By Jeff Lund | For the CCW
Alaska does great things to ordinary people. It grabs ahold of warm weather non-anglers, dips them into a reality they didn't know existed and can never see on television.Sure, there are mountains and of course the wildlife, but it's the interaction with the wildlife that can be the most eye-opening.There's a part of the fishing process that is rarely contemplated by the visiting angler. Fish are hooked, fought, then held up for hero shots before being put into boxes for hero walks through the airport baggage claim. The part that's missing has to do with how the fish are killed, because it's not pretty. It's violence always the subject of at least a brief discussion.I hear some variation of "I didn't think you had to do that" every summer.See full column at:
