Rainbow Run!
Right at the tail end of a late evening King test run on the famous HG 1/4 mile I found this beautiful rainbow who sacrificed for our benefit....another great meal on the Kenai River.
Perseverance, Jersey Style!
Ken & Cara joined us on the river this summer for the first time, a small part of their Alaska Dream spanning the state. With weather that can only be described as meteorological perfection, it [...]
Father & Sons do Brasil
Dio, Daniel & Mauricio from Sao Paolo spent a beautiful evening on the river fishing the early edge of the famous Kenai River Sockeye Run....what they caught was priceless, time together enjoying the beauty of [...]
Happy Anniversary Ivan & Erica
A BIG shout out to Ivan & Erica Aldana, happily married 10 years, with three beautiful children, celebrating with an escape to the Kenai River at the end of June. Thanks for coming, fishing, relaxing [...]
First Red, Second Run!
Without much time to chase after that skinny run of green backs bound for the Russian River that pass by our shore earlier in June, I set my sights on catching the first Sockeye of [...]
Hooligan Again!
Some years they come thick for days, some years not at all. For 2018 we saw two days of a thick black line of Hooligan (smelt) running and bubbling right along the Kenai River shore [...]
Moose Jerky
Moose jerky is easier to make than you'd think and makes a great hiking or hunting snack!
Holiday Broccoli Bake
This classic broccoli casserole, baked in the oven with a crunchy, buttery topping of crushed ritz crackers, is a mainstay at our Thanksgiving table. Our kids were raised on it. Our daughter Alli has made [...]
Almoost Success!
I'm just now recovering from "almoost" succeeding in taking a bull moose in a northern Alaska hunting unit where I had won by lottery a coveted "any bull" tag for the 2017 season which ran from [...]
Uncle Jim’s Teriyaki Wild Game Rollups
My namesake Uncle Jim shared this recipe with me several years ago when our family escaped the cold and spent part of winter and Christmas with he and Auntie Kerry on the Big Island. He [...]