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What, is that fish hanging about an inch from the lens?

Dang, looks like I need to use different bait.

No, the fish is actually about as big as my cousin.

They didn’t send me the size on it, but judging from experience I’d say it’s probably a between 100 - 115 lbs. halibut.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Wow! That is unbelievable. Have they cooked it yet?

I agree with Ken..  It looks like a nine inch black crappie hanging a foot or so in front of the camera.  No doubt your Dad would say differently.

Zsa Zsa,

Not yet.  They’re waiting to catch a couple more to fill the frying pan.

//sarcasm//

Boy, I’d love to slice some thick steaks out of that! Cook’em over the grill with seasonsalt, lemon, and onions. YYUUMMMMM!!!!!

Back when I was a kid we used to go out on my uncle’s houseboat and stay out for a week or so straight.  We’d anchor for the night in coves and cast for salmon.  All day it was deep-sea fishing.

At night we’d cook up the fish we caught that day.  That’s about the only time I’ll ever eat seafood is freshly-cooked on the boat.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Yum yum...Are Alaskan halibut supposed to be that big?

Hey, Rob, where is that valley in the first pic? Looks like some nice hunting.

Well, the big ones are the most fun to catch.  The smaller ones (say 30 - 50lbs) are the best eating.

I think the biggest halibut we ever caught was a 375 pounder my uncle brought in.  The state record for a halibut of 450lbs (last I heard).  Here’s a picture of that one.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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I want to go on your uncle’s houseboat. Look how beautiful Alaska is. How much fun! I love seafood.

That is the Nome Creek Valley, and the mountains you see in the background are the White Mountains (if I’m not mistaken, they didn’t tell me where they went).

The area actually isn’t that well-known for hunting.  It’s more famous for the fishing along the creek itself.  And gold-panning.  It was a hot-spot for prospectors back in the day, and a lot of seroius gold-panners still hit the area.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Zsa, my uncle (and my grandfather before him) had a boat down in Valdez for decades.  He recently sold it, though.  The upkeep was just getting to be too much (gas prices too), and it’s actually cheaper for him just to take a charter when he wants to go.

I miss him having the boat (I still remember steaming past the big 1/4 mile supertankers heavy with oil from the terminal at the end of the pipeline, not to mention the whales and the porpoises and the sea lions...and the big freaking fish), but we still go whenever we’re up there.

It’s a family tradition.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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/me will take your job...depending on what it is, of course!

Ehh ...  Alaska ... bah humbug.  All that dad-gumm topograpy to screw up the horizon.  Trust me Rob, you’re better off here in ND

hehehehehe

Another story about Rob… When he was little (until he was about 12) I used to put a life jacket on him and then tie him to the boat.  If he had ever fallen into the water we would never have gotten him out, so I tied him.  He hated it.  He hates when I mention it.  However now that he has his own child he doesn’t think it such a bad idea.  (Love you Mick.)

Schmucks

Is that a Sioux or maybe Chippewa word?

Global Warming? Nuclear Power Plant?  Hot Pockets?

What a wonderful tradition! That would be so cool to go on a houseboat for a week. I used to want a seal when I was little. Actually, I think I just wanted to play with one. They look so juicy. HA! That fishing line must be heavy duty to be able to support that much weight. Do they fight when you hook one? Just hanging it up for the picture must have been difficult??? I want to do that. How lucky!

Boy that looks like good country for 1000 oil derricks.

There’s no oil in Nome Valley.  At least none that anyone knows about.

Where you’re talking about is the frozen desert of tundra several hundred miles north.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Take a look at where they want to drill in ANWR, rbb.  Yep, lots of wildlife there.  And beauty would be lost forever, not to mention the tourism dollars.  Heck, I plan to spend a week sitting in one of those great looking puddles later this summer.

Keep fight’n the good fight rbb.

I have been to the North Slope and in the region where drilling is proposed, and there ain’t a damn thing there, with the exception of hellish mosquitos and black flies. This area was set aside for oil and gas production from the beginning. Get over yourself.