March 5th dawned clear and not as cold-only 8 below zero. So once again we hooked up our sled and headed out. This time we headed across the sound and up the Noatak river a ways. We did a bit of fishing but again, it's still a little early in the season. We are however venturing farther and farther out on our forays which is something we did not do much of in the past as we did not have two dependable snowmachines.
We do now.
The Aurora Borealis has been out this week and it has been spectacular. It comes and goes rapidly some nights and you just have to be lucky and catch it at the right time. The night of March 7th about 10:30pm, we did!
For the first time since we came to Alaska we were able to clearly see colors other than green. Click on upper right picture and you will see what I mean.
These pictures need no explanation.
Saturday March 12th we headed out again. We kept hearing rumors of people catching fish but we have not seen anyone fishing or any evidence on our travels of people fishing. We continued on our quest this time traveling 14 miles out on the frozen sound and closer to the north shore. We chose a spot at random and drilled a couple of holes.
This time we scored.
I caught the first one-my only one but Patty finished the day with three. We invited friends and had a good feed that night.
We continue enjoying the warmer weather and our search for the elusive Sheefish. This endeavor occurred Sunday March 20th. This time we found others fishing near the mouth of the Noatak River 8 miles across the sound. We fished for a couple of hours without catching anything and when the wind picked up blowing the snow around, we headed back in.
We still had fun.
Just a few shots from the apartment.
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.jpg "A quick stop at the post office for our mail. That is front street with the frozen sound along with the mountains beyond visible.")
.jpg "One of the marked trails leads out from right in front of the post office to Sisolik on the north shore.")
.jpg "Out on the Noatak river fishing.")
.jpg "The shore from the middle of the frozen river.")
.jpg "A closer view of Patty soaking up a bit of serenity.")
.jpg "We were about 3-400 yards from the bluffs.")
.jpg "Arctic wilderness for hundreds of miles in that direction.")
.jpg "The Noatk river along with our tracks-the only ones visible.")
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.jpg "Patty with her first Sheefish which was also the smallest.")
.jpg "A much bigger one this time!")
.jpg "About a 12 pounder. Pattys \"hook\" lies on the snow on the left. She is wearing her seal skin mukluks.")
.jpg "A nice Sheefish!")
.jpg "Me awaiting the next bite with my \"hook\" and ice skimmer visible.")
.jpg "Those bluffs are about a mile to a mile and a half away and contain camps among the trees.")
.jpg "Our tracks are the only ones visible leading off to the south shore in the far distance.")
.jpg "Patty is ready to go.")
.jpg "My machine with the sled behind.")
.jpg "Four Sheefish ranging from about 4 pounds to 12 pounds.")
.jpg "They kind of look like tarpons in shape and have an odd shaped head with large mouths.")
.jpg "That icicle is over 6 feet long and probably 8-12 inches around.")
.jpg "The view from the dining room window towards Swan Lake.")
.jpg "Our living room window.")
.jpg "Our 4 wheelers in the snow contrasted by some of our plants.")
.jpg "Patty's Ski-do dusted in fresh snow.")
.jpg "My Arcitc Cat awaits the next run.")
.jpg "Our dining room window with the view towards the boat harbor.")