Landscape & scenery photos from the Gulkana River
A Bonaparte's Gull cruises low over a rapids.
This isn't quite the size of salmon I was looking for on this trip...
Date AddedJul 19, 2007
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
There's a fish-cleaning table right IN the river at this landing. Driving out on the gravel bar is the norm, too. It was a good place to field-dress my sockeye salmon. Tossing the guts out into the river has them devoured by hungry gulls within seconds. That's illegal in many places, but in Alaska it's the preferred way of dealing with fish waste: these ecosystems are driven by dead salmon and fully equipped to deal with it.
Our campsite. Although nobody in their right mind walks the trail we took in to the river, the fishing spot and campsite see quite a bit of traffic from people doing a popular 4-5 day float trip.
Date AddedJul 21, 2016
CameraNIKON 1 AW1
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