Kodiak Bear photo

Guy Miner · Jul 30, 2007

Dad went on a fishing trip to Kodiak Island earlier this month. Wasn't real impressed with the fishing, but said the bears were very impressive. While walking down to the river to do a little fly-fishing he stopped because there were bears on the trail ahead. Turned around to go back, and found there were bears behind him. Decided to take a few photos and wait, then walk back when they left the trail, which they did after a bit. He figured they had the right of way...

I've been fishing in SE Alaska before, fly rod for silver salmon, and it seems funny, but the bears and the fishermen seem to have sort of an unwritten agreement about sharing the water & salmon. Now and again a bear gets a little pushy, and I've always been quite willing to defer to the bear. If he wants the fishing hole, he can have it! :grin:

I thought you guys would enjoy the photo.

Powerstroke · Jul 30, 2007

AWESOME photos he was able to get !!

Guy Miner · Jul 30, 2007

I think Dad was more pleased with the bear photos than with the fly fishing...

So, I'm thinking that a .338 with 250 gr Partitions is about right for these big fish-fed fuzzballs... A .375 would make me even happier I believe...

Whatcha think?

longwinters · Jul 30, 2007

It makes me a bit nervous just thinking about the whole proximity thing with being surrounded by bears. I think I'd rather be fishing on a lake . . . in a boat. :grin:

long

RemmyTim · Jul 30, 2007

Kodiak Island has the biggest sub-species of Brown Bears in North America.They are beautiful to watch,but you do need to be an alert at all times.I will be going there next spring to hunt them,cant wait.

Nice pics by the way.

Tim

buckfever · Jul 30, 2007

If that was me I would need a clean pair of underwear, but nice pictures.

JD338 · Jul 30, 2007

Beautiful pics Guy, thanks for sharing.
Nothing like a "fish story" to go along with the pics too! :lol:

JD338

Brian · Jul 30, 2007

I spent a week fishing the Alagnak river in Alaska just about this time last year. The salmon fishing was unbelievable -- the sockeye run was on, and endless streams of fish ran beneath the dock where the boats were tied. Catching sockeye became blasé; we also caught kings, grayling, chum and rainbows like you wouldn't believe.

We had bears, too. I must have seen 25 - 30 in the first 3 days we were there. And the guides carried shotguns loaded with birdshot to "dust" the bears if they came too close, which happened a couple of times (one of our guys video taped a determined bear approaching him that refused to back off in response to "Butch" yelling at it, and Butch ended up dusting him. It was quite a video.).

One afternoon, my group of 4 (5 with guide) was fishing a little down stream from camp for dinner. I was the furtherest downstream, wading about 15 feet from the bank, when I looked behind me to see a bear at water's edge, just looking at me. Trapper -- our head guide and a throwback to the early part of the 19th Century -- noticed too, and approached us (the bear and me) yelling at the animal as he came. The bear took flight, but it took me an hour or so and a glass or two of wine to unpucker.

The guides loved those bears -- they knew them all by sight and really didn't want to hurt them. They (the bears) would come right up to the camp's fence and scope us out until they were chased away, which they invariably were as soon as anyone noticed them.

Talk about an adventure in heaven . . .

Brian

Powerstroke · Jul 31, 2007

Personally, that may be my next trip... years to come however, but I'm thinking about 27.5 inches of Carbon with a 100 gr 3 blade broadhead would do that job just fine.
Of course backed up by Guys's .375 !!