We started the morning early on the Situk. Again, fishing was fast and the fish were stacked up in the runs.
In the afternoon we decided to go do a bit of exploring. The owner of the fly shop near the airport had mentioned that we should try a small freshwater lake called Kardy Lake. The salmon swim up the river with the tide, into the "Saltchuks" and then get stuck in the lake. He said that not many people fish there and it might be worth spending an afternoon there. The drive there was interesting, the vegetation grows low over the road and we ended up beating up the rental van pretty good just to get there. Kardy Lake itself is a beautiful little oasis just a couple hundred yards away from the ocean but just high enough in elevation to still be primarily fresh water. We spent the afternoon there and caught several silvers there and we found a handful of other oceanic life that made the whole lake feel something like a small tide pool. We were also able to capture some beautiful pictures of the ocean on the hike back to the van.
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