Michael Bales

Another season of guiding in AK has started!

Remote tundra streams, large rainbow trout, Brown bears and float planes...It doesn't get much better than this! Fishing on such fabled waters as the Kvichak River, The Naknek river, Lower Talarik Creek and the American to name a few. This is truly a guide's dream, having the opportunity to take people on their fishing adventure of a lifetime. Whether casting dry flies to rising trout and grayling or swinging big leeches on sink tips for Monster 'bows and Salmon, it is the type of fishing that dreams are made of.

I will, however, miss my wonderful home waters of the Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon during my absence. While not catching world class rainbows and salmon on the fly, I will be day-dreaming of tailing redfish and monster sea-trout on those pristine Florida flats!

The rivers here are all fishing great and we are already starting to see the first Sockeye salmon returning to Bristol Bay and the Lake Iliamna watershed for their annual spawning migration.

I urge all of you to take time and visit these websites to understand the critical habitat being jeopardized by development in this great and vast land. We cannot let this resource be spoiled.

http://www.redgoldfilm.com/

http://www.savebristolbay.org

http://www.pebblepartnership.com

In closing, have a wonderful summer and I look forward to seeing you on the water soon. As always we are still booking charters for Florida October through May. Please feel free to call or email me if you have any questions or would like to book a trip or you can always visit us on the web at www.hotfishcharters.com.

Life is Short, Get out there and GO FISHING!

Capt Mike.

352-255-8175

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Jose Marti form Chile
Jose Marti form Chile

Contact Jose at www.chileonthefly.com
Contact Jose at www.chileonthefly.com


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Michael Bales

About The Author: Captain Michael Bales

Company: HotFish Charters

Area Reporting: Charleston South Carolina

Bio: Native Floridian Capt Michael Bales has been fishing for over 25 years and full time professionally guiding for 10.I have been lucky enough to have fished and guided waters all over the world to include AK, the Rocky Mountain west, TN, NC, GA, and FL! Even a brief period as a Taimen and Trout guide while living in Europe! While not guiding in Alaska, you can find Capt Mike silently poling the waters of Mosquito Lagoon, Indian River Lagoon and the Canveral National seashore looking for Redfish or perhaps on the pristine flats of Homosassa in search of Tarpon. Having been an Alaska Professional Guide for 5 years guiding for all five species of Pacific Salmon, Steelhead, World-Class Rainbow trout and Halibut on Shelikopf straits in Cook Inlet. He has experience operating jet boats, float rafts and drift boats in remote coastal rivers of Alaska, as well as offshore boats and inshore boats in Florida.

352.255.8175
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