December 8, 2013: Merry Christmas from Juneau Alaska...

We're in the spirit of the season and wanted to share it with y'all!
Max did an outstanding job decorating the outdoors again this year ~ What a guy, seriously!

May 23, 2011: DAY 5: Our 2011 Spring King Salmon Derby Days in Juneau, Alaska...

May 23, 2011:

Our fifth day fishing the Spring king Salmon Derby the month of May in Juneau, Alaska from our skiff (Great fishing and viewing wildlife on a beautiful day)...



Early morning bite was on, and I was the first to land this nice King Salmon...



And, our luck continued - Max landed another shortly thereafter...

 

Max posing with his catch of the morning...

 

The herring were in abundance during most of the derby days in Tee Harbor, although not as much as we saw today...they were flipping everywere, so the Pigeon Guillemots (not a duck, but an alcid - seabird related to puffins) that breed on coasts and islands from southern Alaska were prevalent everywhere today...

 

These Pigeon Guillemots are so graceful...

 

An action shot of a Pigeon Guillemot taking flight...



The sunrise is just beginning...

 

This quaint cabin simply evokes serenity...



The sunrise from inside Tee Harbor on this beautiful morning...



I was lucky to capture such a close-up of a herring jumping out of the water inside Tee Harbor (you can actually see its eye ;)...

 

A stunning and beautiful morning...

 

Killer Whales approaching - there goes the fishing, and instead, bring on the whale watching...



Killer Whales feeding on schools of herring...



The Killer Whales were really thrashing about...



This huge Whale was attempting to get away from the Killer Whales, so it entered Tee Harbor and ended coming up just a few feet in front of our skiff...



Numerous Killer Whales having a feeding frenzy on herring...





Last sighting of Killer Whales and a Whale, so we're on our way to the beach at Tee Harbor to start the drive home...



We happened upon a young Black Bear along the roadside (it's still shedding its winter coat)...



The Black Bear decided to head back into the brush...



It decided to give us one last look...further on we saw two deer as well (nice huge bucks), although the photographs turned out too blurry due to many other vehicles passing by while attempting to capture pics of them...


 

May 7, 2011: DAY 1: Our 2011 Spring King Salmon Derby Days in Juneau, Alaska...

May 7, 2011:

Our first day fishing the Spring King Salmon Derby 

the month of May in Juneau, Alaska from our skiff...



A nice deer we happened upon 
while driving out the road...



What a beautiful day to be out on the water...

Impatiently waiting for that elusive
King Salmon to bite the hook...



A single Marbled Murrelet...



I caught the first King Salmon of the day (about 17 lbs.)...





Max caught the next King Salmon (over 40 lbs. in the round)...





A Land Otter (or sometimes called River Otter) 
keeping an eye on us...



This Marbled Murrelet just surfaced 
after feeding on herring...

A Scoter riding the surf swell...

Max holding up the 1st Place King Salmon
(he held the lead until 5-30-11)...

  

The King Salmon per regulations 
are required to be dressed before weighing them in...








Max weighing in his King Salmon at Jerry's Meats...

 

It was one huge King Salmon...





Compared to mine ;)





This shows what a difference a few pounds make 
between our two king salmon...



Max was one happy fisherman...



Our King Salmon on ice
(Max's fish barely fits in this large cooler ;)...




Our lil' Miss Chelsey was happy to finally have 
us home from our long day of fishing...