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Santa Catalina Island

<p>My family has come to Catalina for vacations and outings for many years. My dad was always a scuba diver hunting for lobsters or yellowtail and white Seabass.￼￼</p>
<p>I recently got scuba certified and now I get to explore the underwater world. It is really quite phenomenal and words don't do it justice.￼ </p>
<p>A dream of mine is to go to the Galápagos Islands and snorkel or scuba with the only ocean-going lizards, the marine iguanas.</p>

<h1>Here we have a Mola Mola, or Ocean Sunfish.</h1>
<h2>The guy was just chilling on the surface of the ocean warming its body with the sunlight. I'm surprised that it totally didn't mind that we drove up to it. It looked so care free.</h2>

<p>Here we have some dolphins swimming with the boat. This is actually common and something they do to play. Dolphins are really such majestic creatures. It never gets old.￼￼</p>

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Trips to Catalina Island — @undefined's mag on Magma

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Travel

Wood-Tikchik State Park

<p>Fishing Bear Lodge sits at the juncture of the Peace River and Lake Beverly, deep within the 1.6 million acre Wood-Tikchik State Park, the largest such park in the country. Sixty air miles north of Dillingham, the lodge is in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by lakes, forests, and mountains. My kind of place!</p>
<p>Justin and Lisa Johns own and operate the lodge, a family operation accommodating a maximum of eight guests per week. Fishing opportunities include rainbow trout (including the renowned Agulapak River), Arctic grayling, Arctic char, and northern pike. You might catch a Dolly varden or a sockeye salmon, too.</p>
<p>Wood-Tikchik State Park boasts some of North America's most spectacular scenery. You'll be living in the middle of it. You'll see some wildlife, so be ready. Cameras are highly recommended!</p>
<p>To visit their website and get more information about Fishing Bear Lodge, visit <u><a href="https://www.fishingbearlodge.com/">https://www.fishingbearlodge.com</a></u>.</p>

Alaska’s Fishing Bear Lodge — @undefined's mag on Magma

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Whale Pass

<p>The Lodge at Whale Pass</p>
<p>Located at the north end of Prince of Wales Island, water surrounds the Lodge at Whale Pass. That water includes the Pacific Ocean and the Inland Passage. Some small streams, that nonetheless support great fisheries, are found there, too.</p>
<p>In addition to fishing, the Lodge at Whale Pass offers hiking, biking, caving, wildlife watching for birds, bears, and marine mammals, trips to the LeConte Glacier, and more. You find incredible scenery. You can't get bored there!</p>
<p>It was my privilege to work there three seasons as a guide. I captured these images during that time.</p>
<p>Contact the Lodge at Whale Pass at <u><a href="https://lodgeatwhalepass.com/">https://lodgeatwhalepass.com</a></u>.</p>

<p>There are many hikes on the island. This one takes you to Red Bay Lake.</p>

The Lodge at Whale Pass, Alaska — @undefined's mag on Magma

King Salmon

<h1>A Visit to Alaska’s Katmai Lodge</h1>

<p>A Visit to Alaska's Katmai Lodge</p>
<p>Katmai Lodge, located on Alaska's wild and scenic Alagnak River, offers visitors world-class fishing for trout, salmon, and grayling. They offer so much more.</p>
<p>You'll eat well, including shore lunches of freshly caught grilled salmon.</p>
<p>Watch incredible wildlife from your boat, on the river. You see brown bear, moose, fox, birds of all kinds. Fly out to Brooks Falls to see the largest concentration of brown bears on the planet.</p>
<p>As if fishing in the Alagnak was not enough, you can fly out and fish other streams, too.</p>
<p>Visit the ruins of the Russian Orthodox church, downstream from the lodge. The original Bible still sits on the altar.</p>
<p>If this isn't enough, staff can arrange helicopter tours and more. A trip to Katmai Lodge is the trip of a lifetime.</p>
<p>For more information visit the Katmai Lodge website at <a href="https://www.katmai.com">https://www.katmai.com</a> </p>

A visit to Alaska’s Katmai Lodge. — @undefined's mag on Magma

Camping

Florida

<h2>A Trip on Florida's Big Bend Paddling Trail</h2>

<p>Running tenuously along a portion of Florida's Gulf Coast, the Big Bend Paddling Trail snakes its way from the Aucilla River to Yankeetown. It's 160 mostly undeveloped miles of wild coastline, dominated by salt marsh, oysters, and turtle grass flats. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission maintains the northern section of the trail, the Florida Park Service the southern part.</p>
<p>Mike Conneen and I paddled a portion, from the Aucilla River to Steinhatchee. Although it was only 70 miles, fierce headwinds made every day but one a lengthy and tiring battle with the elements. We both agreed it was the toughest trip we had ever taken. In spite of that we had time to catch some fish and observe nature. We both agreed it was a trip well worth taking.</p>
<p>To get more information to help with your own trip planning, visit the FWC website at <a href="https://myfwc.com/recreation/lead/big-bend/paddling-trail/">https://myfwc.com/recreation/lead/big-bend/paddling-trail/</a> .</p>

Paddling Florida’s Big Bend — @undefined's mag on Magma

Anchorage

<h1>ALASKA</h1>
<p>Everybody wants to visit.</p>
<p>Goodnews River Lodge sits at the edge of the Goodnews River, five miles from the village of Goodnews Bay, ten miles from the icy waters of the Bering Sea. Anchorage is almost 400 miles distant.</p>

<p>The weather can be terrible or awe-inspiring, or sometimes both at once.</p>
<p>The bugs might try to suck you dry, but often there are none at all.</p>

A visit to Alaska’s Goodnews River Lodge — @undefined's mag on Magma

<h1>Fly Fishing Florida's Everglades by Paddle</h1>
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<h2>When people think about the Everglades, waving oceans of sawgrass typically come to mind. You can find that there. But the Gulf of Mexico washes scores of miles of Everglades National Park shores. You find the world's healthiest mangrove forests here.</h2>

<p>Exploring those forests by paddling, carrying  fly rod, equals great adventure. If you want to fully explore this vast area by paddle, you must camp.</p>
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<p>By doing this you can observe the intracacies of this fantastic ecosystem.</p>

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  <h1>You see lots of wildlife.</h1>
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<h2>For more information, see my book, <strong>Fishing Florida by Paddle</strong>, published by the History Press. https://www.spottedtail.com/fishing-florida-by-paddle/</h2>

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