After spending a long day, yesterday, floating the Matanuska River for work, I took the day off and went fishing on the Kustatan River. Sean Burril joined me and we left Anchorage around 1pm and arrived at the Kustatan at around 3. It took us a little while to find the airstrip, but when we did we were the only plane there. A few minutes later another plane landed. We were a little late (or early) to catch the right tide to fish but we did okay, anyway. I caught a fish within the first 30 minutes and we both limited out (three fish) by 7:30. It was a great day.
My limit of coho.
There were only two other planes, for most of the day. Then, around 6:30, three more planes showed up. We left at 8.
There were clearly some bears in the area.
The horse flies were fierce!
Sean fishing.
This bear wandered by just as we were ready to leave....really there is a bear in this picture!
On the way home. You think someone might have been nice enough to tell me that I had mud on my face!
It was pouring rain and there was a rainbow as we landed back at Lake Hood at 9pm.
