We have had a busy start of summer and have not had much time to get out and play.  So when one of our past duck hunters, Andy, sent an email he was going to be in Fairbanks for work and had some extra time we jumped at the opportunity to get out and fish.   We headed to Valdez to see if we could find some flat fish. 

In the end, mission accomplished.  We caught a lot of small 10-15 lbs fish that we released and found the big boys in another location.  The biggest tipped the scale at 160 lbs, a new personal best for me.  We ended up seeing a bunch of whales, puffins and dale porpoises.   We had a great trip!  Here are a few pics.

Andy, one of our hunters from 3 years ago, was up in Fairbanks for some work.  So we took off for the weekend to Valdez to try to catch a few halibut.  I think we did the job!  This is a couple of quick pictures.  I will post more in a couple of days.  The big one tipped the scale at 160 lbs.

Here are a few shorebird and swallow pictures from this spring in Fairbanks.