We are going out tomorrow on our hunt. Granted I live up here so it's all "diy" except for the fact on this hunt we use a water taxi to get to where we are going. Storms can be bad this time of year and I would rather have some one elses boat in 5 foot seas and not mine. First thing you need to do is figure out where you want to go. Homer, whittier. You can go to kodiak and other places but price tag gets much higher. When we go out with a water taxi we camp in tents for a few nights. Dogs aren't an issue to bring. I don't have one but my buddy who is coming on this trip does. Make sure it get alot of exercise and swimming before you come up. Last year in 2 days the dog did around 65 retrieves which can be taxing on them when the tide is going. You will also want to bring or rent some type of small raft to put out decoys. And move them as the tide changes. There are not any places in whittier or homer to rent decoys or anything so you would want to be bringing them. Depending on when you go and where I might be able to lend you some decoys. If you bring your own you only need about 2 dozen and put them 12 on one long line and 12 on the other. You dont want to be adjusting 24 single decoys ever 2 hours with the tide movement. Much eaiser to grab one end of a line ans drag it up the shore or out further. The transporters aren't going to tell you where you should hunt so you have to kind of come up with that on your own. Depending on where you go I could tell you some pointers. There are a few forest service cabins out of homer you can rent as well as some yurts that get kept up through the winter. In whittier there are a few different cabins to stay at as well.
Biggest things is to decide where you want to hunt, what you want to attempt to shoot, the decoy and raft situation and a water taxi. If I have service I will take some pictures of our set ups and throw them on here.
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