Joe Piston

A Short Hike on Gravina Island

May 19 2025

Highlight from 1 Camera

January-May This camera took a little over a 1000 pictures before the batteries died. I have 4 more cameras in remote areas that I haven’t checked since January or earlier

Hiking May 4 This camera is set to watch an intersection of a main trail running along the base of a ridge and a trail heading up the ridge. This camera is monitoring a confusion of trails at the base of a ridge. This one is watching a trail that runs through the brush onContinue reading “Setting Up 4 Trailcams”

Prince of Wales Island

April 19-27 Spent a week with my brother fishing for steelhead. We didn’t get our normal heavy rain which made the fishing tough but the hiking and camping more enjoyable. We landed 9 and lost a few more.

Florida Vacation 2025

Bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee March 9-25 My brother and I have been fishing Okeechobee for around 20 years now, we always stay at Rolland Martins, and rent a boat from Jolly Rogers. We spent most of our time during our 17 day bass fishing marathon in a community hole. Our first week most ofContinue reading “Florida Vacation 2025”

Pictures from some recent off-trail hikes

Here’s a picture of the buck the big shed belonged to

Hiking February 8

It’s never to early to scout for the next deer season and look for new areas to hang trailcams

Nov. 9 – Dec. 29

My First Fish of 2025 and Photos from a Couple Hikes

I was hoping for steelhead but nothing wrong with a nice rainbow (a steelhead that hasn’t gone out to sea). I caught it my 2nd cast on a red spinner only fish during the 2-3 hours we tried, (I was with my brother).

Hiking 1/12

Gravina Island, SE Alaska Checked a camera I left all by itself, it didn’t do very well, glad I didn’t hunt this area.