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This is the place.
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If you want to fish, you come to the state of Alaska.
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This is the alpha.
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It all starts here.
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You say "Alaska" to a sportsman
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and it just conjures romance.
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It conjures epic snow falls and survival in the wilderness
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and then there's people say well what's the next Alaska?
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There is no other Alaska
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and there never will.
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They don't make this stuff every day.
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This is an American birth right.
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If you love to fish, if you love the outdoors,
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you got to get to Alaska and try this.
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It is just simply wonderful.
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Kodiak can be a very very challenging place
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to forage and fish.
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There's no rest for a guide around here.
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Inch for inch, pound for pound,
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those fish are the toughest fighting trout
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anywhere in the world.
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Tough one.
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Alright, here we go.
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Team number one.
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Come to Alaska and get spoiled.
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You think how in the world is this possibly going to work
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yet, it works time and time again.
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And you're hooked up here more than you're casting.
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Well, this is Alaska.
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When is comes to fishing, especially fly fishing,
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there is no place on the planet that rivals Alaska.
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You owe it to your DNA to answer this
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call of the wild up here.
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This is the alpha.
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It all starts here.
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Alaska has, I think,
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the most exciting and widest variety
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of fishing up anywhere in the world.
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There we go.
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I'm fighting that beast.
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And that's why you come to a place like this
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because you want a tiger by the tail
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on the end of that line.
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You want the fight of your life,
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you want lots of action.
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And Alaska has all that and more.
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Alaska is an anglers dream come true.
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Its rivers are home to five different species of salmon.
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Freshwater lakes are filled with six foot pike
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and 100 pound halibut are often snag in the ocean's waters.
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Over 200,000 non resident fishing licenses
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are sold annually, and every year,
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recreational fishing brings millions of dollars
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through tourism into the state's economy.
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It's been 15 years since I've been back
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here to fish in Alaska and it's just like I never left.
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This place is better now than it was 15 years ago.
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And get them up here and these are wild fish, cold rivers.
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They're fighting current all the time.
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They're ultra strong.
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Alaska just has the diversity, has the volume,
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and when you've got places like Bristol Bay Lodge
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where you've got these fly out opportunities,
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you could overnight out here in camps,
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you get different species that are hot in different rivers.
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So you get the smorgasbord of fishing experience
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when you come out hear that just is
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not rivaled anywhere in the world.
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You know the weather in Alaska, it's the old saying
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just wait 10 minutes, it'll change.
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In Alaska, that's really true,
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and day one we arrived, and, I mean,
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it's bluebird skies, beautiful sunshine.
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It looks like something that Chamber of Commerce
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would have prescribed for us.
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And of course you know we just soaked it up.
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We know how rare it is for this time of year
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to have sun in Alaska.
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To be able to just enjoy the beauty of it
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without putting rain gear on
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and catch a lot of fish at the same time.
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So we just lived in the moment, caught a lot of fish,
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and lived a day We'll never forget.
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That's fishy looking water, right there.
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[Blake}This is what we call back river.
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It's some of the craziest, biggest bows
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we have here at Bristol Bay Lodge.
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Fish on!
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Not three minutes into it,
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we were already hooked up with a nice rainbow.
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You look into one of these giant leopard bows,
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these rainbows up here that
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are big beefy 24 to 30 inch rainbows.
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That's a different kind of fishing experience.
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I mean it's like it's a different species.
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I can barely fit my hand around her.
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Get em, get em, get em.
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Whatever you do, don't lose him, Matt.
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Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867
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by US Secretary of State, William Seward for $7.2 million.
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At the time, Seward was criticized for this purchase,
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which was quickly dubbed Seward's folly,
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or Seward's ice box,
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but America's 49 state quickly proved to be a bargain.
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As the massive state covers
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over 1.7 million square kilometers,
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and is rich in natural resources,
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including the world's most prolific fishery.
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Alaska's massive fishing fleet of 9,400 commercial vessels
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will span over 110 kilometers if you line them up
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from bow to stir and every year,
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commercial and recreational fishing in Alaska
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generates over $5 billion in total revenue,
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with over half of that value coming
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from recreational anglers.
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The recreational fishing industry
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creates more jobs than just the fishing guides.
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The fishing tourism industry employs managers,
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staff, cooks and pilots.
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We own and operate three de Havilland Beavers
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here at Bristol Bay Lodge.
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I have three different pilots on one included.
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The beaver is this amazing passport
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to adventure in Alaska.
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The throaty sound of a beaver engine is just unmistakable.
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If I ever loose my sight, I'll remember that sound.
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The beauty of Bristol Bay Lodge is the fact
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that they've got so many different locations
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so that if they can't fly, you can hop in a boat
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and you can go someplace else
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and have a great day of fishing.
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After day one of beautiful sunshine, gorgeous weather,
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getting a suntan out there catching rainbow trout,
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we knew there was a big weather system coming in
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and boy did it just sock in this whole Bristol Bay region.
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We go to the Angola walk, it's about 30 minute ride.
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And we didn't care about the weather
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because we were well prepared for it.
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There's a lot of great satisfaction
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that comes to you if you bundle up
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in all your high tech stuff and you go out there
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and they're throwing everything they can at you,
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elements wise.
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When it rains it pours, right?
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Rain or shine you know we're getting out
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and hitting the rivers hard
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and having a good time every day.
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And we're in the fish like you can't believe.
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If I were a big, fat bow, that's where I'd be.
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Sinkin em, sinkin em, sinkin em.
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I'll tell you, there's no rest for a guide around here.
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It was infested with rainbow trout
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and char and dolly varden.
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I mean, one after another, after another.
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Absolutely incredible.
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And just think, we could have stayed
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in the lodge and watched football.
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The fish are always unpredictable.
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It's not always easy just to make a stab at a fish.
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You know, it has to be a teamwork
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between the angler and the guide.
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Getting that fish up on the surface is your best bet.
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You know and you'll find some fish just will not cooperate.
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There we go.
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Fantastic.
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Good job.
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Nice Dolly.
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Nice fish.
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Yeah, look at that.
Very nice.
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Very nice Dolly.
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This thing was like paint by numbers.
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It was just so stunningly beautiful.
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Yes, yes, yes.
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Rub your nose on the bottom.
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The honey whole.
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There you go, doubled up!
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It's a rainbow.
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You got to bribe your guide a lot of money
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to come into this hole.
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The rainbow trout are tough, strong,
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hard fighting fish but you put em here in Alaska,
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in these rivers where they're fighting current all the time.
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Inch for inch, pound for pound,
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those fish are the toughest fighting trout anyone world.
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It just doesn't quit, does it?
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No sir.
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While Alaska's home
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to an amazing array of fish
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it's the annual salmon runs that truly make
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this state an anglers paradise.
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Salmon live an amazing life cycle.
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Starting in fresh water
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where they live in infancy, for up to two years,
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then swimming downriver into the open sea
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where they live and grow for up to seven years
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before beginning they're long migration home.
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Salmon appear to use the sun, the Earth's magnetic field,
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and their sense of smell, to navigate through the ocean
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to return to the same river where they were born.
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Salmon are a keystone species,
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meaning they have great influence on the survival
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of other species in the area.
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Over 40 species of birds, fish and mammals
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depend on the annual salmon run for their survival.
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And the most famous salmon catchers in Alaska
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do not walk on two legs as this land is
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also home to the largest land based carnivore on earth.
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The brown bear which gorges itself
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on up to 47 salmon a day.
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That was a fabulous one.
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When they see you, they take off.
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They think you're a bear.
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Salmon behind me.
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Salmon in front of me.
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This is why we live in Alaska.
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That's a dolly varden.
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The fishing in Alaska is so good,
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you don't have to catch em.
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They just swim up on shore.
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Buckhorn Bay, Alaska is one of those places
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that could be the center of a TV series.
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Cheerful people. fun people.
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Knowledgeable people.
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People who love the outdoors.
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Well, one thing about late August in Alaska.
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It's a land of plenty.
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Salmon are coming up the rivers.
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Deer are in the high country.
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Bears are out foraging for berries and,
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if you're a berry lover,
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there's no better place to be.
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I can't help myself.
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The Tongass National Forest is
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our largest forest set aside
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by our Teddy Roosevelt 100 years ago.
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This is a forest that's filled
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with salmon, bears, suka dear.
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It is just a fabulous place.
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It's your land, my land.
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This is public land belongs to all the people.
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There we go.
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Pink girl, isn't it?
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No, it's a silver.
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Been in the system for a while.
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Yeah.
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You'll have fun with that one.
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(upbeat music)
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The silver is starting to go red on it.
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That fish ate it, boy.
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He ate it.
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But I'll tell you what,
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Alaska has five species of salmon.
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The pink, the next one is the sockeye or the red,
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followed by the coho or silver,
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and then the dog or chum salmon and then the big guy,
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the king salmon or chinook.
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Hey, are you having fun yet?
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Salmon all go to the ocean and return
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to the fresh water system
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where they spawn and then die.
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Their bodies add enormous amounts of nutrients
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to these systems and this cycle of life up here
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is really a cool thing to watch.
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There's two kinds of fishing here.
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You can fish out in salt water.
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Catch nice bright fish.
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And we were catching fish that have been
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in the system for a while.
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They'd probably be fine to smoke,
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but not the best eating fish
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but they still have a lot of zing in em,
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and they can be really hot.
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Oh, he's coming up stream.
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Look at em, look at em.
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Salmon behind me.
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Salmon in front of him.
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Whoa!
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That was perfect.
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Oh geez, that's wonderful!
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What a fish!
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What a fish!
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There we go.
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Now it's coming at me.
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Grab the end of the gill.
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Put your finger in there.
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I got em, I got em.
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He's not going anywhere.
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He's a nice little silver.
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Back over here.
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Well, ol boy.
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He's fresh enough.
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I think we've got dinner.
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There you go.
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That's about a seven pound silver.
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Beautiful.
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That was kind of fun.
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Now I got to go get one.
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You want to?
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I do.
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(Jim laughing)
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This is why we live in Alaska.
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There's a great fishery.
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Small silver's come into these systems by the hundreds.
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They've got a fish ladder that accesses
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about eight, nine miles of additional habitat upstream
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and these things have been increasing in numbers
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over the last 10, 15 years since
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that fish ladders been put in.
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And it's a great sport and got to see
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if we can get one for him out there.
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Here we go.
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This is called salmon wrestling, baby.
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Salmon wrestling.
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Anybody that poo poos these things,
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haven't caught big ones on a fly rod.
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Boy, they don't want to give up.
321
00:12:18,310 --> 00:12:21,210
I think that's the biggest pink I've ever caught.
322
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That's an honest to goodness seven or eight pounds pink.
323
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He's just an absolutely incredible shade.
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The river here has been really hot.
325
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Mostly pinks.
326
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Now, that's fun.
327
00:12:33,817 --> 00:12:35,750
That's a lot of fun.
328
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Really got a little cutthroat, and when I was standing
329
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on the shore looking down,
330
00:12:40,277 --> 00:12:41,930
and a dolly varden swam right up on the grass,
331
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right next to me, I just reached down
332
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and picked it up. That's a trout.
333
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That's a dolly varden.
334
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I don't know where that fish came from.
335
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But that's a dolly varden.
336
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We'll put him back where he belongs
337
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I just don't know what I like more,
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these blueberries or catching salmon.
339
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If you fish, and you haven't been to Alaska,
340
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you should put the state, known as the last frontier
341
00:13:11,070 --> 00:13:12,890
on the top of your to do list.
342
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A trip to Alaska to test your skills
343
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against the famous annual salmon run
344
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is more doable than you might think.
345
00:13:19,835 --> 00:13:22,937
It is early on and three anglers are getting ready
346
00:13:22,937 --> 00:13:25,270
to test themselves at one of the world's
347
00:13:25,270 --> 00:13:27,690
most famous salmon honey holes.
348
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The Kenai River.
349
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Each year, the largest salmon in the world,
350
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king or chinook, some weighing as much as 30 kilograms
351
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run the river and drop 10s of thousands
352
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of anglers to try their luck.
353
00:13:40,090 --> 00:13:42,250
It is not long before the spinning rigs
354
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baited with cured salmon eggs
355
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entice the fish into action.
356
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And while the pink salmon offered plenty of action,
357
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these anglers are after silver salmon,
358
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which give you an even stronger fight and great eating.
359
00:14:01,182 --> 00:14:02,680
I think this is a silver.
360
00:14:02,680 --> 00:14:03,513
There we go.
361
00:14:03,513 --> 00:14:04,725
Oh yeah.
362
00:14:04,725 --> 00:14:06,503
This is a small silver.
363
00:14:07,940 --> 00:14:08,774
Take him.
364
00:14:08,774 --> 00:14:10,673
Gonna have to bring him higher.
365
00:14:10,673 --> 00:14:13,190
Got em?
366
00:14:13,190 --> 00:14:14,023
Yeah.
367
00:14:14,023 --> 00:14:15,322
Good man!
368
00:14:15,322 --> 00:14:17,187
That's what we're fishing for.
369
00:14:17,187 --> 00:14:19,972
That's about an eight pound silver.
370
00:14:19,972 --> 00:14:24,040
Yeah, there we go.
371
00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:25,770
Boy, that's good eatin stuff.
372
00:14:25,770 --> 00:14:28,050
There are many places up and down the West Coast
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of the United States and Canada
374
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where you can catch a lot of salmon
375
00:14:31,540 --> 00:14:33,220
and the thing to remember here on the Kenai
376
00:14:33,220 --> 00:14:36,800
is that every one of these salmon is a wild fish.
377
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Salmon really do.
378
00:14:38,590 --> 00:14:39,423
You put this thing on.
379
00:14:39,423 --> 00:14:40,256
You put it like that.
380
00:14:40,256 --> 00:14:42,967
It may look funny but you watch.
381
00:14:42,967 --> 00:14:44,284
I'm gonna catch a fish.
382
00:14:44,284 --> 00:14:45,330
No, I'm telling you.
It doesn't look funny at all.
383
00:14:45,330 --> 00:14:47,460
On you it looks normal.
384
00:14:47,460 --> 00:14:48,293
It looks normal.
I like you.
385
00:14:48,293 --> 00:14:49,520
You can pull it off.
386
00:14:51,770 --> 00:14:54,593
There's something definitely yanking on this.
387
00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:57,033
There we go.
388
00:15:05,540 --> 00:15:08,223
It's a nice, nice silver.
389
00:15:09,930 --> 00:15:10,865
Got him!
390
00:15:10,865 --> 00:15:12,603
Boy, that's a good silver.
391
00:15:15,975 --> 00:15:18,098
That is a serious Silver.
392
00:15:18,098 --> 00:15:19,297
Look at the size of that.
393
00:15:19,297 --> 00:15:20,616
That is a serious silver.
394
00:15:20,616 --> 00:15:24,411
Man, that is a big male.
395
00:15:24,411 --> 00:15:27,230
So, so let me, let me ask you a question.
396
00:15:27,230 --> 00:15:29,763
Do you think that do-rag had something to do
397
00:15:29,763 --> 00:15:32,055
with catching that salmon?
398
00:15:32,055 --> 00:15:34,844
(fisherman laughing)
399
00:15:34,844 --> 00:15:36,516
Give me that thing.
400
00:15:36,516 --> 00:15:37,349
There, now I'm gonna get one too.
401
00:15:39,130 --> 00:15:40,514
Come on, eat it.
402
00:15:40,514 --> 00:15:43,070
There we go.
403
00:15:43,070 --> 00:15:44,700
Boy, you got that one.
404
00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:45,860
Keep that rod tip up.
405
00:15:45,860 --> 00:15:47,060
He's gonna to run on ya.
406
00:15:53,290 --> 00:15:54,240
Nice fish.
407
00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:58,181
You didn't let the salmon, I don't believe.
408
00:15:58,181 --> 00:15:59,264
Yeah!
409
00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:04,644
Nice fish.
410
00:16:04,644 --> 00:16:08,368
(laughing) Yep.
411
00:16:08,368 --> 00:16:11,520
They're just wonderful fish.
412
00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:13,210
I do like that do-rag.
413
00:16:13,210 --> 00:16:14,700
I like that do-rag.
414
00:16:14,700 --> 00:16:17,900
The Kenai river offers spectacular wildlife,
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00:16:17,900 --> 00:16:20,140
gorgeous scenery and, for fishermen,
416
00:16:20,140 --> 00:16:23,360
the chance of a lifetime to dance with silver salmon,
417
00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,589
as they make their annual run.
418
00:16:25,589 --> 00:16:28,690
Alaskan waters provide a great food resource
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00:16:28,690 --> 00:16:30,355
for animals and humans alike.
420
00:16:30,355 --> 00:16:32,990
Professional chef Bradley Ewing knows
421
00:16:32,990 --> 00:16:35,020
how to prepare these local delicacies
422
00:16:35,020 --> 00:16:37,220
to create amazing meals,
423
00:16:37,220 --> 00:16:39,100
even from a species of fish
424
00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:41,700
that most Alaskan chefs would throw back.
425
00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:43,600
Today I'm looking for dog salmon
426
00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,260
on the fact that it's so fatty.
427
00:16:46,260 --> 00:16:47,802
So I'm going to make a smoked salmon moose
428
00:16:47,802 --> 00:16:49,970
to go with a starter.
429
00:16:49,970 --> 00:16:50,920
I got fishin to do.
430
00:16:58,504 --> 00:17:00,332
It's getting windy.
431
00:17:00,332 --> 00:17:02,730
Kodiak can be a very very challenging place
432
00:17:02,730 --> 00:17:04,100
to forage and fish.
433
00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:05,720
The wind can come rippin in here right off the river
434
00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,913
at 60 miles an hour.
435
00:17:10,552 --> 00:17:11,385
Oh, my line.
436
00:17:11,385 --> 00:17:13,110
The wind is completely blowing line
437
00:17:14,050 --> 00:17:16,303
in total opposite direction of where I need it.
438
00:17:16,303 --> 00:17:17,763
All right, here we go.
439
00:17:19,153 --> 00:17:20,460
Oh yeah.
440
00:17:20,460 --> 00:17:22,493
She's a biter.
441
00:17:25,260 --> 00:17:26,972
Oh yeah, here we go.
442
00:17:26,972 --> 00:17:29,730
She's got some weight to her.
443
00:17:29,730 --> 00:17:31,560
She's feeling hefty.
444
00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,948
I wanna buy you corn dogs and take you out to prom, girl.
445
00:17:34,948 --> 00:17:38,030
Oh Yeah, buddy.
446
00:17:38,030 --> 00:17:41,514
This is an amazing dog.
447
00:17:41,514 --> 00:17:45,883
This is exactly what I'm looking for.
448
00:17:45,883 --> 00:17:47,970
And this is considered a junk fish.
449
00:17:47,970 --> 00:17:49,870
Alaskans don't eat this.
450
00:17:49,870 --> 00:17:52,350
A funny little thing about Alaska people
451
00:17:52,350 --> 00:17:55,160
is they're seafood elitists.
452
00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,040
And like my clients, I'll tell them
453
00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,030
what they're eating for protein and
454
00:17:59,030 --> 00:18:00,283
they're like blown away.
455
00:18:01,321 --> 00:18:02,471
This is just pure love.
456
00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,750
What up, girl?
457
00:18:05,750 --> 00:18:07,096
Let's go home.
458
00:18:07,096 --> 00:18:09,300
Along with his mother and sister,
459
00:18:09,300 --> 00:18:11,030
Bradley prepares to serve a meal
460
00:18:11,030 --> 00:18:12,550
with the species of fish that
461
00:18:12,550 --> 00:18:15,150
is often considered as river trash.
462
00:18:15,150 --> 00:18:16,170
Yeah man.
463
00:18:16,170 --> 00:18:17,635
Looks like everything is working.
464
00:18:17,635 --> 00:18:20,640
Moments before service, and it's time
465
00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:21,770
to rock this stuff out.
466
00:18:21,770 --> 00:18:22,800
Let's do this.
467
00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:23,997
All right, here we go.
468
00:18:23,997 --> 00:18:26,192
[Bradley's mother] Hi guys.
469
00:18:26,192 --> 00:18:28,132
Come on in and have a seat.
470
00:18:28,132 --> 00:18:29,937
Beautiful, beautiful.
471
00:18:29,937 --> 00:18:31,110
[Bradley's mother] Chop, chop.
472
00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:32,210
Guests are here.
473
00:18:32,210 --> 00:18:34,370
Guests are here?
Perfect.
474
00:18:34,370 --> 00:18:35,740
We are ready to rock.
475
00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:37,492
This is our first course.
476
00:18:37,492 --> 00:18:39,613
Salmon moose.
477
00:18:46,293 --> 00:18:50,980
These flowers are completely edible,
478
00:18:50,980 --> 00:18:52,722
and sweet and tasty.
479
00:18:52,722 --> 00:18:53,970
[Bradley's mother] Guys, let's move,
480
00:18:53,970 --> 00:18:54,803
they've reached their limit.
481
00:18:54,803 --> 00:18:55,770
Alright, alright.
482
00:18:55,770 --> 00:18:57,580
I'm going, god.
Leave me alone.
483
00:18:57,580 --> 00:18:58,475
A little bit of olive oil just
484
00:18:58,475 --> 00:19:01,167
because olive oil is good, man.
485
00:19:01,167 --> 00:19:06,167
[Bradley's mother] Oh Bradley, it looks gorgeous.
486
00:19:06,518 --> 00:19:07,569
Let's go.
487
00:19:07,569 --> 00:19:10,603
Here you are, my kind sir.
488
00:19:15,630 --> 00:19:17,617
This is gorgeous looking.
489
00:19:17,617 --> 00:19:20,687
Thank you.
490
00:19:20,687 --> 00:19:23,620
I never knew dog could taste so good.
491
00:19:23,620 --> 00:19:26,660
My compliments to the crew and chefs.
492
00:19:26,660 --> 00:19:27,992
Excellent meal.
493
00:19:27,992 --> 00:19:29,456
[Bradley's mother] This is the part
494
00:19:29,456 --> 00:19:31,068
where I get happy because I already heard him say,
495
00:19:31,068 --> 00:19:33,960
"You guys are first class."
496
00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:35,600
Thank you guys so much.
497
00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,350
(guest clapping)
498
00:19:42,189 --> 00:19:44,772
(upbeat music)
499
00:19:47,090 --> 00:19:49,620
When fishermen dream of going to Alaska,
500
00:19:49,620 --> 00:19:52,460
they're often intimidated by the sheer cost
501
00:19:52,460 --> 00:19:54,070
of such an expedition.
502
00:19:54,070 --> 00:19:56,560
While the state is home to amazing lodges
503
00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,570
offering first class amenities,
504
00:19:58,570 --> 00:20:00,535
you can also go to Alaska on a tight budget
505
00:20:00,535 --> 00:20:02,399
and fish on your own.
506
00:20:02,399 --> 00:20:03,652
I'm moving to Alaska.
507
00:20:03,652 --> 00:20:04,803
That's it.
508
00:20:04,803 --> 00:20:06,553
I'm moving to Alaska.
509
00:20:07,810 --> 00:20:09,260
There's very affordable fishing
510
00:20:09,260 --> 00:20:10,970
available than the last frontier.
511
00:20:10,970 --> 00:20:12,920
Just a one hour drive from Anchorage,
512
00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,380
is Wasilla, Alaska, who's rivers hold billions of fish
513
00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:19,120
every year and are accessible to the general public.
514
00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:20,960
Millions of fish come up this river.
515
00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,630
10s of millions of pounds of fish die in this river,
516
00:20:24,630 --> 00:20:27,350
putting the nutrients back into the system.
517
00:20:27,350 --> 00:20:28,620
This is how the system works.
518
00:20:28,620 --> 00:20:29,930
It's a miracle really.
519
00:20:29,930 --> 00:20:32,793
And it's something you really got to see to understand.
520
00:20:33,683 --> 00:20:37,160
All those root wads and drift piles
521
00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,950
were from a big flood that we had about two weeks ago.
522
00:20:39,950 --> 00:20:41,035
In all of these parts, the highway streams
523
00:20:41,035 --> 00:20:43,757
originate in the mountains nearby here.
524
00:20:43,757 --> 00:20:46,530
There's no lake to work as a reservoir
525
00:20:46,530 --> 00:20:48,450
and those streams go up real fast.
526
00:20:48,450 --> 00:20:50,550
There were a number of homes unfortunately
527
00:20:50,550 --> 00:20:52,300
and cabins, got swept away.
528
00:20:52,300 --> 00:20:54,680
This flood's gonna to do good things
529
00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,012
for salmon habitat, from what I can see.
530
00:20:56,012 --> 00:20:58,340
It's kind of scoured the bottom.
531
00:20:58,340 --> 00:21:01,550
We've got some good clean gravel for spawning gravel.
532
00:21:01,550 --> 00:21:04,550
It's also created, with all these root wads and drift heaps,
533
00:21:04,550 --> 00:21:07,810
some wonderful habitat for young salmon.
534
00:21:07,810 --> 00:21:09,450
For young silvers, particularly.
535
00:21:09,450 --> 00:21:12,253
It's also going to be very good for the rainbow.
536
00:21:12,253 --> 00:21:14,949
I really like this Alaska, thing.
537
00:21:14,949 --> 00:21:18,090
Everybody's eating everybody else.
538
00:21:18,090 --> 00:21:18,923
Let's go.
539
00:21:18,923 --> 00:21:20,476
Yeah.
540
00:21:20,476 --> 00:21:22,910
Let's see we can find some up here.
541
00:21:22,910 --> 00:21:24,460
There he is.
542
00:21:24,460 --> 00:21:26,950
No, I'm not going to see rainbow yet.
543
00:21:26,950 --> 00:21:27,950
That's a nice dolly.
544
00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,585
This is just a nice fat dolly.
545
00:21:32,585 --> 00:21:35,230
Not quite a football but he's working on it.
546
00:21:35,230 --> 00:21:37,497
Give him a couple more weeks, he'll look like a football.
547
00:21:37,497 --> 00:21:39,290
Nice fat fish.
548
00:21:39,290 --> 00:21:40,480
You're eating well
549
00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,727
Go play with your little friends.
550
00:21:42,727 --> 00:21:45,380
There are a few places the one has more reverence
551
00:21:45,380 --> 00:21:48,040
for life than nature in the cycle
552
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,690
than one would on the salmon stream
553
00:21:49,690 --> 00:21:52,850
late in the fall here in Alaska.
554
00:21:52,850 --> 00:21:54,863
This is the miracle of life.
555
00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:01,580
Just an incredible sad beauty and look, he's made it back.
556
00:22:01,580 --> 00:22:03,980
He's going to make it back once more
557
00:22:03,980 --> 00:22:06,990
into the deep water to feel it around him
558
00:22:06,990 --> 00:22:08,593
once more before he dies.
559
00:22:12,290 --> 00:22:13,140
There's good one.
560
00:22:16,490 --> 00:22:17,790
That's a rainbow, I think.
561
00:22:20,130 --> 00:22:22,807
But he's acting like a dolly.
562
00:22:22,807 --> 00:22:24,257
But he didn't jump.
563
00:22:27,424 --> 00:22:28,957
He's a nice rainbow.
564
00:22:28,957 --> 00:22:31,123
Oh, man.
565
00:22:31,123 --> 00:22:33,289
What a fish.
566
00:22:33,289 --> 00:22:35,402
Fishing in Alaska at this time of year
567
00:22:35,402 --> 00:22:38,990
is where the dream and the reality come together.
568
00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:40,410
This is public water.
569
00:22:40,410 --> 00:22:41,243
Public access.
570
00:22:41,243 --> 00:22:42,402
Easy to get to.
571
00:22:42,402 --> 00:22:44,500
This is an American birth right.
572
00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:45,400
If you love to fish.
573
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:46,460
If you love the outdoors,
574
00:22:46,460 --> 00:22:48,250
you've got to get to Alaska and try this.
575
00:22:48,250 --> 00:22:50,303
It is just simply wonderful.
576
00:22:52,710 --> 00:22:54,810
I suppose the Alaskans will kill me for telling you this
577
00:22:54,810 --> 00:22:56,170
but it's here,
578
00:22:56,170 --> 00:22:58,000
it's relatively cheap,
579
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,573
and it's all open to the public.
580
00:23:02,878 --> 00:23:05,040
Whoa, that was a hit.
581
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:06,023
Is that a rainbow?
582
00:23:06,023 --> 00:23:07,359
Can't be anything else.
583
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:08,909
Oh, that's a rainbow.
584
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:10,633
Hang on!
585
00:23:12,130 --> 00:23:13,710
I mean that thing almost yanked
586
00:23:13,710 --> 00:23:14,940
the rod out of my hands.
587
00:23:14,940 --> 00:23:17,430
I mean it was like wack!
588
00:23:17,430 --> 00:23:18,965
Isn't that a great feeling?
589
00:23:18,965 --> 00:23:21,974
Come to Alaska and get spoiled.
590
00:23:21,974 --> 00:23:24,940
This is the best I've ever seen.
591
00:23:24,940 --> 00:23:26,830
I'm moving to Alaska.
592
00:23:26,830 --> 00:23:30,938
from a mile down from the public access ramp.
593
00:23:30,938 --> 00:23:33,233
Nice.
594
00:23:35,487 --> 00:23:38,460
You know I think you might have a hot dolly.
595
00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:39,350
Really?
596
00:23:39,350 --> 00:23:40,783
Yeah, it's a dolly,
597
00:23:44,850 --> 00:23:46,185
Dolly?
598
00:23:46,185 --> 00:23:47,018
Yeah.
599
00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,179
If you're old bookshop fishermen like I am,
600
00:23:51,179 --> 00:23:53,489
This is a very close cousin.
601
00:23:53,489 --> 00:23:55,656
How's that for char?
602
00:23:55,656 --> 00:23:57,970
Boy, what a fish.
603
00:23:57,970 --> 00:23:58,813
What a fish!
604
00:24:00,450 --> 00:24:01,310
Public access.
605
00:24:01,310 --> 00:24:02,730
Public land.
606
00:24:02,730 --> 00:24:04,810
Alaska, the best.
607
00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:06,003
Hot stuff.
608
00:24:07,559 --> 00:24:09,000
(upbeat music)
609
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,010
Bristol Bay Alaska is home
610
00:24:11,010 --> 00:24:13,290
to the world's largest sockeye fishery.
611
00:24:13,290 --> 00:24:14,480
Here fishy fishy
612
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:16,030
Which might be the best tasting
613
00:24:16,030 --> 00:24:17,853
of all the subspecies of salmon
614
00:24:17,853 --> 00:24:20,079
and anglers that have been to Bristol Bay once
615
00:24:20,079 --> 00:24:22,233
always want to come back.
616
00:24:23,562 --> 00:24:25,393
Hello.
617
00:24:28,636 --> 00:24:30,457
Come on up and show yourself.
618
00:24:30,457 --> 00:24:33,393
It's like pulling in a Volkswagen.
619
00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:37,550
I was gonna say.
620
00:24:37,550 --> 00:24:38,490
That was awfully quick.
621
00:24:38,490 --> 00:24:39,323
Yeah.
622
00:24:40,166 --> 00:24:42,130
I'm sure he's got something else planned us here.
623
00:24:42,130 --> 00:24:44,150
I'm having flashbacks.
624
00:24:44,150 --> 00:24:45,920
15 years ago, huh?
625
00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:47,613
Absolutely.
626
00:24:47,613 --> 00:24:50,363
(fish splashing)
627
00:24:54,083 --> 00:24:55,213
Very good.
628
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:01,880
Nice one.
629
00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,670
I love seeing the healthy ones getting all the way up here.
630
00:25:04,670 --> 00:25:05,850
Gosh, they're strong.
631
00:25:05,850 --> 00:25:07,760
I guess when you get everything in the ocean chasing you,
632
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:08,910
you're bound to be strong.
633
00:25:08,910 --> 00:25:11,073
Only the strong survive.
634
00:25:11,073 --> 00:25:12,283
Nice fish.
635
00:25:13,502 --> 00:25:15,430
Thank you, girl.
636
00:25:15,430 --> 00:25:17,000
No place like Alaska.
637
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,083
Nothing even close to Alaska.
638
00:25:22,130 --> 00:25:23,630
Matt and I have been so looking forward
639
00:25:23,630 --> 00:25:25,010
to coming back to rainbow camp
640
00:25:25,010 --> 00:25:28,030
because we had the most amazing experience 15 years ago.
641
00:25:28,030 --> 00:25:28,980
We came to this river.
642
00:25:28,980 --> 00:25:30,170
So we get up there.
643
00:25:30,170 --> 00:25:31,630
We start making a couple of casts
644
00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:35,355
and Matt hooks into a beautiful big silver.
645
00:25:35,355 --> 00:25:37,000
Here we go.
646
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,010
Hey, nice chrome fish.
647
00:25:39,010 --> 00:25:40,230
A lot of fight in that beast.
648
00:25:40,230 --> 00:25:41,950
When you're connected with salmon,
649
00:25:41,950 --> 00:25:44,403
it's a much more intimate experience.
650
00:25:44,403 --> 00:25:47,930
You think how in the world is possibly going
651
00:25:47,930 --> 00:25:50,370
to work yet it works, time and time again.
652
00:25:50,370 --> 00:25:52,530
If you're hooked up here more than you're casting
653
00:25:52,530 --> 00:25:54,090
and then it's non stop action.
654
00:25:54,090 --> 00:25:55,380
There she goes.
655
00:25:55,380 --> 00:25:56,773
Sayonara.
656
00:25:56,773 --> 00:25:59,356
(upbeat music)
657
00:26:00,410 --> 00:26:02,240
There's nothing like it in this whole world.
658
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,595
You come here and it is primitive.
659
00:26:05,595 --> 00:26:09,542
We get to come to a wilderness that has remained the same.
660
00:26:09,542 --> 00:26:11,270
It's paradise.
661
00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:12,330
It's Eden.
662
00:26:12,330 --> 00:26:13,550
So it's nice to know that
663
00:26:13,550 --> 00:26:15,750
when so much has changed in the world,
664
00:26:15,750 --> 00:26:17,310
it's great to come back to a place
665
00:26:17,310 --> 00:26:19,980
where it is even better than it was 15 years ago.
666
00:26:19,980 --> 00:26:22,570
The memories, frankly, are pale in comparison
667
00:26:22,570 --> 00:26:23,640
to the reality of the place.
668
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:25,203
So that's Alaska.
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