Landscape Pictures of Rivers, Page 24
The appeal of trout fishing is tied to the landscapes in which they live. They need the kind of clean, cold water found mostly in pristine rivers in pristine places that lend themselves to landscape photography. I've begun to take that hobby seriously too, although the best times of day for pictures conflict with the best times for fishing!
My sheefish, 12-15 lbs or so, caught and released on a white and chartreuse streamer.
Date AddedDec 23, 2014
CameraNIKON D5300
A muddy, mile-wide cobble bar on the very lower Sagavanirktok (or "Sag") River.
Date AddedMay 1, 2011
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
This beaver dam is an obstacle to trout migration, and the beaver pond is an obstacle to Troutnut migration. It made a big enough swamp that I turned around and headed downstream to fish a tributary of this small stream -- a good choice, as it turned out.
Date AddedOct 4, 2006
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
Date AddedMay 17, 2014
CameraCanon PowerShot D10
What was once an excellent trout stream now meanders through a swamp as a shallow, silty beaver pond. The ground is anything but firm, and I was insane to try to navigate it on foot.
A whitetail fawn struggles through strong current to return to its mother. It lost its footing a couple times, and I thought for a moment it was going to wash down to me.
Here Oksrukuyik Creek flows away from the Dalton Highway toward the pipeline. It eventually grows into one of the major rivers of the North Slope, and the main drainage to the west of the Sag, but where it crosses the road it's just a small grayling stream.
Spring rains have this steelhead river up and roaring.