Join Scott Watley and Kevin Flesch for a special on-location episode of Sportsman of Colorado recorded live at the Wild Alaskan Lodge in Pelican, Alaska. This unforgettable self-guided fishing adventure features stories of monster halibut, stunning Alaskan scenery, and a tight-knit lodge community that treats every guest like family. Hear interviews with lodge owners Jason and Melanie, lodge staff (including the legendary “Mad Dog”), and guests from across the country as they recount their experiences with whales, harpoons, and home-cooked ribs. Whether you’re a hardcore angler or just dreaming of your bucket-list trip, this episode will make you want
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Welcome to Sportsman of Colorado, Colorado’s premier outdoor radio show heard every Saturday afternoon on KLZ 560 with insights on hunting, fishing, archery, guns, and ammo from Colorado’s top outfitters featuring the industry’s leading experts on how to enhance your experience in the great outdoors. Now, here’s your host, Scott Watley.
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Welcome to Sportsman Colorado. Thank you so much for joining us today. Glad to have my good buddy Kevin Flesch with us. Kevin, how are you?
SPEAKER 09 :
I am great, Scott. Still a glow from our trip to Alaska.
SPEAKER 06 :
Bud, my hands are still in splints from having to reel so much, man. I’ll tell you, you about turned me into half a fisherman, man. I don’t know why. I know it. I mean, a quarter of a fisherman. Man, I’m telling you what, we had such a great time at the Wild Alaskan Lodge in Pelican, Alaska, and kevin i know it’s the first few minutes here with you so i’m gonna let you take a couple of minutes here and kind of give your thoughts and we’re going to go to some interviews that we did there live at the wild alaskan lodge last week so a little of your perspective of our trip yeah i thought it was a fantastic trip and i think um being away you know getting back and getting back to work and doing the things we need to do you start thinking about a trip like that and
SPEAKER 09 :
And it was really a fun experience to go. There’s something about guiding yourself and being able to have the freedom to do what you want. And the fact that we got to fish basically 12 hours a day for five days in a row. I mean, a lot of fishing. But I think with regard to your experience, you haven’t done a whole lot of fishing. And you know what? You really progressed in the different types of fishing that we did. while we were there. Um, and, and there was a real sort of, you clicked on some of the things, you know, when you were doing the sharp shooting over the schools of fish and you drop down and, you know, just getting the feel of, oh my gosh, am I getting bottom or does a fish have my lure? You know, and we did a lot of that. Um, and that was so much fun. Um, I think the, the fact that they give you the opportunity, they give you, um, some idea of where the fish may be. And then they sort of turn you loose and you’re just out in the ocean. I had a buddy of mine, I was telling him about it and he’s like, wait a second, they give you a boat and they let you just go out into the open ocean. And it’s like, well, yeah, when you say it that way, that’s what they do. I mean, when we were fishing for halibut and 250 feet of water, we were, I mean, we could see land, but it was a ways away. A long way. And so the experience that we had and all the wildlife and everything else that we had the ability to encounter was really incredible.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. And so glad Janet, your wife, got to go. A good buddy of ours, David Fields, got to go. And we’re going to be getting, as soon as schedules allow, I’ll get Janet in here and David and kind of go through the whole thing. But basically, it is a self-guided trip, which you don’t hear a lot about that in Alaska due to what Kevin just said. I mean, hey, there’s a lot going on in Alaska. We’re not going to Cherry Creek Reservoir or something, you know. But I’m telling you, great food. um we’ll go through all the lodging things that they offer there because there’s a lot to explain there in detail and we just don’t have time to do that today but it’s the wild alaskan lodge and it is um a beautiful beautiful spot uh there in pelican alaska you can catch a catamaran boat out of juno and uh or a float plane ride and get you over there and then it is great days of fishing and uh You can see Alaska your way. And that’s the main thing we want to put it out there for you this week. So when we come back, we’re going to hit some interviews that we did there. And then, again, we’ll keep you abreast here on social media. We’ll be airing our big interview with all of us that went and get into more of the details about just a. absolute great time at the Wild Alaskan Lodge. So, Kevin, I think your big question is to us most of the time, Scott, do you have a fish? I don’t know. Are you on the bottom? I don’t know. Because it did take a while, but then after a while, man, you get to getting it, you know?
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, you got it figured out. You got it figured out really well. And that’s part of it, too, is that there were just so many fish. I mean, I think about… we had a little bit of a struggle the first couple of days, but that second day when we got onto a group of fish and we were just all three of us on the back of the boat, just one right after the other giggling, like little, little elementary school kids with bluegills or something like that. And we were catching some nice fish. So it was, you know, it was a really fun trip. And the other thing that’s really nice about the lodge is reasonably priced because you don’t have a guide. And so, you know, they pass that, that onto you in the way of pricing. And so spectacular. You’re able to take probably your family in this situation if you have the skills to guide yourself. Yep.
SPEAKER 06 :
30 seconds on your king salmon.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. So, okay. 30 seconds. So I bought a week king stamp, not the annual king stamp.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. I bought the annual.
SPEAKER 09 :
That’s a story for another day. But we were doing that same thing. We weren’t trolling for them. We’d get over a school of fish that we thought were salmon. And we would basically drop down with these laser lures. They’re basically a piece of metal with a hook on it. Kind of looks like a dying herring or something else. And the fish would just come up and grab them. It was crazy. So I had this king hit the spoon and took off. And basically, I had to go around the boat. And finally got the king to the net. Janet netted it, did a great job. We had a good netting class before she netted that fish and ended up being one of the bigger, if not the biggest king for the week. I think it was 21 pounds, 37, 36, 37 inches. Just a beautiful fish and a heck of a fight. And because they are dynamic when they get up in the top of the water column. that 10 feet, they just take off and they take line and there’s nothing you can do. You just have to wait for them to wear themselves out. But pretty fun. It was quite the fire drill for about five or ten minutes and got it to the net and got it in the boat. So spectacular fish. And you can look on Facebook. We definitely had some pictures of that fish up on the website.
SPEAKER 06 :
For sure. All right. Hey, don’t go anywhere. Got some great interviews coming up from the Wild Alaskan Lodge just this last week. Kevin Flesch, myself, his wife Janet, David Fields will join us on a future interview. So it’s the Wild Alaskan Lodge coming up next.
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Welcome to Sportsman of Colorado. Thank you so much for joining us today. We are at the world headquarters of the Wild Alaskan Lodge. And Kevin Flesch joins me. And we are actually recording here at the lodge. We are on day three of our trip. You’ve heard us talk about this for a number of months now. And first of all, Kevin. It’s the middle of the week. We’re just getting our groove on. We still have days to fish. It is cool. Getting things figured out.
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We have to remind everybody it’s self-guided.
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It is self-guided, and we’re going to talk about that a lot. And Jason and Melanie are going to start us off here, and then we’re going to get some other guests on. And then you’re going to be hearing a lot about this trip over the next several weeks and really throughout. the next 12 months. All right. We, this is a, a very unusual place in a lot of ways. Um, what Kevin just said, you know, a lot of, uh, folks go to the expos, Kevin, different shows. And to be honest, I’ve never seen a self-guided one at an expo. Okay. So it was very unique. Uh, when we saw Melanie and Jason, uh, the first time a year ago, um, You know, and then got to plan this and be here. So give a proper welcome, Jason. Good to see you. Yeah. Good to see you guys. Melanie, it’s hard to believe we’re here doing this interview.
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I know. I’ve been waiting forever.
SPEAKER 06 :
18 months. 18 months. We were talking about it.
SPEAKER 17 :
It’s been a long time.
SPEAKER 06 :
You guys were on the road a lot and all the show season and different things. And then. And, Jase, I know you’ve talked about it with us, but for our audience, Melanie’s kind of been on the show more than you, so she’s hogged the microphone a little more. But tell us how this all came about, man, and your dream of having this.
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So we’d been fishing this area for the last 18, 20 years and had a few friends and buddies. Like, you know, you really should, as much as you know about the area… And how to fish for the certain species of fish kind of helped push me to start looking for a place. And we found this piece of property in Pelican in 23 and started construction. And here we are today.
SPEAKER 06 :
Man, it’s unbelievable. And Kevin, you know, we’ve… Man, pulling up. First of all, we’ll kind of walk through the options that you can do. Catamaran ride, about a four-hour trip from Juneau. You fly into Juneau from Seattle, probably for most people. And then the catamaran ride is really cool, kind of a double-decker catamaran ride. Options of flying are there as well. But I’m telling you, one thing I noticed, Kevin, it kind of gave everybody a chance to get to know each other a little bit on that trip. So when we got here, we were already friends, it seemed like.
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And you acclimate to sort of the surroundings. You get to see some whales. You get to get a sense of what the area is like. It’s really a nice way, really, rather than doing a float plane, it’s nice to be able to get a sense of where you’re going to be at, especially because of, the fact that you’re going to be guiding yourself and you’re going to be driving around in the boat. So you get a sense of the different arms and and what’s going on with the big bay and everything else. And then so it’s one of those unique situations that you get to sort of immerse yourself right away. Yeah, absolutely.
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And Melanie, I know I’ve seen Jason in there cooking too, but I’m telling you. Oh, ribs tonight. I’m going to start there. Ribs are so good. We’ve had pizza, which is cool. Hey, who doesn’t like pizza? We came in the first night. Hey, we had some great pizza. Homemade. That was awesome. Homemade pizza. And then, man, we’ve had like a glazed salmon. Yeah. We’ve had steak. We’ve had baked potatoes. We’ve had ribs. I mean. Yes. So that’s part of your deal, right? Yeah. The food is amazing. Got to be good at places, right?
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It does. It needs to be good. It needs to be warm because when you’ve been fishing all day, you’re coming out. You know, Alaska, 90% chance rain means it’s going to rain no matter what, whether it’s just a haze or whatever. And so you’ve been fishing all day. You probably have eaten your lunch by 9 a.m. like we do. And you get in here.
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That has happened every day.
SPEAKER 17 :
Every day. You want to get in here, take a shower, and then just have a hot meal. And so we strive to do the best we can in that area.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. And Jason, the limits change. There’s a lot of advantages that I’ve seen for the first time for self-guided. OK, what I what I’ve Kevin and I, you know, we’ve been on several trips together and Kevin’s done a lot more fishing than me in his lifetime. But, you know, sometimes we’ve been on deals and like we caught our halibut. You’re one for the day that you can keep. It’s got to be in a certain size slot, different things like that. And then you’ve got six other people or four other people on a boat, and maybe it’s three more hours we’ve got to hang out, and we really can’t do anything. So there’s some big advantages to this.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yes, absolutely. Here at the Wild Alaskan Lodge, being self-guided, you’re allowed to keep two halibut any size per day.
SPEAKER 09 :
Had a 124-pound halibut caught today. Yeah, that’s right.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, we’re going to interview him. Beauty hanging up on the scales out there. 124 pounds and several smaller halibut came in today. So everybody gets on fish. You know, the first day you’re kind of experimenting, driving around. And that’s all part of the Wild Alaskan Adventures is operating the boat in different areas and looking at the graph and your sonar and trying to identify spots that fish are going to be in. And it’s neat to see people go out and find these spots and catch their halibut, salmon, rockfish, fish. Lincod, unfortunately, Lincod’s closed right now, but everybody’s been catching a bunch of them.
SPEAKER 06 :
I was going to ask you, is that just in this zone, so to speak, or is it in Alaska as a whole?
SPEAKER 03 :
So in southeast Alaska, there are certain zones, and they have it shut off right now in our particular area for Lincod. Right, and of course—
SPEAKER 09 :
And it’s every year that they change that, so you never know. Correct.
SPEAKER 03 :
So we encourage people to go to the Alaska Fish and Game website, and on there is Alaska’s fish emergency orders. So that was changed constantly. For example, King Salmon has been open… They reduced the limit this year, but it’s going to be closed on July 7th by emergency order. So we just encourage everybody to look at those. We also update everybody with the emergency order so they know the regulations are abiding by them.
SPEAKER 06 :
And you know what? We’ve caught some lingcod, and they’re super cool to catch. They’re really fun to catch. Yeah. They’re cool fish. Yeah, absolutely.
SPEAKER 17 :
I love the fight of those.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, yeah. I know.
SPEAKER 17 :
Just aggressive and battling it. So last year they did the orders on the lean cod. Prior to that, it’s been a while. So it was open.
SPEAKER 09 :
until june 15th and then it closed and they’ll open back up august 16th are they going is there this their spawn is this the time that they spawn is that one of the reasons that they oh just a lot of people fishing right now so got it so they just close it for that reason yes okay
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If you’re just joining us, we are coming to you live from the Wild Alaskan Lodge. Kevin Flesch and myself and Kevin’s wife Janet came on the trip. A good buddy of mine you’ve heard from before that’s been on several trips with us, David Fields from Orlando. We’re going to get David on. He only got to stay a couple of days. He’s a Delta pilot and had to get back to work. But David said, man, it was worth it. He flew from Orlando now to Seattle.
SPEAKER 03 :
did you know and doing all that back and it was worth it to him for a couple of days yeah he flew several thousand miles to get out here i had a chance to really visit with him last night and then he just he’s blown away and you know we always talk about pictures and videos don’t do this place and he just no he’s still you’re 100 right until you’re here and then it’s just like the majestic beauty just taking it in. And I mean, we’re, we’re ocean side. Uh, so everybody has a perfect view of the ocean and the mountains across the inlet. Yeah. So it’s just a neat experience to have people actually here after they’ve seen photos and like, oh, this truly is a lot better than that. Sure, sure.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, it’s tough to describe. And I know you guys got a lot to do, so I told you five minutes. We’ve already been talking eight, but give me a couple more minutes here. That’s okay. Yeah. Here’s one thing that’s cool, too. You got a group of nine.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
people all right so the wild alaskan lodge can fit your needs yeah okay yeah and so what’s kind of your your um i mean couples can come i mean buddies can come whatever great family setting i mean everything they can do but i’m telling you what it’s great for a group of people if they wanted to come
SPEAKER 03 :
absolutely so we have uh six boats and on the boats is anywhere from two to four people okay so maximum capacity would be 24 right 24. the boats are awesome yeah they’re really nice kevin again you’re a big fishing guy so talk about it but i think the boats were i mean you’re in the ocean so that first of all you’ve got to make sure that you’re in boats that you feel comfortable in and that you feel safe in and these boats have been just spectacular
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Nice enclosed cabs, so when the weather is bad, you have a place to get to. You know, all of the new electronics, Garmin, great stuff. And then Suzuki motors. I can’t believe how quiet those motors are. And you run them all day. I mean, you’re on them all day long. And they’ve just been great. And that’s part of the experience. You guys have the boats too. all set up, ready to go in the morning for what we need. You don’t have to go through all of that change out. And it really is a vacation that all you have to do is go try to find fish. We’re working that out.
SPEAKER 06 :
And just even a special touch. Now, we’re here over July 4th, and Melanie came out with some really cool, what do you call those things? Lanterns. Lanterns.
SPEAKER 17 :
We’re going to do some lanterns.
SPEAKER 09 :
Luminaries. They’re luminaries.
SPEAKER 17 :
Luminaries. So we did some little artwork on them. And then tonight when it gets dark enough, we’ll let them go. And then we’ll watch some fireworks from the water if you want to. We’ll just jump on some boats and go. We can see it from here, but I want to have a better view for our guests. And just making people feel welcome and seen and invited and want their experience to be the best that it can be. And it’s not just for… But it’s men and women. It’s a family. Then we have you guys. We have lots of couples that come. We have friends, buddies. But it’s not just for men. Our facility, our lodge is, I feel… too par for a a female that feels like you know because I know a lot of women always want their husbands to go first to kind of get the feel of what it’s like is it clean is it not and you know each room has its own private bathroom so who you book with is who you’ll boat with and then you also share the room with them if you have more than four then we’re just going to start Moving you over.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah.
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Yeah. And doing it that way. So this week we actually had 16 and then your friend David left yesterday morning. So we got 15 this week, which we’re super excited about and thankful for. But, yeah, I just think it’s it’s really important to make it personable. And even this thing is so little. of doing the lanterns, but it’s just something to symbolize and for our guests to be engaged in and for them to do stuff while they’re here. Because yeah, it’s either fishing, people are like, oh, is there just fishing? Well, my wife might not like just fishing the whole time. But there’s other things that you could do, sightseeing, go down and check out the bears on the banks and the wildlife is amazing. And we just try to be able to provide you with the best that we have and to make your trip most successful.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yep, absolutely.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, once again, we’re coming to you live from the Wild Alaskan Lodge. Today is actually July 3rd, as Kevin Flesch and I are recording this for our show. Look, if you’re interested in coming to Alaska, and this has been on your bucket list, Don’t do just the traditional thing, all right, and book with an outfitter and all that kind of stuff. You want to see Alaska your way. That’s kind of what I’ve been telling people, Kevin, you know. Hey, it’s your Alaskan adventure. How about seeing it your way? Because sometimes we’ve all been on, quote, guided things, and it’s like, man, this isn’t really what I want to do right now. Right. You know what? That’s exactly right. You’re in control here, you know, to a degree. Yeah. Yeah. And so it is awesome. So, again, I know you guys are busy and everything, but we’re going to be doing a lot of these throughout the next 12 months. And we’re going to be talking with a lot more of your guests that are here this week. But, man, thanks for hosting us, you guys. I knew it was going to be awesome. Mel and I, we first met there and you guys at the Denver IOC. And I’m like, man, these are good people. You know, you just get a good feeling. And so, hey, they are our only self-guided podcast. Alaskan fishing company you’ll ever hear on Sportsman of Colorado. So if you’re looking for it, check out wildalaskanlodge.com. We’ll share a lot of information on our Facebook, how you can get in touch with Melanie and Jason if you want a book. When you do, be sure you mention Sportsman of Colorado. If you’ve got questions, of course, most of you that listen have my cell, 720-201-8585, or email me, scott, at sportsmanofcolorado.com. And we’ll get you all the information you need. And if you want more references, hey, we got them here. We got some great people here. They’re from North Dakota, right? Yeah.
SPEAKER 17 :
You got North Dakota, you have Idaho, and then we have our Coloradoans.
SPEAKER 06 :
Absolutely. We got the West covered here.
SPEAKER 17 :
So just a quick question. What do you think Janet feels about it?
SPEAKER 09 :
She’s been having a great time. She’s not a huge fisher woman. But she has fished most of the days that we’ve been out here. And the boats are a big deal. Really nice facilities for that. She feels comfortable in them. When we had some weather, nice to be underneath. And she’s been driving the boat some when we’ve been trolling. Just been a really good experience for her. And then I think the lodge is just spectacular for her as well. I mean, I think the accommodations are great. And you guys are very accommodating for everything that she would need or anyone else, really.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 09 :
Especially, I mean, a great example is the luggage. Her luggage didn’t make it from Denver. Yeah, that started it off. You guys were able to get it here. I mean, Delta helped with that, got it to Pelican on a flight. you know and then you were able to get it over here so on the second day we had luggage so that was a big deal I mean we’ve had other trips where she’s not had her luggage as well and it’s taken days and so that was a really quick turnaround but overall I think her experience has been wonderful and I think that’s one of the things a testament to you guys relating to the importance that you see in having couples and other folks that maybe aren’t wouldn’t necessarily go on a self-guided fishing adventure without the spouse or someone they know that that can can handle the rest of it
SPEAKER 17 :
And laundry.
SPEAKER 09 :
And laundry. Laundry.
SPEAKER 06 :
Kevin goes, I brought the bag back today real quick. Yeah, this morning. I’m like, we just put it on last night. Kevin goes, I thought they were going to wash it. I go, they did. He goes, already? So it worked out good. And that is one thing. You know what? I’m the worst at this because I’ve been going to Africa, different things. You know, man, I tell you, I’m like, I want to make sure I got plenty of clothes. And I’m telling you, pack. We’re going to go through this. I’m not going to take the time now because I know you guys got a lot to do. But we’re going to help you. Where you’re not dragging a bunch of stuff you don’t need and tell you what you do need. And we’ll break all that down here in future shows and maybe a little bit later today when Kevin and I finish the show. But I’m telling you, they do a great job on the website telling you what you need. They didn’t forget anything. All right? So do what they tell you to do on the form. And it’ll be good. But if you’ve got questions, talk to Jason, Melanie. If you think you have some special requests, whatever. Just all these trips to being successful to me are about communication. You know what I mean? Yeah. I mean, hey, I’ve seen people leave plays. They go, oh, they didn’t have this. Did you talk to them? Did you tell them that on forums that you wanted, you know? dr pepper or whatever yeah and so uh so it is all about communication but it’s a wild alaskan lodge.com and once again you come into juneau and a couple of ways to get here of course for our catamaran ride which is really cool i mean we’ve flown in a lot of places and uh hey that’s fine you know a little quicker and all that but you know what it kind of gets you in the mood kevin flying here with everybody. And then, like I say, just meeting everybody, going from one deck to the other, getting to know people, playing cards, whatever.
SPEAKER 01 :
Seeing a bunch of whales.
SPEAKER 06 :
Seeing a bunch of whales. And it will get you in the mood for the Wild Alaskan Lodge. So, once again, check them out. Follow our Facebook page and the show, of course. We’re going to be doing a lot of interviews with them throughout the year with customers so you can hear and clients. And if you’ve got any questions, get a hold of us, and we’ll get you a personal introduction to Jason and Melanie. So, guys, thanks for hosting us. We’ve still got two more days to have fun.
SPEAKER 17 :
Ripping those lips.
SPEAKER 06 :
There you go. We are thrilled to be here, so thanks very much. Yes, thank you. Thank you. You’re listening to Sports from Colorado. We’ve got to take a quick break, and we’ll be back with more right after this.
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Welcome back to Sportsman of Colorado. Again, my name is Scott Watley, along with Kevin Flesch. If you’re just joining us, we are actually recording this live at the Wild Alaskan Lodge. Kevin and I have been here for several days with his wife, Janet, a good buddy of mine, David Fields from Orlando, and just having a great time fishing. It’s not just about the owners, which you just heard about. It’s a lot about the staff, too, that can make a trip, you know, good or bad. And you know what? This one’s good. Mad Dog. Now, we meet a very nice young girl. All right? All right, lady. All right? There you go. And she said, just call me Mad Dog. Kevin, you can’t go wrong with a nickname like that. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 09 :
Maybe we should give our listeners a little bit of background for you and how you’ve come to be known as Mad Dog.
SPEAKER 13 :
I don’t know. When I was little, I had one of my dad’s friends that was just, it was like one of his best friends growing up. And he just started calling me Mad Dog and it just stuck. And then when I got here, they, before I came, we had like a group text and they were like, oh, if you have any nicknames or anything, give it to us. And I was like, I’ll just go by Mad Dog. That was like the first thing that came to my mind.
SPEAKER 09 :
So it’s easy. You’re here for the summer?
SPEAKER 13 :
I leave August 11th. So in about a month.
SPEAKER 09 :
All right. And so when did you start?
SPEAKER 13 :
I started, I came here April 7th. Wow.
SPEAKER 09 :
So what drew you to the experience of being in this environment and being on staff?
SPEAKER 13 :
I actually came here because my dad has known Jason. since grade school, since they were really, really little.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 13 :
So that’s what brought me here. And I was just like, at the time it was perfect because I was working as a housekeeper. Like I would go to people’s houses and clean their houses for them. So I was like, oh, it’s perfect for me to come down here because it’s pretty much like the same thing. Going into people’s rooms, making sure their beds are made, their laundry’s done, their bathroom’s clean and everything like that. So I was like, oh, it’s perfect. And I needed to, you know, make money to start my life to go get an apartment and everything like that. So I was like, oh, it’s perfect. And I’ve never been like outside. I’ve never been to Alaska before.
SPEAKER 09 :
That was my next question. You’ve never been here before?
SPEAKER 13 :
No.
SPEAKER 09 :
What was the most surprising thing that, you know, beginning in April until now, what’s been the most surprising thing that you have experienced?
SPEAKER 13 :
I think it’s made me a lot more grateful for the things that I had at home. You know what I mean? Because being down here, you… Because this is rustic living.
SPEAKER 06 :
Let’s just put it that way.
SPEAKER 13 :
You never know if you’re going to… Our water is based off of rainwater. So you never know if it stops raining for a while, you’re out of water. And you never think about that. When I’m back home, I’m like, oh, I have water every day. Oh, I have this every day. no like here you get what you get and like if you don’t then you don’t yeah so it makes you grateful for what you have that’s for sure
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. And kind of talk about your duties because I’ve seen you do a million things in just a few days we’ve been here. So what are your kind of your duties, so to speak?
SPEAKER 13 :
So like in the morning, I make everyone sandwiches, make sure their lunches are ready for them. After everyone leaves, I go into their rooms, make sure it’s swept, make sure their laundry is done. If they have towels, their beds are made, everything’s clean. And then I clean the main lodge and I do laundry all day. I usually make sure dishes are done, everything like that. I can’t really think of anything else that really… It’s just a lot of laundry, honestly, because you have to wait for it to be done, and then you’ve got to switch it, and then you’ve got to do it again. But, I mean, this is the biggest group we’ve had, and I’ve gotten into a routine, so it’s a lot easier, that’s for sure.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. And you get to… You have to… adapt to a lot of personalities oh yeah especially you take this group that we’ve got here super nice people and all so i mean they’re easy to work with and do but you still got a lot of different personalities is that something you’ve always been able to do oh yeah because you’ve done a great job i just want to tell you i can definitely get vibes from people and know how to match that pretty well honestly i mean if there’s like younger people i can do that easier like
SPEAKER 13 :
Older people, I can do that. It’s all pretty easy for me.
SPEAKER 06 :
So what would you tell our listeners, Sportsman of Colorado Radio, why they should come to the Wild Alaskan Lodge?
SPEAKER 13 :
I think it’s very homey here. You’re taken care of very well. We make sure that you have everything that you need and catch a lot of big fish. That’s for sure. I haven’t even seen this big a fish before ever in my life. And this is the biggest fish I’ve ever seen. And I’m like, this is crazy. But it’s like family, honestly, here. I’ve made family with Mel and Jason and all the staff here. It’s just like a big group. You can trust everyone and ask them for anything that you need. So it’s really nice.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, you’ve done an excellent job.
SPEAKER 13 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 06 :
And it has been – we’ve still got two more days. Don’t give her too much praise.
SPEAKER 09 :
We’ve still got two days yet.
SPEAKER 06 :
We’ve still got two more days for you. And you’re making great sandwiches, by the way. Thank you. Our lunches have been great. Thank you. Hey, when you come to the Wild Alaskan Lodge, you not only get Melanie and Jason, which we just talked about, but you get to meet Mad Dog. All right. And a very nice young lady and has just done a terrific, terrific job. So, Mad Dog, thanks for being with us.
SPEAKER 13 :
Of course.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right.
SPEAKER 13 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right, we’re going to talk to a gentleman here now that joined the 100-pound club.
SPEAKER 09 :
100-pound club today.
SPEAKER 06 :
For Halibut. All right, and we’re switching around some microphones. And once again, if you’re just joining us, Kevin Flesch and I, we are recording this live July 3rd at the Wild Alaskan Lodge. We came in on Monday. Today is Thursday. And food for Juno. Yeah. So I came in from Juneau and did the catamaran ride and all, and it’s just been a great few days of fishing and making new friends and everything. So I failed. Normally I know my guests’ names, but tell us your name, where you’re from, and kind of what brought you here to the Wild Alaskan Lodge.
SPEAKER 14 :
I said, I’m Seth Olson. I’m from North Dakota, and my dad just planned this whole trip and brought me along, too. Nice.
SPEAKER 06 :
Have you ever been to Alaska before?
SPEAKER 14 :
I’ve been to Alaska. This will be my third time in Alaska fishing. I’ve been to Seward the first time, Homer, and then here. Okay, cool.
SPEAKER 09 :
Do you do a lot of fishing at home, then, too?
SPEAKER 14 :
It depends on the year. We used to have a good lake right by us that had a lot of walleye, but it winter killed bad, so… Not so much lately, but we get out a few times.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, good. Yeah, your group seems to have a sense of what to do up here. So you’ve got some good captains and a bunch of people that seem to know how to fish in each one of the boats. And, of course, you’re leading that pack right now, right? What happened today?
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, tell us about it. Honestly, we started off, you guys were with us pretty slow where we’re at this morning. Then we ran over to take a peek at the glacier and just hit a spot that got pointed out on the way back. And we almost bailed right away because we weren’t drifting the way we wanted to. We got in pretty shallow. It was only 160 feet. I don’t know. We caught one decent-sized halibut. Threw on that big salmon head. We did. Thing just smoked me and… It wasn’t messing around. It was on pretty much instantly, and I knew it was big. I didn’t think it was quite that big. And then how did you guys get in the boat and how did all that work out? I got it up, and we’ve been dying to use that harpoon the whole time.
SPEAKER 09 :
We have to describe the harpoon because it is a true harpoon.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, it’s a freaking spear, man.
SPEAKER 09 :
With the end that disconnects, right? You stab it through, and then you have a cord that you cleat off, hopefully.
SPEAKER 14 :
stick it through and then hopefully it sticks into the animal and and you get it on board after it did it go nuts after you heard so luckily we did remember to put it to that cleave because he stuck that thing and it dove right down oh it did and my heart kind of sank for a second i’m like oh i hope that got yeah good harpoon on that thing yeah it fought hard for a couple minutes after that we got it up and i Just went off with that club. So stunned it a bit. He was dead when he got in the boat. He didn’t budge after that. I wasn’t taking any chances. Wow. I gave him a pretty good beating.
SPEAKER 09 :
That’s a big animal to have in the boat, too, if he was still kicking around. Because even those small ones, they can take out a leg.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, I didn’t want it flopping around. Yeah.
SPEAKER 09 :
Wow. Did you grab the red hook and bring it in that way, or how did you get it in the boat?
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, we got that red hook in its mouth, and me and my dad both got on that thing and hauled it over the side. Nice.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, man, congratulations. That was huge. 125 or 124?
SPEAKER 1 :
124.
SPEAKER 06 :
Hey, 125. Hey, we’re going to go with under 20. Yeah, it was absolutely huge. Wayne, congrats. And your dad kind of brought you this. I want to ask you what brought you here with different things. But, I mean, just your thoughts about the Wild Alaskan Lodge. What would you tell our audience about?
SPEAKER 14 :
It’s my favorite place that we’ve been, I think. I said it was a little intimidating the first day, kind of running your own boat and everything. Yeah, self-guided, yeah. But after that, I’d say it’s definitely my favorite place I’ve been.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, cool.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, man, thanks for taking a few minutes. Congratulations, and hopefully we beat you tomorrow. We beat your record tomorrow. Okay? No, I’m kidding. We just want to harpoon something. Yeah, that’s what I told you today. I said, I’m going to harpoon something before I leave here. Yeah, for sure. Well, thanks, man. Thank you, guys. I appreciate it. See you.
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All right, now we’ve got a lady here. I like to say normally. I know my guests. But we’ve met and said each other’s names, but we’ve met a lot of people. So tell us your name, first of all.
SPEAKER 11 :
I’m Ashley Flynn.
SPEAKER 06 :
Ashley Flynn. And where are you from?
SPEAKER 11 :
I’m from North Dakota.
SPEAKER 06 :
North Dakota. Yep. Okay, good. All right. Now, you seem like an outdoor kind of gal. I mean, do you like the outdoors?
SPEAKER 11 :
I enjoy being outside, yes.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I can tell that about you and your friend. Yeah, for sure. So how did you guys find out about the Wild Alaskan Lodge and what brought you here and made you comfortable as a wife to come?
SPEAKER 11 :
So Melanie and Jason met Seth’s dad, Scott, pheasant hunting. Oh, okay. And they had mentioned it to us that they had a, fishing lodge up here. And we’ve been talking about going fishing in Alaska for three, four years now. And all the cards just fell into place that we were able to come up this summer. Yeah.
SPEAKER 09 :
Have you fished Alaska before?
SPEAKER 11 :
I’ve never fished Alaska before.
SPEAKER 09 :
So what was your first impression of sort of the first day out?
SPEAKER 11 :
This is absolutely breathtaking.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, it is. Everywhere you turn, there’s a view. Everywhere.
SPEAKER 11 :
Everywhere. And first thing coming out of the inlet here out of Pelican was whales pretty much meeting you at the gate and seeing all the bald eagles. All the wildlife has just been…
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. Amazing. Sea otters. Yes.
SPEAKER 06 :
They’re so cool when you go by and they’re just laying on their back, their head up and their feet up. Yeah. It is so cool. So what would you say? And really one reason I want to get you on, you know, there are some women that don’t like any part of this to travel with husbands or boyfriends or whatever, you know, to some remote area like this. So, and we, this is unrehearsed, unscripted. So beyond what would, what would you say to our audience about for women and saying, Hey, you know what? You should come. It’s cool.
SPEAKER 11 :
I would have to say that if your significant other, husband, boyfriend, whatever they may be, asks you to go, just go.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 11 :
Because you really never know if you will ever be able to experience this again. And that’s one thing my husband and I, we’ve done. That, yes, he takes his guys trips and I take trips with my mom and stuff and whenever we have a chance, we’ll go together so we can experience it. And we have two little girls that love to experience that stuff with us also. So getting to come out here, the two of us is great. And the next time, if we’re able to bring our children. We’d love it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. Cause you think about it. I mean, if he would have come here, let’s say you would have come here, how in the world you go back and explain all this, you know? Yeah. You can’t, it’s impossible. It is.
SPEAKER 11 :
And you have to see it to believe it. Like pictures don’t do this any justice.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right. Right. Today it was incredible the way when that sun came out and the clouds and the mountains, you get to see all the whole mountain and
SPEAKER 11 :
And seeing the mountains above the clouds.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, yeah. Kevin pointed out a few goes, look at that. That mountain is above the clouds. And it was so beautiful. Yes.
SPEAKER 09 :
Wow. Yeah. And even, even the first day when we had all the fog, the fog was interesting too, because you know, we’re first here, you really don’t know where you’re going and you got to get out somewhere you think to fish. And that’s part of the adventure too, is you’re like, Oh my gosh, we’re doing this on our own. Absolutely. You know, someone that has been here the whole season kind of knows what’s going on. And so I think that’s part of the adventure for those of us that have maybe been on a bunch of guided trips. But this is your first time. But it seems like your group has a good sense of sort of what to do.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, you got some outdoor folks on your boats.
SPEAKER 11 :
We do. We enjoy fishing up in North Dakota. We go out to Lake Sakakawea and enjoy doing that as a family. And so getting to see the guys…
SPEAKER 06 :
Kind of blossom in their elements of trying to find the fish.
SPEAKER 11 :
And it’s been really cool to watch.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, it really has. I’m trying to think. So let’s just make this a little roundtable discussion. But when you come here, they’ve got a nice little dining area. And, again, all this is new. They just started a couple of years ago. So all this is brand new. But they’ve got a nice, quaint little kitchen. They do the cooking in for you. They’ve got a nice dining place to eat a couple of large tables. Uh, like I say about 24 is their max. They can take as far as guests. And, uh, you know, uh, there’s four in our group. I think there was a group of others, three other guys and nine with this other group, uh, that you’re with. And, uh,
SPEAKER 09 :
And then it’s all family style.
SPEAKER 06 :
So you get to sit together as a group. Yeah, sit together. And, you know, everybody hangs out and talks a little bit, gets to know each other. And then the lodging, again, I want you to talk about that because that’s a little different than most places you go.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 06 :
You’re in with some other folks, okay? It’s kind of your boatmates. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But again, I want you to talk about that because I do want, you know, husbands, boyfriends to hear it. I want the ladies to hear, you know, what it’s like and from your perspective.
SPEAKER 11 :
So the lodging is they have three separate buildings up two flights of stairs and it’s three rooms per building with four beds in each room. And each room has its own bathroom with toilet, shower, sink. The beds are twin extra long beds. So they’re very comfortable and nice, clean.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. Yeah. And so, and you know, just the way the schedule works, and I’m telling you, if you’re like what pretty much the program is, you’re on the boats at 530 in the morning, you come back at 530 at night, that gives them time to fish and make sure dinner’s hot and ready for everybody to eat together and different things like that. And so I will tell you, you are flat whipped by the end of the day. I mean, you’re exhausted. And you know what? Hey, there’s different times, different people go in and shower, do whatever. But – and again, Kevin and I, of course, Jay’s wife, Janet, we’re super good friends and all that kind of stuff. But it is something that is doable. It’s something that, you know – but we do – we like to be very transparent here on Sportsman of Colorado of what to expect because I don’t want anybody to come here and think, well, what do you mean I got to –
SPEAKER 09 :
you know room with these other people and again if it’s you mainly your group and um and everything that would be in that room that’s the best way to say yeah it is the best way okay so you have a group of three group of four or a couple you’re going to have a room to your to your with the folks that you’re in the boat with basically during the day yeah and and if you’re comfortable with that then it’s a spectacular spot yeah to come to and And the facilities will be very, very, you’ll appreciate them at the end of the day, especially when you’ve been in the rain all day or you’ve been bouncing around like you guys did two days ago or yesterday, I guess, in the pretty significant weather.
SPEAKER 06 :
The seas were a little rough out there. But today was great. Gorgeous.
SPEAKER 09 :
Today was like a chamber of commerce day.
SPEAKER 06 :
No rain. Pelicans.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
So cool.
SPEAKER 11 :
It’s been beautiful.
SPEAKER 09 :
And the fishing was good today.
SPEAKER 11 :
Fishing was very good, yes.
SPEAKER 06 :
Wow. Well, cool. Well, thanks so much. We’ve still got another couple of days to hang out with you guys. And, again, this is something that’s just something you’ve got to see to believe. But, again, if you want some of the phone numbers to people we talk to, because I know what most of you are probably thinking, well, hey, you’re going to say good things about them because they’re advertising with you. That’s not true. I’m telling you what, that this place was not good. I would tell the folks here, you know what? I can’t recommend you. I’m just being honest with you. Okay. And so it is absolutely a blast. You just got to know self-guided means you’re in charge.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right. And again, we want to be clear about the lodging, the way it is, but super comfortable, super good food. Now, would you agree with that?
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh my goodness. Delicious. Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right, so that’s just a little bit of our taste from our trip with the Wild Alaskan Lodge out of Pelican, Alaska. Now, if you weren’t able to catch a lot of the interview, let me just give you and review some high points that Kevin and I want to make sure you understand. And once again, next week or so, we’ll get Kevin in, his wife Janet. And a buddy of mine, David Fields, that went with us to kind of give their whole perspective on the trip as well. But this is self-guided, which means they take great care of you. They pick you up, and you’ve got the cash. catamaran option as we mentioned that’s about a four hour boat ride from juneau to pelican or you can do the float plane and which is about a 35 40 minute flight you do have to be careful and we we kind of got caught on this on the way back with the weather you never know if those float planes are going to get socked in so the catamaran was a really cool deal just to really see alaska your way which is really what this is all about when you’re guided You’re on the schedules of the lodge and the guides and all that they’ve got going on. So it really does let you see Alaska your way. But you travel in Juneau, just some quick traveling tips. Leave Denver, head to Seattle, get to Juneau from Seattle, and then catch that catamaran. Spend the night in Juneau, I should say. Let me stop there. Spend the night in Juneau. The next morning, you meet them on the dock there. And for the catamaran ride or the airplane flight to the lodge and get there that night, they get you all settled in your room. And whoever is on your boat, and Kevin and I mentioned this at the beginning, whoever’s on your boat is in your room. Now, if you’ve got six people, they will overflow a couple of those folks over to another room and they may be rooming with someone else. But this is a fishing type lodge setup. You do have a private bath. But they take care of all your food, your lunches. And we chose to fish from 5.30 in the morning until 5.30 at night every day we were there. You’ve got to be back at 5.30. That way they can clean your fish for you, get it all frozen, and everybody have a nice sit-down dinner together and reminisce about your day. But highly recommend the Wild Alaskan Lodge. A lot of limits change. You can catch more halibut. And it is just a blast and absolutely a very, very beautiful place. So check them out. It’s the wildalaskanlodge.com. And when you call Melanie or Jason, let them know you heard them here on Sportsman of Colorado. I’m sure they’ll be in town here first of the year for some of our shows again, and we’d be glad to personally introduce you. But more coming up over the next couple of weeks here about our trip. Just want to let everybody know it was a great time, and I hope you’ll check it out, the Wild Alaskan Lodge. Thanks for being with us today for Sportsman of Colorado. Hope you have a great rest of your weekend, and we’ll talk to you next week.
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