there is no limit on a lot of lakes and each person can have five poles while ice fishing.

I got away with too much soap. I mentioned it to the inspector but he pretended not to hear me.

Did you ever catch any fish? You had said your friend caught one.

My friend caught two and I caught one. We drove to lakes. The good lakes are a ten mile hike or fly in on a float plain. Maybe next year.