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  1. VernAK

    What's going to be your first trip once the border opens

    Should that border open, a second trip is planned for August pending logistics help. Four of us would leave here and enter Yukon Territory on Top-Of-The-World Highway and ferry across the Yukon to Dawson City. A couple hundred miles up the Dempster Highway, we'll jump off at Eagle Plains and...
  2. VernAK

    What's going to be your first trip once the border opens

    Depending on water levels, I hope to try the Little Salmon or the Pelly in Yukon Territory.......all depending on recovery of a shoulder injury.
  3. VernAK

    Moose in The Morning

    Biologists tell me that we have winter ticks here but I haven't seen any moose that appeared to have any tick issues.
  4. VernAK

    Canvas summer tent

    Robin, I too went to a canvas tent for our long river trips and I like it a lot. Your selected tent seems to be priced fairly. I went with the Robens Fairbanks tent out of Denmark and we Love it.....
  5. VernAK

    Rethinking Firearms

    We always have a firearm with us and it's usually a shotgun as we can't take handguns into Canada.
  6. VernAK

    Sellers Remorse

    Unfortunately many recent arrivals to Alaska want to participate in our great outdoors while relying on experience from more placid waters. Knik Arm is BAD WATER! His desired crossing point is at the junction with Cook Inlet.....home of the second highest tide in the world. If not timing...
  7. VernAK

    Grand Laker

    Yes....I've done a bit of it myself while transporting cabin material for a friend and we see same on Yukon River occasionally with folks wanting to have a tent on the platform.
  8. VernAK

    Grand Laker

    Great looking canoe! Freight canoes are quite popular here especially for the big waters where fuel availability is limited. If it weren't for this Covid issue, we'd be in Yukon Territory at this time on the Eagle/Bell/Porcupine/Yukon Rivers. About 1,000 miles depending on take out point. It...
  9. VernAK

    New tires on the canoe trailer

    Beautiful square stern! Besides the increased axle clearance, The decrease in RPM is often beneficial. I've gone to quite heavy duty trailers with 13" tires because of our many miles on rougher roads....Alcan and Dempster.
  10. VernAK

    Snowdrift River, Northwest Territories (2001)

    As always, Pitt provides a great narrative with great photos.......a true canoeing adventure in wilderness.
  11. VernAK

    Making a fishing canoe

    My buddy found a magnetic transducer bracket for his cane and it works great ....no holes....no glue....no clamps.
  12. VernAK

    USA Canada Border still closed.

    You are correct in that the cruise ships disgorge huge quantities of tourists.......3 tourists for each Alaska resident but the more mobile tourists saturate any fishing area that is road accessible. The interior where I live does not get the number of tourists that the Kenai Peninsula gets...
  13. VernAK

    USA Canada Border still closed.

    Hopefully that will be the end and I can spend July in YT. I usually go to YT to escape the hoards of tourists in Alaska but we won't see many of those this year.
  14. VernAK

    Wild Rice Burgers

    I've got some lake rice in the pantry so I'll have to try that recipe.....sounds good! As a kid,, I poled a canoe many miles in the rice beds to make a few bucks.
  15. VernAK

    Hello from Alaska.

    A welcome from another Geezer in Delta Junction. Spending more time in my freight canoes these days especially on the rivers and lakes of YT.
  16. VernAK

    Tangle Lakes - Delta River - Alaska Canoe Route - Day 1

    Great report Monel! It's a great trip to have a gold pan in the kit. Check the creeks on the left [west] side. The Upper Tangle lakes are a nice day trip. The old Paxson Lodge has quite a reputation but is rapidly becoming an eye sore. The owner passed away two weeks ago......my neighbor. The...
  17. VernAK

    Titanium leader

    I fish extensively in Alaska, YT and Baja. Yes, the Flourocarbon is more abrasion resistant to teeth and rocks and may get you more bites when the fish are not feeding aggressively. Most saltwater tackle stores or catalogs have the sleeves in copper/steel/aluminum and wire can be bought in many...
  18. VernAK

    11 days, 2 moose, big water, great weather....

    Yup, a portage or two will sort em out. My more recent drives to quiet Lake and on to Pelly Crossing didn't indicate a lot of moose sign but it may be better further back in the bush. You've got my envy for beautiful waterways and better canoe country. Enjoy it!
  19. VernAK

    Canoes and guns...

    That Ruger #1 is a classy looking rifle!
  20. VernAK

    Your Favourite Lures

    I primarily fish lake trout anymore as tourists have so overwhelmed most of our accessible fishing holes. My go-to lure for LT is the Williams Whitefish spoon.
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