Thread: Eagle in tree, Chilkat River, Alaska
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Default Eagle in tree, Chilkat River, Alaska
On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:07:08 -0400, wrote:

The biggest difference between the Estero River and the Chikat is
ROCKS. We have some oysters but those Alaskan rivers are solid rock
bottoms. The Inuit fisherman who ran the B&B in Cooper Landing had a
Merc outboard with a jet drive on the toughest looking aluminum boat I
have ever seen. He said that was the only thing that would hold up in
those rivers.

We were on the boat in the background with twin jet drive Yamahas.
The hull is very much like an overgrown Carolina Skiff made with
aluminum.

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3689/dsc0029ulr.jpg

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