| Alaska is the last great outdoors refuge, which | | | | located in a parking lot somewhere, the fishing |
| means there is unique hunting and fishing | | | | would still be great. Charter boats leave the |
| opportunities. Let's talk about fishing in Homer, | | | | harbor to pull huge halibut and salmon from the |
| Alaska. | | | | icy waters while inland the streams and lakes are |
| It has always been a part of the nature of an | | | | so full of trout and other game fish that you will |
| American to seek the wilderness. In the early | | | | strain your back catching them. The fishing |
| days of our country, the wilderness was usually | | | | potential of Homer takes a second seat to |
| just over the next hill. It was this drive toward | | | | nowhere in the world. |
| the wilderness that moved our country ever | | | | Still the fishing in Homer, Alaska is only half of the |
| westward. This drive is still alive in us today | | | | story. The other half is Alaska itself. The frontier |
| although the wilderness is not over the next hill | | | | spirit of the people and the mind boggling beauty |
| anymore. It pulls us still though. If you want to | | | | of the scenery make the Alaskan fishing |
| experience it, there is still a place in the United | | | | adventure unique. There is a downside. Alaska is |
| States where it can be found. | | | | not does not really have the year round potential |
| The small town of Homer, Alaska sits on the tip | | | | of the warmer vacation spots and you have to |
| of the Kanai Peninsula about 225 miles from the | | | | plan your trip within a comparably small good |
| City of Anchorage. The Kanai Peninsula juts out | | | | weather window. |
| into the cold waters of the North Pacific Ocean | | | | It also is not right next door, but that is a small |
| and represents one of the last true wilderness | | | | price to pay for what waits at the end of the |
| frontiers of America. It is also a really great place | | | | journey. You just need to plan it right and you |
| to fish. Fishing in Homer, Alaska encompasses the | | | | can have an adventure of a lifetime. If you want |
| full spectrum of what makes fishing such a great | | | | to make a list of the 100 things you really ought |
| sport. It is not just the variety of fishing available, | | | | to do before you die, put a fishing trip to Alaska |
| but also the surroundings. | | | | on the list. Then try to cross it off as soon as |
| The fishing is good enough. If Homer were | | | | possible. You will never regret it. |