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Gift Of the year!
REFUEL, RELAX, REPEAT ALASKA
The next step in the daily routine if you’re
at Waterfall usually involves a stop at the
Lagoon Saloon which, true to its name,
overlooks the saltwater lagoon and
Tongass National Forest. It’s not hard
to see why guests enjoy relaxing while
playing poker or ping pong, shooting
pool, throwing darts, checking their
email on the saloon’s guest computers,
or catching up on the latest sports on the how do you gift wrap a Wild King Salmon?
big-screen satellite TV. And if you really
feel the need for a more formal gathering,
the TV room converts into a comfortable
meeting room for 40-50 people.
This is followed by dinner from
6-8 pm in the Waterfall’s Dining Room
(actually the old Cannery Manager’s
house) overlooking picturesque Ulloa
Channel. The vast array of appetizers,
entrees, breads, pastries, soups and
salads are prepared fresh daily by Chef
Michael Vogler and his staf, and the
complementary selection of house wines
beer, premium spirits and mixers. There’s also a loft above the fows unabated.
Great Room with a pool table, game tables, TV and a second Later, you can opt for a hike to the waterfall (it’s usually
bar. Add a sauna, hot tub, ocean kayaks and a host of other light until after 10 pm during the Summer fishing season), relax
luxury amenities, and you have your own private Alaskan fishing some more in the Lagoon Saloon, or head back to your room
resort – a perfect place for a high-level corporate confab or a for a well-deserved night’s sleep before getting up early the
small incentive group. When we were there, a group of business next morning and doing it all over again – armed with a thermos
owners from the Philadelphia area who travel together every full of bloody marys, a cooler full of beer, your made-to-order
year arrived with their own skeet shooting gear and shotguns, lunch from the Waterfall’s kitchen staff and fully decked out in
the perfect after-dinner activity to complement the ridiculously your waterproof boots, slicker overalls and hooded jacket., all
expensive cigars they were also packing. supplied by the resort as part of your package.
accessing alaska A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE
Whether you opt for a 3-day package, a 6-day package or
something in between, one thing’s for sure – you won’t ever look
• Waterfall Resort: htps://www.waterfallresort.com at fshing the same way again. As the people at Waterfall say: “You
• Steamboat Bay Fishing Club: htp://www.steamboatbay.com will catch fsh.”
• Ketchikan Visitors Bureau: htp://www.visit-ketchikan.com Granted, it’s not cheap, but let’s do some quick math:
accommodations, food and beverages, wall-to-wall fshing – and
don’t forget your catch. I don’t know about you, but where I live 50
lbs. of wild Pacifc salmon will set you back anywhere from $1,250 to
GETTING ACCLIMATED $1,500 easy. Not a bad day’s work, as they say. Brian Mayberry, AZ - 60.5 lbs
Day 1: The foatplane from Ketchikan gets you there a little after Most importantly, ask yourself: What is it worth to have a life-
1pm, and shortly after checking in and dropping your bags you’re of changing experience like this? To feel at one with nature? To see
for an afternoon of fshing – no delays, no downtime, no better way some of the last truly engaging venues
to get acclimated. Lunch every day is served on board each group’s wild country in the U.S.?
designated cabin cruiser, piloted by experienced, licensed guides To form a lasting bond
who know all the best fshing spots around Noyes, Lulu and Baker with your “boatmates” Cape Fox Lodge:
Islands – places with names like Pineapple, Granite and Rockpile. over a unique shared htp://www.capefoxlodge.com
Returning to Waterfall around 5:30, you disembark and your adventure that few Ted Ferry Civic Center: Give them a
catch is hauled up to the main dock, where the fsh are weighed, people ever have? To htp://www.visit-ketchikan.
hung up and trophy photos taken. After that most guests repair to discover, as I did, that com/MeetngsampEvents/
their rooms to clean up and change – while their catch is cleaned, there’s a huge diference TedFerryCivicCenter.aspx
flleted, fash-frozen and vacuum-packed for the trip home. between “fshing” and Black Bear Inn: Wild alaska fishing adventure!
“catching fsh.”
That’s right. In addition to an unforgettable fshing and nature htp://www.stayinalaska.com
experience, each guest typically goes home with anywhere between Sufce to say that Anchor Inn by the Sea:
50 and 100 lbs. of the freshest fsh on the planet, providing months one is a lot more fun htp://www.anchorinnbythesea.com/ request your free Brochure and DVD
of fne dining that creates lasting memories every time you sit down than the other. I’ll let you about/welcome.htm
to enjoy the delicious fruits (or fsh) of your labors. guess which… 800-544-5125 Over 30 years of
Legendary Sport Fishing
www.Waterfallresort.com/short-escapes
18 SHORT ESCAPES
REFUEL, RELAX, REPEAT ALASKA
The next step in the daily routine if you’re
at Waterfall usually involves a stop at the
Lagoon Saloon which, true to its name,
overlooks the saltwater lagoon and
Tongass National Forest. It’s not hard
to see why guests enjoy relaxing while
playing poker or ping pong, shooting
pool, throwing darts, checking their
email on the saloon’s guest computers,
or catching up on the latest sports on the how do you gift wrap a Wild King Salmon?
big-screen satellite TV. And if you really
feel the need for a more formal gathering,
the TV room converts into a comfortable
meeting room for 40-50 people.
This is followed by dinner from
6-8 pm in the Waterfall’s Dining Room
(actually the old Cannery Manager’s
house) overlooking picturesque Ulloa
Channel. The vast array of appetizers,
entrees, breads, pastries, soups and
salads are prepared fresh daily by Chef
Michael Vogler and his staf, and the
complementary selection of house wines
beer, premium spirits and mixers. There’s also a loft above the fows unabated.
Great Room with a pool table, game tables, TV and a second Later, you can opt for a hike to the waterfall (it’s usually
bar. Add a sauna, hot tub, ocean kayaks and a host of other light until after 10 pm during the Summer fishing season), relax
luxury amenities, and you have your own private Alaskan fishing some more in the Lagoon Saloon, or head back to your room
resort – a perfect place for a high-level corporate confab or a for a well-deserved night’s sleep before getting up early the
small incentive group. When we were there, a group of business next morning and doing it all over again – armed with a thermos
owners from the Philadelphia area who travel together every full of bloody marys, a cooler full of beer, your made-to-order
year arrived with their own skeet shooting gear and shotguns, lunch from the Waterfall’s kitchen staff and fully decked out in
the perfect after-dinner activity to complement the ridiculously your waterproof boots, slicker overalls and hooded jacket., all
expensive cigars they were also packing. supplied by the resort as part of your package.
accessing alaska A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE
Whether you opt for a 3-day package, a 6-day package or
something in between, one thing’s for sure – you won’t ever look
• Waterfall Resort: htps://www.waterfallresort.com at fshing the same way again. As the people at Waterfall say: “You
• Steamboat Bay Fishing Club: htp://www.steamboatbay.com will catch fsh.”
• Ketchikan Visitors Bureau: htp://www.visit-ketchikan.com Granted, it’s not cheap, but let’s do some quick math:
accommodations, food and beverages, wall-to-wall fshing – and
don’t forget your catch. I don’t know about you, but where I live 50
lbs. of wild Pacifc salmon will set you back anywhere from $1,250 to
GETTING ACCLIMATED $1,500 easy. Not a bad day’s work, as they say. Brian Mayberry, AZ - 60.5 lbs
Day 1: The foatplane from Ketchikan gets you there a little after Most importantly, ask yourself: What is it worth to have a life-
1pm, and shortly after checking in and dropping your bags you’re of changing experience like this? To feel at one with nature? To see
for an afternoon of fshing – no delays, no downtime, no better way some of the last truly engaging venues
to get acclimated. Lunch every day is served on board each group’s wild country in the U.S.?
designated cabin cruiser, piloted by experienced, licensed guides To form a lasting bond
who know all the best fshing spots around Noyes, Lulu and Baker with your “boatmates” Cape Fox Lodge:
Islands – places with names like Pineapple, Granite and Rockpile. over a unique shared htp://www.capefoxlodge.com
Returning to Waterfall around 5:30, you disembark and your adventure that few Ted Ferry Civic Center: Give them a
catch is hauled up to the main dock, where the fsh are weighed, people ever have? To htp://www.visit-ketchikan.
hung up and trophy photos taken. After that most guests repair to discover, as I did, that com/MeetngsampEvents/
their rooms to clean up and change – while their catch is cleaned, there’s a huge diference TedFerryCivicCenter.aspx
flleted, fash-frozen and vacuum-packed for the trip home. between “fshing” and Black Bear Inn: Wild alaska fishing adventure!
“catching fsh.”
That’s right. In addition to an unforgettable fshing and nature htp://www.stayinalaska.com
experience, each guest typically goes home with anywhere between Sufce to say that Anchor Inn by the Sea:
50 and 100 lbs. of the freshest fsh on the planet, providing months one is a lot more fun htp://www.anchorinnbythesea.com/ request your free Brochure and DVD
of fne dining that creates lasting memories every time you sit down than the other. I’ll let you about/welcome.htm
to enjoy the delicious fruits (or fsh) of your labors. guess which… 800-544-5125 Over 30 years of
Legendary Sport Fishing
www.Waterfallresort.com/short-escapes
18 SHORT ESCAPES
