Up in Alaska part 2

This part of Alaska was open to bear hunting, and the bears were wary of humans, and usually ran away fast when a human was detected, either smelled or heard. I usually did not fish alone in bear country, but I had heard from some friends that the King salmon had arrived in force, but all of my friends had to work and could not get off to go fishing.

Imagine, putting work before fishing, how ridiculous is that?! What could be more important than fishing?

So here I was in bear country, where I had broken the two most basic rules: Don't go into bear country alone! Always make plenty of noise to warn bears you are here! Now I was in a dangerous situation, make the wrong decision, and I would fish no more.