Salmon Lake Trip

I took Thursday off of work and Sarah and I drove 35 miles up the road to Salmon Lake. The hope was to do some fishing, but the lake was frozen, so we just enjoyed the tundra in all of it’s new summer colors.




The actual road. There are 3 roads leading out of Nome.




Me driving Peter's truck. He was on vacation and loaned me the truck for the day.

This is the river out side of Salmon Lake. It was a cloudy, rainy day.

The actual lake. As you can see, there is still ice in the midde. There was not enough unfrozen area to try to fish.

Sarah and I. Sarah is one of the nurses.

Sarah feeling the same way as I about getting out of town.

It has only been in the last week that the tundra is starting to green up. We have had rain for a week so all the plants are taking advantage and trying to bloom.

All the new flowers are in bloom.

Me and my new fishing boots. Up here I had to buy insutlated ones to keep from freezing. I also have to wear wool sox and put warmers in the toes if I plan to stay in the water very long.

Sarah holding MY fish. They were only biting with the fly rod. This is a Greyling. They live to be about 30 years old and there is a limit on how many of the bigger fish you can have. This is they only state where I have lived that you have to throw a fish back because it is too big. (anything over 18 inches goes back)

The greyling in the water. These are fun fish to catch, they really put up a good fight.

Notice the large dorsal fin. This is how you know what type you caught.

One more of the fish, out of the water.

At the end of the day, I caught 3 total fish. As is normal for me, I also filled my boots with water, came home totally soaked but had a beer and a great time!