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Old Harbor – Kodiak

Kodiak – Old Harbor This area was originally settled as Three Saints Bay by Grigori Shelikof in 1784 but a big earthquake and sunami in 1788 destroyed it so most of the people moved to where the village of Kodiak is today. The settlement there is now known as Old Harbor. There are a few [...]

Alaska highway – Yukon – 64 coupe

Yukon River – Alaska Highway In another case of not thinking clearly I decided to drive my ’64 corvette coupe up the Alaska Highway. I shipped it to Seattle for the return trip with Sealand, the main shipping company on Kodiak Island. It was a beautiful trip but the wrong car for the job. The [...]

Alaska grayling fishing in Delta Junction

Grayling Fishing near Delta Junction Alaska We found a school of grayling and caught quite a few. Some of them would even bite on a bare hook. Maybe it looked like one of the mosquitoes swarming all around us. This idea for this excursion was hatched as we were playing poker in the bunkhouse in [...]

Kodiak Fishing Pictures

Kodiak and Afognak The waters around Kodiak and Afognak are rich with fish so many people earn their living from the sea. There are big operators but also the small time fishing operations run by local families. There is a sense of freedom out there on the ocean that is kind of hard to experience [...]

Kodiak Fishing

Alaska fishing Fishing is a way of life in Kodiak. Crab, salmon, herring, clams, halibut, cod, pollack, and shrimp are common catches taken from the sea. Here is Dave taking out some aggression on a 17 leg starfish. These things are notorious for getting into crab traps, in this case dungeness pots. They are pretty [...]

Kodiak Alaska

Kodiak Many of the local people earn their living from the sea. The king crab was a big money maker in the 70′s and into the 80′s but the pressure was pretty hard and the stocks decreased so it is not the big thing anymore. Kodiak Island is a green island in the summer and [...]

Kodiak – Island People

Kodiak people Kodiak Island is really a great place to live especially for people that love to hunt and fish. There are big halibut that move with the tide between Kodiak and Near Island to the buoys on the way to Spruce Island. A good run of salmon move up the Buskin River 4 to [...]

Mrs. Larsen of Kodiak

Katmai eruption of 1912 by eyewitness in Kodiak Mrs Larsen, pictured here, told me the tale of her family when they experienced the Katmai eruption of 1912. This volcano is just across the Sheilikof Straights about 100 miles distant so they were among the first to experience this mighty eruption. It was twice as powerful [...]