Alaska Fishing-The Alaska Peninsula

Fishing in Alaska is just around the corner. Shortly big king salmon will be entering the rivers where they were born for spawning. Later sockeyes, chums, silvers, and silvers will also enter their birthplaces. Giant char, dolly varden, and rainbow trout follow these spawners gorging themselves on their eggs.

Perhaps the best fishing in the entire state of Alaska takes place on the remote Alaska Peninsula. Here Gary LaRose operates one of the best lodges on the Alaska Peninsula for fishing and hunting.

LaRose offers king salmon and sockeye salmon beginning in June. Later in August, the best silver salmon fishing on this planet takes place on the Cinder River which is about a 15 minute flight from the lodge. Here you will see no other fishermen other than those in your group and those on 4 legs (brown bears),

Gary operates Pumice Creek Lodge which is approx 376 air miles east of Anchorage and 86 air miles south of King Salmon. He caters to small groups of 6 and offers daily flyouts to the hotspots. The LaRose Guide Service started in 1967 with Gary's dad guiding clients, so Gary has been involved with fishing and hunting his entire life.

Gary also offers world class moose , brown bear, and Canadian goose hunting.

Clients are housed in a spacious building and ample meals such as prime rib, steaks, moose steaks, fresh salmon are provided in abundance by LaRose.

I have fished the Alaska Peninsula for the past 22 years for silver salmon and can highly boost of the fishing at the Cinder River and of Pumice Creek Lodge.

Book now for the 2011 and 2012 season. Check out Gary's new website at http://www.garylarose.com/

CUCU lures for Giant La Zona Dorado

When you arrive at La Zona and the water levels are higher than ideal, fear not. Attach a local CUCU lure and either cast or troll over the submerged rocks and hold tight to your rod. My group has had much success with the "Shorty" model in black. This lure puts out a very tight vibration so hold onto the rod very tight as a monster dorado is a matter of seconds away from exploding on your lure.

Uruguay River for Monster Golden Dorado

Looking to catch a monster golden dorado. Well look no further than Untamed Angling which operates a lodge fishing the Uruguay River in a section known as "La Zona" near the El Salto Grade Dam. Here the largest dorado in the world swim. Untamed Angling is operated by CEO Marcelo Perez and sales manger Rodrigo Salles. They also run numerous exotic fishing lodges around the world, http://www.untamedangling.com/.

At La Zona, Untamed Angling control 2 permits issued by the Argentina government which allows 4 anglers to fish Friday to Monday for the largest dorado in the world.

Here you will be guided by head guides Enzo Rico and Elvis with assistant guides Ramiro Piro and Jorgito Buffa. These are top of the line English speaking guides who know where the monster dorado roam.

Having fished with Untamed Angling in La Zona for 5 years, I highly recommend this fishing trip to all.

For booking info contact Steve Yatomi at www. adventuretravelalliance.com

La Zona update for April 15 to 18

Had the opportunity to fish my favorite destination in the world, La Zona, "Home of the Monster Dorado". La Zona is located on a section of the Uruguay River boarding Argentina and Uruguay. Here the largest dorado in the world swim.

I fished with friends Cole Lundquist, Chuck Boylan, and Kevin Cleary.

Kevin led the way with a monster 50lbs dorado which is the largest caught by a member of my group for 5 years of fishing here.

I landed my largest ever in a giant 48lbs beast!

Cole landed a nice 40lbs.

IN all we landed 16 trophies over 30lbs in difficult water conditions as the clarity was very poor but improving each day. Also 3 out 4 days we had rain and wind.

Best lures were cd18 rapalas and mag 30 rapalas in firetiger.

La Zona has the best guides in the world with head guide Enzo leading the way with helper Jorgito Buffa. In the other boat, head guide is Elvis with Ramiro helping out.

Book this trip now for 2012. Contact Steve Yatomi at http://www.adventuretravelalliance.com/

GIANT SIAMESE CARP

The Giant Siamese Carp is "the mother of all carp"! It grows to an enormous size. The Siamese Carps appearance changes during the course of it's lifetime. As a young fish its body looks immature but mscular, and colors are often pale with vivid red flashes throughout its fins. With age, the fins begin to darken and it starts to take on a mature maternal shape with a full body and weights start to increase very rapidly. I can testify the strength and fighting abilities of these Carp having caught a few with Capt. Francois Helias at fishasia@ksc.th.com during my recent trip to Thailand.

ARAPAIMA

The Arapaima is the largest freshwater scaled fish. It grows to enormous sizes sometimes reaching the middle hundred pound mark. It is also well known for its fighting ability. The Arapaima boasts scales up to a couple of inches across, tinted in anything from iridescent olive greens to charcoal blacks and bright silver and with increasing amounts of scarlet red tipping each scale.Many locals often use the scales as files or to sharpen knives, etc.. It has a body similar to a pike.

In the Amazon they are called Piraracu with the current record being 286lbs 9oz landed on the Rio Negro in Brazil. While targeting species such as peacock bass, Piraracu are often seen gulping air! They are very difficult to hook especially on artifical lures.

The Arapaima is an Introduced Species into many of the ponds of Thailand. Here your odds greatly increase of landing this species then fishing in the Amazon.

Capt. Francois Helias based out of Bangkok, Thailand knows when and where to land this monster. Get in touch with him at fishasia@ksc.th.com plus check out his site at

http://www.anglingthailand.com/

PENDING IGFA RECORDS FROM THAILAND

Capt. Jean-Francois Helias of http://www.anglingthailand.com/ has recently caught or guided 3 potential IGFA records which have been submitted for approval.

First Capt Francois landed a potential record Tinfoil Barb which weighed in at 0.49kg.

Secondly Francois guided UK angler Natalie Carter to a 7.43kg Sorubim which will qualify as a Junior Angler Female Category record.

Thirdly and not to be outdone by her sister, Courtnery Carter landed a 8.73kg Alligator Gar which will also qualify in the Junior Angler Female Category.

Capt. Francois has guided hundreds to record fish. Give him a call at (668) 1 846 98 94 or write him at fishasia@ksc.th.com and you might get your name in the Record Book!