Well our Christmas present is a welcome warm spell. It's up to 5 below this morning... that's after 93 years of minus 40 it seems like. I doubt it will last long though.

When are you heading out for the winter Ken?

As soon as i find out whether I can land there. been waiting for a report on that for a couple weeks but conditions just haven't been conducive to flying. Maybe we'll get a break now.

Merry Christmas from the Gash!

2nd time in a lot of years I can remember the river frozen all the way across right in front of our house. Very fast moving water and usually takes 40 below to freeze it up. Must be the prolonged cold.

Hi guys and merry xmas! As you can see I'm back. Drug my feet since there was a glich and my acc got wiped out but I am here now. Rough year for me loosing my sister, getting skunked moose hunting and getting a late start trapping this year do to some wacky weather. I'm am having one of my best starts on cats but think it may be do to them peaking in my area. Much more mature catch's and sign but ALOT less rabbits. Headed up into the hills in search of wolverine, only to find someone was alreay there. Not a total loss, got to meet another great trapper and friend. Got to go turn some hides now, heading out in the am to check, I'll start a journel soon...

Oh and I still have my best trapping partner in the world going with me on the line...little Kara.

Keep us posted Steve. Love to see Kara's photos on the line. Sorry also to hear about your loss.

Good to see you back Steve, missed your posts with your girls! Sorry to hear about your loss. I'm looking forward to your journal. Ted

It's good to see you back here TB. I am sorry to hear about your loss.

I'm looking forward to seeing pics of Lucky Kara this winter!

Holy smokes !! 5 Lbs of Halibut for $130.00 !!!


That's expensive!!!!

How much would it cost if you flew up here and caught it yourself ???

The cost of a trip to Alaska ??

Priceless !!!

Here is a big tom I picked up yesterday..


its - 20 here this morning..coldest so far this year.

Nice looking one!

It finally made it to a high of -20 yesterday and only a low of -30 last night, lol!

Thanks.....
and yes I got lucky when I picked a place to spend the winters..but we do gets some awsome windchills...

Hey guys on those cats, when you have a long check say a week, do they succumb to the cold? I would assume you don't want that because of the potential of fur damage by other critters.
In other words do you do anything to keep them alive.

No it dont bother them a bit..

They will eat if you have enough for them. But a week is no problem.

-4 when I went to bed. Woke up it was +22 and they are predicting rain by afternoon.

Thanks guys, if I cut sign this weekend then I'll set.

UBob I suppose that means snow for us in SC pretty soon then.

SW:
In terms of weather the longer I live here the less I know what normal is. I knew I shouldn't of gotten the snowmobile tuned up.