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Survival News:  I recently read an article about a teen who had gone missing in LA County in California and I feel inspired to write about Outdoor Safety regarding this.  Outdoor Safety and Survival is always paramount in my mind anytime we leave Fairbanks city limits for any reason. It gets a bit annoying to my wife, but she understands. The Story Goes As Such... according to the news post below:  a non-verbal teen (meaning he can't speak) got lost in the wilderness in LA County in a heavily wooded area.  The Search and Rescue Team found him because he was clanking rocks together to get someone's attention.  This happened in Crescenta Valley Park (google map of the park below).  The Search and Rescue Team found the teen in a steep canyon and only found him because he was clanking rocks together and the sound echoed in the canyon.   Non-verbal teen lost in L.A. area woods found after clinking rocks together, alerting rescuers (msn.com) Nonver...

  Tonight was a fun little adventure.  I made a "mess" on my table with all of my fishing lure parts, past lure projects, and future lure projects.  Now that it's all cleaned up, repacked into flat plastic sorters and stored in a reused Amazon box, my table is now clean and the Mrs. won't be too aggravated ... unless I dropped a bead or hook i'm not aware of and she stepped on it. I'd like to do a blog post to recap the video and consolidate some of my ideas in an effort to formulate more lure making content in the (hopefully near) future. A link to the video in question  here! First, my camera skills with my phone are atrocious.  I have some smaller off-brand GoPro cameras with mounting equipment and such.  In hindsight, I should have used that equipment instead of my Galaxy 9 smartphone.  (It still works, the OS still updates, don't judge).   I also needs to work on my verbose, but this was an impromptu video, so cut me some slack. Mov...

  SUMMIT / PAXON LAKE TRIP PLANNING  2022 Thanks for stopping by to read my blog.  If your looking for some ideas for a fishing trip to Summit / Paxon Lake area, hopefully my ideas can help you out.   Please note that I've never been to this region before, so everything is pure research, map spots, and leaning on all of my other fishing experiences in other parts of the state.  I intended on going in 2021, but the trip has been delayed until this year, 2022. I'll break my post down to three distinct points: *  Locations *  Time of year *  Gear taken  Locations Paxon Lake         ADFG: Paxon Lake Summit Lake      ADFG: Summit Lake (Paxon) From map spotting, you will reach Summit Lake first, followed by Paxon Lake when traveling from Interior Alaska, passing through Delta Junction, going south along the Richardson, over the mountains, and then you're there.  Hwy 8 that connects the region to Cantwe...

 Happy Thursday.  I recently had a conversation with a friend regarding 3D printed lures.  We discussed various aspects of it, namely cost to create versus cost to purchase.  This seems like a good topic this week for Allow or No Allow. I'm all for it personally.  I've been fishing since I was about 9 years old.... so 30+ years now and I've seen a lot and talked with a lot of people throughout the US and beyond.  If people want to fish, they are going to fish and find a way to fish. Plain and simple. Ancient fishing methods were all DIY in my opinion.  I imagine a bunch of dudes, on a boat or standing on a fallen tree over a river, throwing anything they can in the water to either trap, entice, or otherwise catch fish, crustaceans, shellfish, etc.  After a quick google search and finding this link  History of Fishing - From Ancient Fishing Methods , I'm not too far off in my assumptions.   In my opinion, Angling was one of the first...

 Hi everyone, its Mr. Jon here to type and share another glorious blog involving fishing.  This time, its about what my projected plan is for 2022.  Before you roast me, know that this is only a draft and by no means any "set in stone" plan.  I have a lot of influences in my life, so its best for me to be a leaf in the wind through the summer months.  Either case, on with the plan. Currently its January and the ice is fairly thick, especially after the "icepocalypse" we had around Christmas timeframe.  There are a lot of good ice fishing reports involving lakes in the Wasilla Valley - Finger Lake, Big Lake, Nancy Lake, etc. - however, i'm an Interior guy.  I'm interested in what the lakes and rivers around here have to offer.  So I will be starting there and gathering information from various sources and plan a trip around Late January / Early February.  This will probably be my only ice fishing trip, if I even go, as i'm not a fan of the tec...

Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game (ADFG) has released their 2022 Projected Stocking Report.  Here is a quick post to share my opinions, thoughts, and strategies on the topic. The report can be found here:   Statewide Stocking Plan - Sport Fish, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Since 99% of where I fish is in the Interior, I'll focus my opinions on that portion.  The areas that are part of this region include the areas surrounding Fairbanks, Delta, and Glenallen. The long and short is this is a reprint of the November 2021 draft.  I see no obvious changes in numbers by size or numbers by location that jump out at me. ________________ You're reading this going "what's this all mean, Mr. Jon?"  Simple answer is this is just planning information.  Knowing where ADFG intends on stocking as a whole, and what species they intend to stock, and at what breeding capacity determines how I plan my fishing spree once all the ice starts to break up on the lakes and ri...

So I recently turned 40.  Ya, big number.  Milestones.  All that jazz.  With that though comes an evolution of my life, hobbies, friends, family, etc and it's helped me realize that i've fallen into a "fit the mold" procrastinating life.   So begins a new era for me.  Time to break the cycle, get up, pitter patter and get at'er.  That is what this evolution is all about.  It's not about scrapping the old, but evolving what is there into something greater, and hopefully in my transformation I can help others along the way. This is where AKDragonFish3D comes into play.  This all started when I joined some Facebook groups here, some forums there, and I found that I can truly help a lot of people with some odd-duck questions out there when it comes to some of the things I like, and maybe I can make some tools, make some products, classes, vids, course, and help others so maybe when I'm gone, they can help others until they are gone, and the ...