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If you want to do a jet-boat trip, Mahay's Riverboat Services will take you to Clear Creek, where you can catch 100 fish a day ($55 per adult; 800-736-2210; mahaysriverboat. com).
A Budget Guide to Fishing Southern Alaska's Late Summer Salmon Run 2007
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Later in the season you can fish much closer to camp—in the upper river or in Painter Creek itself—but the program for the first of the kings is to jet-boat miles downriver to the sub-Arctic coastal plain within a few miles of the ocean, where the fish could begin to come in on any high tide.
Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008
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Later in the season you can fish much closer to camp—in the upper river or in Painter Creek itself—but the program for the first of the kings is to jet-boat miles downriver to the sub-Arctic coastal plain within a few miles of the ocean, where the fish could begin to come in on any high tide.
Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008
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The rafters played the trump card of environmental debate, asserting that jet boats disrupt the spawning salmon; the jet-boat guides cleverly retorted that by taking people up and down the river in a day, they eliminate the need to camp along the banks.
No Room, No Rest 2008
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Later in the season you can fish much closer to camp—in the upper river or in Painter Creek itself—but the program for the first of the kings is to jet-boat miles downriver to the sub-Arctic coastal plain within a few miles of the ocean, where the fish could begin to come in on any high tide.
Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008
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Later in the season you can fish much closer to camp—in the upper river or in Painter Creek itself—but the program for the first of the kings is to jet-boat miles downriver to the sub-Arctic coastal plain within a few miles of the ocean, where the fish could begin to come in on any high tide.
Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008
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Rumsey shipped out for London with his great idea: a steam-powered jet-boat.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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Rumsey shipped out for London with his great idea: a steam-powered jet-boat.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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We are also early leaders in both innovation and market share in the jet-boat business, and we have recently launched a unique product, the Neighbourhood Electric Vehicle, for an emerging market.
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He waited for the outer portal of the ship's air lock to be opened and then sent his tiny spacecraft into a shallow dive, applying his braking jets expertly to bring it to a dead stop inside the jet-boat deck of the converted space liner.
The Space Pioneers Carey Rockwell
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