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Title: Lower 48er's
Post by: Akhardwater on Jan 16, 2011, 12:19 AM
Just curious how many southerners check out the Alaska board.
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Post by: dovericeman on Jan 16, 2011, 03:32 PM
I do. I like to see what you guys are catching.
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Post by: beeverfishing on Jan 16, 2011, 05:08 PM
Yep, I do at times too...
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Post by: got1 on Jan 16, 2011, 08:07 PM
me to spent 20 yrs there love birch /quartz lakes
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Post by: Litchfield Fisher on Jan 18, 2011, 08:59 PM
yup I stop by from time to time
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Post by: W4lleye on Jan 19, 2011, 01:03 AM
 @)

All the time. 

Pansies need not apply to hit the ice up there.  Much respect.
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Post by: appleye on Jan 19, 2011, 05:40 AM
Me as well. Keep hoping I can talk the wife into a couple years in the north country. I keep dreaming.
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Post by: Trout75 on Jan 19, 2011, 10:58 AM
I am a big fan of all things alaska ;D
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Post by: ICE REBEL on Jan 19, 2011, 05:49 PM
I do as well. Some day i'm hoping to maybe move to Alaska.
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Post by: akdube on Jan 19, 2011, 06:27 PM
No PA boys allowed...lol ;)
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Post by: trekk202 on Jan 19, 2011, 07:56 PM
Alaska sucks, the ice fishing sucks, and I hate it here...
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Post by: Dirtofak on Jan 19, 2011, 08:53 PM
No PA boys allowed...lol ;)

I'll tell Darryl that..... he is the one with the Steelers hat on. Why not PA? We let a few Mainers in! ;)
Title: Re: Lower 48er's
Post by: capt s on Jan 19, 2011, 09:51 PM
Don't be hatin' on the lower 48, Jason!!!! ;D i check it  hopin to see some one catchin' halibut thru the ice!now that would be sweeeeetttt! :o   later Capt.Scott in ohio
Title: Re: Lower 48er's
Post by: Akhardwater on Jan 19, 2011, 09:59 PM
Don't be hatin' on the lower 48, Jason!!!! ;D i check it  hopin to see some one catchin' halibut thru the ice!now that would be sweeeeetttt! :o   later Capt.Scott in ohio
I never said hate I was just curious.  I just like making you jealous.  Maybe next time you can shoot the moose ( with a rifle that's sighted in).  If the harbor in Whitier freezes I hope to test the ice in the salt.  I might need a little more than a 10 inch hole
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Post by: wired on Jan 21, 2011, 12:21 PM
I look now and then just for the halibut. ::)
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Post by: IceJunkie0602 on Jan 21, 2011, 01:40 PM
dreaming right now
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Post by: Estimator on Jan 21, 2011, 03:23 PM
I do & envy every post. If my wife would say yes, I'd be there in a heartbeat
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Post by: growden1 on Jan 22, 2011, 12:39 AM
me to spent 20 yrs there love birch /quartz lakes

I missed fishing there so much that I took a trip north from Anchorage just to fish it....and it was worth it!

Fish On!
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Post by: chadroc on Jan 22, 2011, 07:25 AM
constantly.  someday i wanna get up there with team alaska.
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Post by: wolfpak3770 on Jan 22, 2011, 07:52 AM
I look on occasion just to see what you guys are pulling through the hole.
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Post by: icemantwo on Jan 22, 2011, 08:51 AM
I do once in a while.  Now, how many Alaskans check the lower 48 boards?
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Post by: akdube on Jan 22, 2011, 11:20 AM
I ceheck the Maine board where i am originally from and the NWT board as well
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Post by: Locnar on Jan 22, 2011, 01:46 PM
I check all the boards from time to time, but only post in PA and ME, Maines the only one I actually visit during winter. I like the NWT and Sask boards a lot to, the walleye and Pike pics from those two make me drool more than any other boards pics. The amount of frozen fishable water in Canada makes me think God is taunting us in the US. Fish porn is good from any state.
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Post by: icefisha22 on Jan 22, 2011, 03:01 PM
first time checking it out
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Post by: Hard Ice on Jan 22, 2011, 06:16 PM
I do when the temp down here is below -30.
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Post by: WaynefromMaine on Jan 22, 2011, 09:32 PM
  I'm in,  And the best hard water video's I've seen yet !!
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Post by: fhvnfish on Jan 23, 2011, 10:20 PM
Just became a member of the site, and I saw Alaska and bam, instantly it was my first forum view!!! I envy your fisheries lol, and i am from central NY.
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Post by: CTAngler481 on Jan 26, 2011, 06:28 AM
They say everythings tougher in Alaska and I can tell by the fisherman its true! :tipup: gotta love checkin out the AK board
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Post by: preed on Jan 29, 2011, 11:19 AM
anyone from Hawaii wanna house swap for a week or so?  ;D 
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Post by: V Menzone on Jan 29, 2011, 05:34 PM
i check it out, my wife is alaskan indian and was born in soldotna, now she lives with me in taxachusetts
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Post by: akdube on Jan 29, 2011, 06:14 PM
i check it out, my wife is alaskan indian and was born in soldotna, now she lives with me in taxachusetts
Oh No another Mass-hole
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Post by: trekk202 on Jan 29, 2011, 06:46 PM
taxachusetts...?
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Post by: Dirtofak on Jan 29, 2011, 06:47 PM
i check it out, my wife is alaskan indian and was born in soldotna, now she lives with me in taxachusetts

Ever thought of MOVING! Just sayin~ ;)
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Post by: trekk202 on Jan 29, 2011, 06:50 PM
I found your "t" over here dirt, I dont know how it got over here, but the little bugger got away from your last posting somehow.  ;D
Title: Re: Lower 48er's
Post by: Dirtofak on Jan 29, 2011, 11:54 PM
I found your "t" over here dirt, I dont know how it got over here, but the little bugger got away from your last posting somehow.  ;D

What are you the grammar police!?!?!?!
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Post by: V Menzone on Jan 30, 2011, 08:10 PM
Ever thought of MOVING! Just sayin~ ;)
nah couldnt move from new england
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Post by: trekk202 on Jan 31, 2011, 04:48 PM
No Dirt, no grammar police, just a good excuse to harras you. 

If someone were to be the grammar police around here they would die from work overload.  :P

How is that Cabin of yours coming?
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Post by: Dirtofak on Jan 31, 2011, 04:58 PM
No Dirt, no grammar police, just a good excuse to harras you. 

If someone were to be the grammar police around here they would die from work overload.  :P

How is that Cabin of yours coming?

Why is everybody always pickin' on me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJepDh5WxQQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJepDh5WxQQ)
Title: Re: Lower 48er's
Post by: Akhardwater on Jan 31, 2011, 09:15 PM
I think you like it ;D
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Post by: akdube on Jan 31, 2011, 10:40 PM
akhardwater what are you doin...get off the computer and get back to snowmachine school so you can fix that snowmachine and go fishing. ;D
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Post by: Dirtofak on Jan 31, 2011, 11:49 PM
Uh Oh..... Dube has a good memory! ;)
Title: Re: Lower 48er's
Post by: Akhardwater on Feb 01, 2011, 12:19 AM
I'm all done.  I gradumated on Saturday.  I'm officially a Journeyman Ironworker.  They edumakated the crap out of me and now I have a hangover.  All I need now is a broken machine and I'm good to go. :P
Title: Re: Lower 48er's
Post by: Dirtofak on Feb 01, 2011, 01:05 AM
If you need help fixing a snowmachine, I can usually help....... Been watching out for a freebee snowmachine to play with. I have a lead on a Bravo, but I think it is a short track.
Title: Re: Lower 48er's
Post by: jkw on Feb 01, 2011, 01:25 AM
now I have a hangover. 

Yea ya finish off those beers and the champagne did ya? or were there any left after those 4?  I found out today that its gonna be tough for me to get out and do anything for the next 4 weeks.....Once again thanks for invitin me out there and bringin me out to that puddle!
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Post by: da.mike on Feb 01, 2011, 10:44 AM
i do all the time! keeps my dreams alive!...i'll make it up there someday
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Post by: edfalc on Feb 02, 2011, 08:27 AM
i do all the time! keeps my dreams alive!...i'll make it up there someday

hopefully we can go together
Title: Re: Lower 48er's
Post by: jkw on Feb 02, 2011, 02:39 PM
maybe if your airports down there ever work again!  :P
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Post by: fishawn on Feb 02, 2011, 05:34 PM
I check every once in awhile for some of my old highschool buddies from Soldotna to post, but can never tell so I just check out posts from some of the pennisula lakes I grew up on.
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Post by: CrazyDave on Feb 02, 2011, 05:42 PM
crazydave here
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Post by: jkw on Feb 02, 2011, 06:01 PM
crazydave here


??
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Post by: Michfisherman on Feb 03, 2011, 04:17 PM
I do.  I love to see the beauty of the state along with the fish that are caught.
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Post by: HARDTOP on Feb 07, 2011, 11:36 AM
I do spent 1 month on prince of wales island fishing this year it was unreel only saw 3 people fishing the whole time caught tons of salmon every day till my arms hurt . tons of pinks/chums few silvers just fished the creeks. Alaska kicks ass.
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Post by: jammer icecube on Feb 07, 2011, 08:55 PM
Just checking in guys,good fishing to you!!!!
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Post by: xphelanx on Feb 09, 2011, 10:56 PM
I do every once in a while. My uncle lives in Anchorage in exile from Maine. Always wanted to get up there for your phenomenal fishing!
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Post by: vicegripkiller on Feb 10, 2011, 05:24 PM
im from the adirondacks in ny, i'd love to be in alaska though!
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Post by: phillipstribe on Feb 10, 2011, 10:56 PM
born alaskan ciri shareholder grew up in maine
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Post by: South33 on Feb 10, 2011, 11:02 PM
I have been in AK hunting moose and ended up falling in love with it there... if I didn't have my awesome hunting & fishing spots here in MT I would probably live there.
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Post by: Beets on Feb 11, 2011, 12:26 AM
I'm all done.  I gradumated on Saturday.  I'm officially a Journeyman Ironworker.  They edumakated the crap out of me and now I have a hangover.  All I need now is a broken machine and I'm good to go. :P
Congrats Journeyman. I've been in for 17yrs, Local 395 Hammond Ind. The best local on this planet. Good Luck
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Post by: Akhardwater on Feb 11, 2011, 01:31 AM
Congrats Journeyman. I've been in for 17yrs, Local 395 Hammond Ind. The best local on this planet. Good Luck
Thank you.  If you ever get tired of working in the heat the summers up here are wonderful.  That and we have a pretty good wage.
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Post by: brycro on Feb 11, 2011, 09:21 PM
Yeah I am looking here.  See some nice pics.  Looks like there are fish everywhere except for where I look for them. 
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Post by: kesdadddy7597 on Feb 12, 2011, 09:09 PM
Grandfather was stationed there. Always had an interest in Alaska.  Will make it there some day!
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Post by: 350orbetter on Feb 14, 2011, 09:32 PM
Was curious if you guys up there ever catch yellow perch. From the looks of this map there are some up there.

http://nas2.er.usgs.gov/ARCIMS/interactive/interactive_AK.asp?speciesID=820&InterstatesON=&MajorCitiesON=&AllCitiesON=&CountiesON=&HUC8WFON=&HUC6WFON=&themap.x=386&themap.y=260
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Post by: akdube on Feb 15, 2011, 11:54 AM
Was curious if you guys up there ever catch yellow perch. From the looks of this map there are some up there.

http://nas2.er.usgs.gov/ARCIMS/interactive/interactive_AK.asp?speciesID=820&InterstatesON=&MajorCitiesON=&AllCitiesON=&CountiesON=&HUC8WFON=&HUC6WFON=&themap.x=386&themap.y=260

Never heard of any being caught up here in the wasilla area.
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Post by: fishingsurveyor on Feb 16, 2011, 04:22 AM
Hell ya
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Post by: evilsnipe on Feb 16, 2011, 08:12 PM
I've read of ADFG finding Yellow Perch illegally introduced to one lake on the Kenai Peninsula. Supposedly they were eradicated? I've, thankfully, never heard of anyone catching any though. We have enough problems with other invasive species up here. Don't get me wrong I LOVE the Pike fishing but not if it compromises my hunt for huge natural fish.

"The Yellow Perch was introduced to Alaska in 1995 or 1996 and is in an unnamed lake on the north Kenai Peninsula. The fish collected by the USGS Alaska Department of Fish and Game collected many two to four-year-old fish. The search was in May, 2000, and they are planning to eradicate them (the fish) by poison."
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Post by: firefish on Feb 20, 2011, 10:08 PM
I have to admit I am checking out the board, our ice is going away.
ohio
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Post by: archer71xx on Feb 21, 2011, 06:27 AM
I check this board because I miss Alaska so much. I lived in Petersburg for a couple of years as a kid as my dad (Coast Guard)ran the Elderberry buoy tender. I will never forget the fishing, awesome would be an understatement. I got back up there to work in Anchorage in 95 for 8 months. I got to fish eagle river - bird creek - the kenai - seward and a lake in palmer that i have no idea what the name was. Caught a bunch of fish and enjoyed every minute except for the shoulder to shoulder on the kenai, just couldn't get used to that. I hope to get up there again soon.
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Post by: iceman630 on Feb 21, 2011, 08:06 PM
Oh ya Mass checks it out!
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Post by: Cub on Feb 23, 2011, 04:59 AM
I check it daily.some day i will get up there
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Post by: king salmon on Feb 23, 2011, 08:59 AM
Allways check on the Ak board. You guys catch some great fish. Would like to see more pics though. Not complaining just saying.
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Post by: FREEP82 on Feb 24, 2011, 07:28 PM
I check it out, I'm also a big fan of the show Alaska state troopers :tipup:
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Post by: Vrmontrout on Feb 25, 2011, 02:25 PM
I'd love to visit Alaska some day......
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Post by: W4lleye on Feb 25, 2011, 04:46 PM
I've read of ADFG finding Yellow Perch illegally introduced to one lake on the Kenai Peninsula. Supposedly they were eradicated? I've, thankfully, never heard of anyone catching any though. We have enough problems with other invasive species up here. Don't get me wrong I LOVE the Pike fishing but not if it compromises my hunt for huge natural fish.

"The Yellow Perch was introduced to Alaska in 1995 or 1996 and is in an unnamed lake on the north Kenai Peninsula. The fish collected by the USGS Alaska Department of Fish and Game collected many two to four-year-old fish. The search was in May, 2000, and they are planning to eradicate them (the fish) by poison."

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/061400/ala_061400ala0pm0130001.shtml (http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/061400/ala_061400ala0pm0130001.shtml)

That is an interesting read.  This one says yes.

http://kenai.fws.gov/overview/notebook/2009/july/31july2009.htm (http://kenai.fws.gov/overview/notebook/2009/july/31july2009.htm)
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Post by: evilsnipe on Feb 25, 2011, 05:38 PM
W4lleye, that was interesting. Thank you. I just, for the life of me, can't understand a person's thinking when they introduce a non native species to Alaskan waters. I'ts not as though we don't have some incredible natural resources here in Alaska. The Kenai peninsula in particular.
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Post by: jiggenfrogs on Feb 25, 2011, 06:00 PM
There thinking is they don't know how to catch a game fish, so they will put bass in the lake/pond their camp/cabin is on, so they will have a fish they can catch.  Happens all time, look at northern Maine.  Usually their from Mass...
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Post by: FREEP82 on Feb 25, 2011, 06:40 PM
Not everybody is a MASSHOLE  :nono:
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Post by: pooley on Feb 25, 2011, 08:19 PM
i check all the boards, if the topic looks interesting! ;D
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Post by: mbs1957 on Feb 25, 2011, 08:58 PM
Next year on this date me and the wife will do some icefishing in Alaska it will be our 22nd anniversary.
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Post by: jiggenfrogs on Feb 26, 2011, 01:54 PM
Good deal, congrats and if you travaling this far to ice fish then let me know I can stear you in the right direction.  Early is better lake trout fishing, but the days are shorter.  Have you ever been up here?
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Post by: HARDTOP on Mar 03, 2011, 11:50 AM
Does it ever get cold enough on Prince of Wales island for the lakes to freeze over???
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Post by: akdube on Mar 03, 2011, 12:04 PM
I would say no MAYBE some of the alpine lakes but a majority would not freeze
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Post by: HARDTOP on Mar 03, 2011, 12:06 PM
I would say no MAYBE some of the alpine lakes but a majority would not freeze
Thanks I love fishing the Island in the summer was just curios