September 9, 2012:
Our Sunday journey on the water in Juneau, Alaska
where we experienced rain on departure,
sunshine shortly thereafter rounding Auke Bay to the backside
of North Douglas Island, and then rain again rounding
South Douglas Island entering Gastineau Channel...
Since the commercial fishing season has come to an end,
we decided to try our luck sport fishing for the much-prized
mighty King Salmon at a couple of areas along the way...
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| First and foremost with the rain pouring down outside on this chilly morning was for piping hot, freshly perked mugs of coffee... |
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| Commercial fishing boats were coming and going... |
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| Two Alaska Marine Highway ferries in port... |
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| Slowed down, now Max is getting sport fishing gear out... |
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| Miss Chelsey overseeing most everything... |
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| No King Salmon yet, although still fishing... |
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| A power troller named the Sunset ends up catching up with us... |
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| Miss Chelsey doing what she loves best... |
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| This was quite the sight with this particular boat hauling one aluminum boat, while towing another... |
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| A close-up of the Sunset power troller as it caught up to us... |
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| We were definitely ecstatic to finally land this nice, fat white King Salmon... |
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| Yep, Miss Chelsey got up-close-and-personal overseeing the landing of this King Salmon too... |
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| Nearing the point of the backside of South Douglas Island when the fog and rain roll in... |
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| We've arrived in Gastineau Channel... |
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| Captain Max slowed down the F/V Chelsey and switched to auto-pilot to get the sport fishing gear in the water once again... |
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| It's super foggy and crazy-rainy out there... |
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| Time to prepare breakfast... |
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| Dupont Dock... |
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| Southern view of Gastineau Channel... |
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| Captain Max working on the fly bridge... |
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| We so appreciate having the comforts of a nice, warm and dry cabin while fishing on a wet and blustery fall day... |
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| A grumpy Miss Chelsey did not appreciate being awakened from her much-needed nap by all the commotion on the fly bridge... |
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| No luck catching additional King Salmon, so time to pull in the sport fishing gear and head to town... |
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| One cruise ship heading south in Gastineau Channel, while 4 remain in port (a busy 'tourist day' in Juneau)... |
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| Treadwell Ice Arena... |
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| Sandy Beach... |
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| Douglas Boat Harbor undergoing renovation work... |
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| South Douglas waterfront... |
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| The following are the 4 remaining cruise ships in port in Downtown Juneau (3 tied to the docks, and 1 anchored in Gastineau Channel)... |
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| Downtown Juneau... |
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| Approaching Juneau-Douglas Bridge... |
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| Entering Harris Harbor to moor the F/V Chelsey during the upcoming winter... |
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| Nearly at our stall, and then heading home with our nice, white King Salmon - another spectacular day aboard the F/V Chelsey... |
Your pictures are amazing! My mom and her boyfriend are going to Alaska in June 2013. Me, my 2 boys, and my mom and her boyfriend will be going June of 2014 after I graduate college. It's my dream to live there and your pictures only make me more anxious! Thank you so much for sharing! It's such a wonderful place!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for stopping by and viewing the site! How exciting for you to contemplate moving here. Especially that you'll all be visiting beforehand just makes it more exciting. It's a wonderful place to live ;) I'll be posting more photographs taken on another outing on our F/V Chelsey a couple weeks ago very soon too, along with some spectacular shots since then for more enticement - LOL!
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