Alaska offers hunters and fishermen and fisherwomen some of the wildest adventures on earth. There is more than 585,000 square miles of forest and coats, volcanoes and glaciers in Alaska. Fish, game and the wilderness is super-sized.
In Alaska you will find scenic mountains, endless arctic tundra and winding, clear as Crystal Rivers. The air is scented with spruce and is so pure. Alaska has got everything a true sportsman or woman is looking for and is one of the top destinations.
Copper River Valley and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
The Klutina River has some of the wildest king salmon fishing in the world. It is adjacent to the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, which is the largest in the United States. Here you can observe the bears and mountain goats and look at Alaskas spectacular alpine scenery.
When you get tired of fishing, you can drive the back roads to view what is left of the gold and copper rushes of the early 1900s that include:
Old railroad engines
Ghost towns
Haunted roadhouses
The available species include:
Salmon
Steelhead
Char
Cutthroat
Lake and rainbow trout
Best times of the year to go:
June through September
July (optimum time to fish for king salmon
How do you get there?
Fly by commercial air to Fairbanks
Rent a car and drive the Richardson Highway south to Gakona
Or make the ferry connection to Cordova
Tackle and equipment you will need:
Heavy-action, 7-foot rods with level wind reels and braided line works well
Guides provide gear
Other activities include:
Gold Rush relics of the early 1900s
Scenic tours to Valdez and old Kennicott copper mine
Grouse, ptarmigan and snow hose hare hunting are seasonally available
The cost:
A 10-hour fishing day is $259 plus a few dollars per person
Gakona cabins are around $125 a few dollars plus per night
Source: Batin C. ALASKA'S ULTIMATE ADVENTURES. Outdoor Life [serial online]. June 2006;213(8):42. Available from: Middle Search Plus, Ipswich, MA. Accessed August 9, 2008.
Written by: Connie Limon For more information about the history of, visiting and vacationing, and living in Alaska, visit us at smalldogs2.com/VisitingAlaska For a variety of FREE reprint articles visit www.camelotarticles.com
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