The Mouth of the Naknek River in December
It is December and the State of Alaska’s Board of Fish is meeting in Naknek to deliberate over proposals that will affect sport, subsistence and commercial regulations throughout the state. The cold is extreme and weather in different parts of the state caused the conference to start late because of travel delays. The conference is in full swing now, but the river called and I had to visit.
Peter Pan Dock
It is full of ice, but the river still breaks and floats the ice in the channel on the out-going tide.
View from Naknek City Dock to Old Red Salmon Cannery
I wish you could hear the churning of it and see the swift power of the water.
View of Bristol Bay from Naknek
The incoming tide pushes and piles the ice.
Looking downstream toward Alaska General Seafoods cannery
The Naknek is a giving river.
Mel
fish*wine*ski 
fishingblues
December 5, 2012
Thanks for the lovely photos. It sure does look cold! I’ve been hearing lots of reports of COLD weather from my Alaska friends. I hope you are getting some skiing in!
-Robin
fish*wine*ski
December 5, 2012
Glad you liked the pictures. It is nice to be in Bristol Bay in the winter and see the river in a different state.
I was at Fish Expo and wish I looked harder at the guide before you did your reading. It would have been good to meet you face to face. Next year I hope.