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. Read more...   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. Read more...   Kodiak Fishing Pictures Kodiak and Afognak There is a sense of freedom out there on the ocean that is kind of hard to experience in other kinds of work. Just being out there alone and far from land, pitching up and down in the waves with the wind and salt spray in your face can be kind of a great feeling. Read more...   Alaska grayling fishing in Delta Junction Grayling fishing 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 mosquitos swarming all around us. Read more...   Alaska highway - Yukon - 64 coupe Yukon In another case of not thinking clearly I decided to drive a '64 corvette coupe up the Alaska Highway. Read more...   Old Harbor - 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. Read more...   Mrs. Larsen of Kodiak Katmai eruption of 1912 Mrs Larsen pictured here told me the tale of her family when they experienced the Katmai eruption of 1912. Read more...   Kodiak - Island People Kodiak people Kodiak Island is really a great place to live especially for people that love to hunt and fish. Read more...