NEWS & EVENTS
Over the past week the silver salmon have showed up in a major way. They’re stacked up in the salt and should provide upcoming guests with spectacular displays of aerial assault, keeping lines tight and wearing out guests!
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Archive for the ‘Kodiak Team’ CategorySilvers in the SaltMonday, July 26th, 2010Kodiak Legends Lodge Joins the ROC Collection from Dream OutdoorsFriday, June 18th, 2010We are pleased to be a part of the Dream Outdoors ROC Collection, a prestigious collection of top-notch experiential travel operations. For more information on ROC, please see below or click here. Kodiak Legends Lodge Delivers Return On Commitment (ROC) For Corporation Meetings and Incentives
KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA (June 18, 2010) — Kodiak Legends Lodge, a premier Alaska fishing lodge and wilderness experience, is now part of the experiential travel Dream Outdoors ROC (Return on Commitment) Collection. “It’s no longer enough for an organization to send top performers to an exotic destination and act as if the corporate mission has been accomplished,” said Dream Outdoors (DO) president Matt Pfohl. “A good time may have been had by all, but if the experience doesn’t positively change the bottom line, then you could argue the money spent has actually been wasted.”
With its ROC Collection, Dream Outdoors has a better solution—and no better place to make it come to life than the Kodiak Legends Lodge, a dream destination for Alaska fly fishing, and Alaska hunting enthusiasts. Unlike traditional lodge and resort properties, members of the ROC collection—the only worldwide portfolio of experiential properties dedicated to helping companies create results—worked intimately with Dream Outdoors to design programs that address real business issues and create opportunities for professional and personal development in spectacular settings. Sample programs at Kodiak Legends Lodge include Leadership on the Fly, Finding the Kodiak in You, and Crabbing for Dollars. Custom programs can be developed by DO upon request. Dream Outdoors and Kodiak “provide the ability for corporate groups to not only experience a truly unique meeting environment but design performance-related programs that drive real results,” according to Bruce Kososki, the lodge owner and a former Chevron executive. “With the help of the ROC team we have put together a truly powerful professional development itinerary that is effective and yet fun, integrating elements of our business strategy and the world-class Alaska sport fishing and wilderness adventure Kodiak Island offers.”
All ROC programs start with an understanding of an organization’s vision and the discovery of each individual’s interests through a proprietary questionnaire process. Based on this data, ROC partners help corporate groups take advantage of everything from leadership development to incentives, from executive retreats to client hospitality programs. In fact, Kososki and several of his leaders from the international companies he owns will be spending a week at the lodge this summer reviewing their strategic plan and engaging in high-performance daily activities—thereby proving once and for all experiential meetings and incentives can be great for business. Kodiak Legends Lodge is offering a free roundtrip charter flight from Anchorage directly to the lodge for groups with six or more guests—a savings of $1,000 per person. Maximum lodge capacity 14- 20 based on single or double occupancy.
For more information email info@kodiaklegendslodge.com, call 877-KOD-4111, or go to www.roc.dreamoutdoors.com. Ice Killers: The Hunt for Alaska’s Salmon SharkFriday, June 4th, 2010“Shark on!”
As we enter the 2010 season one of the most exciting research efforts we have underway is prospecting for Salmon Shark fishing opportunities. Clocked by the U.S. Navy reaching speeds of up to 50 knots (making it one of the fastest fish in the ocean) and reaching weights approaching 1,000 lbs (although the average is 200-400 lbs), the Salmon Shark is a mackerel shark and a close relative of Great Whites and Makos. Like Larry Csonka, in the summertime Salmon Sharks head north to Alaska to pursue all varieties of Pacific salmon, particularly feasting on pink, sockeye and chum salmon. It has been estimated that Salmon Sharks consume from 12-27% of the annual Pacific salmon run. In addition, they feed on squid, sablefish and herring.
In the past several years we have hooked up with quite a few salmon sharks when we’ve been in pursuit of halibut or salmon in Uyak Bay. Occasionally we’ve landed “half a halibut” with a chomp taken out of it like the one pictured above. In other cases, we’ve gotten solid hook-ups with these sharks and fought them until they broke our line. During the off-season we spent a lot of time learning sharking techniques with our good buddy and world-renown, extreme fly fisherman Conway Bowman. Conway pioneered the sport of catching makos on a fly rod in the waters off San Diego – these aggressive sportfish catapult to heights of up to 20 feet, gyrating and somersaulting like Olympic gymnasts. If you are ever in San Diego when the makos are in town (from May through September), head out with Conway for the big game fly fishing experience of a lifetime. With Conway’s guidance, we’ve learned how to target sharks and are equipped with steel leaders and heavy duty tackle geared towards landing these dangerous predators. We’ll also have a heavy weight fly rod or two to try to target them on the fly. For those of you that may be interested, there is a terrific, educational one-hour special program on Alaskan salmon sharks on National Geographic called Icy Killers: Secrets of Alaska’s Salmon Shark. More information on this show can be found here.
“Once a year, one of natures great spectacles takes place on the northernmost coast of the Gulf of Alaska. It is a predestined collision of two massive migrations – a David and Goliath event – when thousands of ravenous salmon sharks gather to attack millions of Pacific salmon. The salmon are desperately trying to reach their spawning grounds in Prince William Sound. The sharks are there to gorge themselves. But sharks? In Alaska? Of the roughly 400 known shark species in the world, this is one of the few equipped to ply these icy waters. In the end, the salmon run on an urgency born of their need to reproduce while the sharks run on hunger. This one-hour spectacular travels with the salmon shark and the salmon in the most revealing portrait ever of this rarely filmed, little-known shark: Alaska’s Icy Killer.”
Hooking a fish: A Magical Connection between Angler and Natural WorldTuesday, May 18th, 2010In just a couple weeks, Kodiak Legends Lodge will officially open up for the 2010 season. Our team can’t wait to get back on the water and is counting down the days!
We’ve had a busy, productive off-season — we attended several sporting shows, built out a new website, renovated and upgraded the interior of the lodge and constructed a new screened-in “crab shack” to hang out in during the evenings for crab boils and cocktails. We also broke ground on a private, two-bedroom cabin, bought new furniture (that we shipped all the way from Thailand!), and dramatically increased our fly fishing capabilities. We have made a large investment in equipment and gear – more than a dozen high quality Orvis Helios rods and reels and plenty of waders. Lodge guests will no longer have to lug their waders and rods up to Kodiak – we’ll take care of outfitting you head to toe!
With our new guides, equipment and several new rivers we’re adding to the line-up, there is no question that we have the most comprehensive fly fishing program on Kodiak Island. From the most inexperienced to the most adept, we encourage all aspiring or expert fly fisherman to join us to catch salmon, steelhead, dollies, char and rainbows! We look forward to the best season yet for Kodiak Legends! |
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