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AlpenView's 2004 Season Review
People, Places and Dates
The following is a who, when and where
overview of the 2004 season. An asterisk (*) is placed after a persons name if they are a repeat
visitor. The asterisk is red (*) if they are veterans of three or more trips with
our organization. We are honored by the continued patronage of
our guests and blessed with the continued help of our friends
and staff.
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Our king/sockeye season
at the camp was a blur! The run produced a record 24,000+ kings
and 250,000+ sockeye. We produced an amazing 15 kings per day
per angler from June 5 to July 7.
6/8/04 114 king salmon to 6 rods in one day!
6/16/04 170 king salmon to 5 rods in one day!
6/21/04 216 king salmon to 6 rods in one day!
That's some good stuff.
Right: Pinky and the flag.
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Out Camp June 10th-15th, 2004
Leonard Ertle * Northglenn,
CO
Greg Kitzmiller - Lakewood, CO
Levi Pike - Littleton, CO
Rick Olcott - La Center, WA
James Olcott - La Center, WA
Pinky Gray * Carson City, NV
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Out Camp June 15th-20th, 2004
Pinky Gray *
Carson City, NV
Bob Price *
Boise, ID
Steve Price * Garden City,
ID
Les Palmer - AK
Dennis Frome *
Lake Oswego, OR
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Out Camp June 20th - 25th, 2004
Frank Varriale *
Boise, ID
Brent Varriale *
Fruitland, ID
Ed Bews * Boise,
ID
Bill Davis *
Boise, ID
Keith Demond * ID
Brian Demond - ID
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Out Camp June 25th - 30th, 2004
Dave Case *
Portland, OR
David Case Jr. *
Hood River, OR
Elmer Case *
Portland, OR
Glen Case - Tigard, OR
Margaret Case - New York, NY
Joan Griffith - Portland, OR
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Out Camp June 30th - July 5th, 2004
Lyle Nelson - Washougal, WA
Debbie Nelson - Washougal, WA
Tom Berry - Atlanta, GA
Janet Berry - Atlanta, GA
Craig Schauder - Huntersville, NC
Stewart Schauder - Plymouth, MI
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Out Camp and Lodge, July 5th - July
12th, 2004
Jack and Lorna Zalaha - Port Ludlow, WA
Tim Clapp - Julian, NC
John Kim * Mcleansville, NC
Josh and Jesse Kim - Mcleansville, NC
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At the lodge our salt and freshwater
silver fishing was fantastic. Large schools of silvers were smacking
bait off the east side of Kodiak Is. by mid July. Larry Treece,
of Denver Colorado, was the lone angler on our boat July 16,
2004. We put Larry on a bite of halibut and silvers that he will
not soon forget. Silvers, while feeding on bait fish in saltwater,
are extremely aggressive! We suggest you don't fish with two
flies unless your planing a double hookup by yourself.
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As the summer progressed the silvers made there way to our estuaries
in record numbers. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game opened
up river fisheries (normally closed to protect spawners) early
because of the large run. Estuary fly fishing was on fire during
the last of August through mid September.
The halibut bite was a good one as well. Mr. Halibut himself,
Pinky Gray of Carson City, Nevada, pulled of a repeat of his
old trick. In August of 2001, Craig Walkowski landed a fine 150#
halibut. While we were celebrating Craig's catch, Pinky hooked
up and landed the seasons biggest, 200#. Craig and Pinky were
together again in September of this year. Craig hooked a great
fish in shallow water. The fish ran for a kelp covered reef and
it was all Craig could do to stop it. After a complete circumnavigation
of the boat we finally landed Craig's 150# halibut. Moments later
Pinky did it again! He hooked, a fish while we were taking pictures
and shaking hands with Craig. Pinky fought his 200# Halibut to
the boat for pictures and release.
It was a good season for Halibut on the fly. We were able to
score for all fly fishers who gave it a go. I, Dave Jones, landed
my personal best. Fishing 50 feet of water, I used a Teeny 350
saltwater line, a 10wt Sage and my own Rabid Rabbit fly to boat
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Lodge, July 17th - July 21th, 2004
Larry * and Vicki Treece -
Denver, CO
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Lodge, August 9th - August 14th,
2004
Will Lucke - Littleton, CO
Hoil French - Littleton, CO
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Lodge, August 14th - August 21st,
2004
Charlie Ryan * Lima, OH
Michael Ryan
David Dray * Lima, OH
Noah Dray
Michah Dray
Jim Reber * Lima, OH
Paul Scheiwiller - Lima, OH
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Lodge, August 21st - August 28th,
2004
Ray Sirois * Shapleigh, ME
Moe Thibault * Hollis, NH
Bernie Beaudoin - Overland Park, KS
Chick Forrence * Nashua, NH
Bret Gunnell - Denver, CO
Bob Gunnell
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Lodge, August 28th - September
4th, 2004
Craig Walkowski *
Rockaway, NJ
Ed Walkowski * Wharton, NJ
Pinky Gray * Carson
City, NV
Joe Toth * Carson City, NV
Jim Jacobsen * Novato, CA
Fritz Jorg * Poulsbo, WA
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Lodge, September 4th - September 11th,
2004
Ray Cyr * Caribou Woodland,
ME
Henning Melvej * Nampa, ID
Bret Mattinson * Othello, WA
Karl Adams - Appleton, WI
Dean Stetson - Lethbridge, Alberta
Mike Guthrie - Nampa, ID
Lindsey Olcott - La Center, WA
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Lodge, September 11th- September
18th, 2004
Peder Kolind - Grenada, Nicaragua
Lars Kolind - Bradstrup, Denmark
Thomas Lund * Vedbak, Denmark
Jerry Cook * Aptos, CA
Niels Due Jensen * Bjerringbro,
Denmark
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