Yet another happy fisherman!!

Received a new batch of pictures from my son's lodge and posted some on his blog last night... http://alaskafishingclub.blogspot.com I need to go back today and enlarge them and do some editing.. I couldn't resist the grin on this fellow... Is he happy or WHAT??? Even I would have a happy grin if I caught that halibut and I don't even like to fish...but I love to eat halibut!

I need to edit out the date and that darn green hose that always sneaks in there... They hang the fish and then hose them down good for the photo opt. and then forget to remove the hose... Looks like there is a smudge on the lens...can't do much about that.

Is she cute or WHAT!!!

Edited a bunch of fishing pictures for my son.. This is the daughter of a client.. Check out those wading boots...it's a wonder she can walk at all.

And the one commenter is right...the hat is to die for... I would definitely wear a chicken hat that covered my ears in the winter...

Photo Editor Mom

One of the things I love doing is editing the photos from my son's fishing lodge. There were fewer pictures this year but I have still spent most of the day on them and will finish up tomorrow. I resize them, crop them, do any necessary color tuning and clean up really bloody fish. Then I'm always looking for the stupid green hose that seems to creep into most shots and make it disappear. Can you see the green hose???

Ninety percent of the photos are men and fish or fish and men... Most of the guys are in the same upright fisherman pose but occasionally there's one that I love. Guess which one... ??? Is Widlanski happy or WHAT!!!!!

But not all the photos are fish. His lodge is directly across Cook Inlet from two active volcanoes, Mt. Illiamna and Mt/ Redoubt. Here is this best shot of one of the volcanoes. Usually there are a lot of wildlife shots but only the moose photo in this group.

Finally finished

Except for a final run through for any details I missed, I am finished with editing my son's 600 photographs. I am sure at least 500 of them were of grown men with silly grins holding or standing by big dead fish.... But I did enjoy the scenery and wildlife shots...

Helicopters are my favorite!

I had my first helicopter ride in 1963 when I was cooking for forest fire crews.... What a thrill... So whenever a copter is flying out with fishermen and there's an empty seat, I drop everything to go... The aerial views in Alaska are especially breathtaking . I am STILL editing these pictures..have to finish this week...

Boy with a dream!

When my son was about 4 yrs old he decided the most exciting job to have as an adult would be a tent salesman in a sporting good store. But when we moved to Alaska when he was 8yrs old he decided it would be even more exciting to fish for a living... When he was in high school there were lots of good paying jobs for teenagers because all the men were working on the Alaskan pipeline. When other boys were saving for a car, he was saving for a riverboat.... Right out of high school he was living in a tiny camp trailer by the Kenai river and taking tourists on the river to fish.... He never let go of that dream....32 years later he owns that lodge and still fishes for a living. As a bonus he found the perfect wife and helpmate in lovely Vivian.....

Below is the lodge site...
http://www.alaskafishinglodge.com/

Below has some of the newletters featured on Jake Jordan's fishing site.
http://www.jakejordan.com/alaska/deepcreekfishingclub.html

It is often featured on sports channels but I'm never sure of when...
http://www.insidesportfishing.com/html/deep_creek.html

My Fish & Son

My one fishing venture resulted in the fish on the left and I had the photo pinned to the bulletin board in the kitchen. But later decided to work on the fish in photo shop and now the photo on right is posted in kitchen... which really impresses everyone. Son who was just here commented..."You know mom, I just don't remember that fish being that big...LOL"

The Deep Creek Fishing Lodge

My son's lodge in Ninilchik Alaska..... In the aerial view you can see the cliff to the beach. It is in those trees on the cliff that the eagles nest. From the lodge you can look across the inlet and see two active volcanos. One, Mt. Redoubt, was on high alert a few weeks ago and you can frequently see it blowing steam and ash.

Other Alaskan wildlife

Whales, otters, seals, porpoises are common sights in Cook Inlet. The moose and caribou are frequent visitors to the lodge area. But the eagles provide the real drama. The lodge is on a treed cliff and the eagles are nesting practically at eye level... The fledglings spend hours teetering on the edge of huge nests flapping their wings before launching themselves on that first flight. They feed on the beach and at sea... plus my son has a feeding platform where the fish scraps are put out for the eagles and other sea birds. Aerial territorial squabbles are a common site....

Bears

My son said there were "about" 500 photos to edit. I've done over 500 and have 2 discs to go.. Not all the fishing is salt water. A lot of clients prefer flying into the wilderness in helicopters and float planes to fish. So this set of photos not only included lots of the usual man/fish pictures but fabulous shots of wildlife and scenery.

There were dozens of bear photos because if the salmon are running the bears are fishing and they are so large they have the right-of-way ALWAYS... Noone argues with a brown bear.

A fishing brown bear is like a dog on point and stares intently at the water and then suddenly in one swift motion scoops out a fish. They are also very territorial with their fishing spot and fights ensue if another bear encroaches. Although I don't fish when I'm there I never miss a chance to flyout if there is an empty seat on a helicopter. My favorite photo was the first one ...the bear on the rock...