Alaska Grizzly Safaris

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A few days ago I was flying in the mountains not far from the lodge. i saw a large band of dall sheep. Years ago When I was guiding hunters we hunted them and spent 6 weeks a year in sheep country I realized how much I miss being on the mountain in sheep country…

Winter has arrived here in Alaska. -9 degrees in Iliamna this morning. We struggled with the float plane on the last 3 flights of the season yesterday. Wading in water when it is that cold is brutal. The bears are heading into their dens and the caribou are at the tail end of the rutting…

The week I was there, most of the salmon were not yet running, and the lodge was focused on a large family of fishing enthusiasts. As the only photographer that week, I had my own guide and the two-seater Supercub plane most days. We would cruise the coast, land on a beach and walk to…

September 17 2017 This week we have Richard Grosser and his son Eric as our guest at the lodge. Richard is a repeat guest and his 4th time as our guest. His first Alaska wilderness trip with me was 28 years ago. Now at 88 Richard is still very active and sharp as a tack….

This week we have a wonderful family of 3 from Long Beach California, a teacher from Texas and a pilot from Idaho. They want to photograph bears, hike, take some fly fishing lessons and do a little fishing. They are here for true Alaskan Wilderness Adventure. It will be our privilege to provide them with…

We flew to Brooks falls today there were 3 bears at the falls most of the day.  One of them was Otis, a huge male that is so big and fat that when he gets out of the water he can hardly walk.   His belly drags the ground and he seems more to waddle than…

Last week we had 8 fishing guest John P from California 7 of his friends fly fished for big native rainbow trout and wild silver salmon. The biggest rainbow of the week was 29 1/2″ and the biggest silver was 16 pounds. The best day on silvers everyone caught and released at least 15 silvers…

Tuesday the 28 of August we flew in the beaver and Cessna 206 to Katmai and saw 16 different bears. Some were on the tundra eating blueberries but most were still on the creek and we’re catching fish. Still are lots of salmon in the creek but they are slowing down. At one point during…

August 27 we flew to the Kamashak coast in the Cessna 206 and the beaver. Landed on the river in the tidal zone. Today there is. 18′ difference between low a n high tide. After landing 6 guest with 2 guides got into 2 of our jet boats and headed up river. Our goal was…