There are a two things I remember in Mr Whiteman’s astronomy class in high school. Mnemonic studying techniques and the aurora borealis. Roy G. Biv. An acronym to remember the light spectrum. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. My Very Earthly Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas. It’s how I remembered the order …
Gales of November
Now, for something completely different.Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.Fifty years ago I was a 12 year old boy living in Minnesota. I have vague memories of Dave Moore reporting about this during the evening newscast on WCCO tv. What I remember more than the newscast was the song …
2025 Fishery Summary
It’s that time of year. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) has released a summary of the 2025 commercial fishing season in Upper Cook Inlet. The total harvest was 41% greater than the recent 20 year average. While king, pink, chum, and silver salmon numbers were down, red salmon numbers were up …
Whiteboards Part 2
Last week I wrote about the cabin whiteboards. This week the story is about another. I decided to put a whiteboard near the door of the rod shed this year. I wanted to write a few words of inspiration for my guests to see before walking down the dock to go fishing. Kind of like Notre Dame football players seeing …
Whiteboards Part 1
It’s become an annual event to share whiteboard notes that guests leave when they depart. We’re always surprised and humbled to read them. And a few bonus handwritten notes were left behind as well. We’d like to thank everyone for such kind words. Come back next week for Whiteboards Part …
The Dock Is Out
There are three super moon events in 2025. This past week was the first one. It was the harvest moon. Along with it being beautiful, it created a high tide large enough to float the dock out. Taking the dock out was my final chore of the 2025 season. It’s always sad for me to see it all …
Rules
My mentor, Jeff King, use to make up guide rule numbers. Some were legit, some were just him riffing. For example… Guide Rule #1. Never leave fish to find fish. Guide Rule #8. Fish upstream from where you live just in case you run out of gas. You can always drift home. Guide Rule #17. Don’t swear in front …
Bonus Time On The Water
I was able to get out fishing three times this past week. Once with my neighbor and two times with fellow guide Boo, who was also done working for the season. I spent one day fishing the lower river and two days fishing the middle river. The lower river is where I spend my season guiding so trailering a boat to the middle …
That’s A Wrap.
I’m sad writing this, but my 2025 guiding season is officially over. It’s now time to winterize the boat and the cabins. However, I’m not completely done fishing. I’ll slip out when the time is right. Hopefully, photos will follow. According to the calendar, tomorrow is the first day of fall. Based on the visibility of the …
Fishing Report: The Day After Week Ending 9/14/25
It was the Nick, Brittany, and Ken show this past week. The catching wasn’t hot and heavy for us. It was just good enough. It had to be fish Karma. Three years ago Nick gave me a custom color Brad’s K15 fishing lure. Since it was custom, I’ve kept it stored in my tackle box and haven’t used it since he was last …