Dude, I was there (Anchorage) for 2 weeks '04 and meet a fellow Flip at a local tackle and bait shop to rent some gear without knowing nothing where to go and this fellow offered to take me over the weekend
to the Chunuk'tnu (that's the Russian River for those who don't know) river.......make long story short, it was a blast......and with some scary moments.....last day of our fishing adventure, I had two SIlvers and he had
one king on two plastics bags (just incase the troopers check) and we where still fishing on an embankment when we hear a grunt behind us........brown bear with her cub.....damn....we just jump in the river and run walk
all the way to the middle, I was shaking like I had a severe fever.....they eat our catch and when done they just wander away without even batting an eye on us!
Anyho, by the time I left for home, I had sixty mix of kings/silver and sockeye deep frozen on six big ass boxes. One of the best land fishing trips I've had!