As editorial director of Alaska Angler Publications and editor of the
bi-monthly journal, The Alaska Angler, Chris Batin works year-round in keeping
anglers up-to-date on new adventures and money-saving ideas that he discovers
in Alaska sportfishing and hunting.
He is author of the award-winning books, How to Catch
Alaska's Trophy Sportfish, which has emerged as the classic, must-have guide
for knowing the secrets to successfully catching Alaska sportfish; Fishing
Alaska on Dollar$ a Day, the best-seller on fishing Alaska inexpensively; 20
Great Alaska Fishing Adventures, an action-packed book that reveals the best
trips he's experienced in 20 years of fishing Alaska; Hunting in Alaska, which
is Alaska's best-selling hunting book. He is also the co-author of How to
Catch Alaska's Trophy Halibut: Proven Tips, Techniques and Strategies of the
Experts; the only comprehensive guide available on how and where to catch
trophy halibut. He also provides one-on-one consultation on hunting and
fishing via his Alaska Angler Information Service.
He is considered by many national outdoor writers and
fishing authorities as the "foremost expert in Alaska sportfishing."
The outdoor media turns to Chris when they need expert advice on Alaska
sportfishing. He has been featured in major newspapers and outdoor magazines
across the country and has personally appeared on the covers of 14 outdoor
magazines.
There is a reason for this widespread exposure.
Chris has made a 30-year career searching out and studying the best of Alaska
sportfishing. He has fished all over the state, and has written about it in
over 1,000 columns and features in local and national magazines and
newspapers. He has helped countless anglers, all one by one, with their Alaska
sportfishing plans, and has a dedicated following of tens of thousands of
anglers around the world who always obtain his advice before planning any
Alaska fishing trip.
Far from being an "armchair outdoor writer",
Chris spends about 150 days afield each year. The result of this experience is
available to you through his books and publications, and is experience you
can't find or buy anywhere else. He has hiked into volcanoes to fish, rafted
glacial rivers, driven countless miles of road and climbed wilderness
mountains to search out unique and undiscovered sportfishing opportunities. A
portion of this knowledge and experience is available to you in this book.
Chris works diligently to keep this wealth of information coming to you year
round through the Alaska Angler. Because the Alaska Angler is not sold on
newstands, subscribers are the first and only ones to know about his current
findings and research in Alaska sportfishing techniques, lodge and guide
reviews, do-it-yourself fishing opportunities and "inside
information" on Alaska sportfishing deals and disasters. His readers put
this advice to use each year on sportfishing trips based on his
recommendations.
When he isn't in the office, he is in great demand for personal instruction
and consultation from various lodges and sportfishing businesses and anglers
around the state. He is now entering his 21st year of teaching the extremely
popular Advanced Alaska Fishing Techniques Seminar, an intense, eight-hour
course for anglers who must pre-qualify before being accepted. The secrets he
reveals in his class can be used to strip a watershed of its fish. Chris only
wants to teach anglers with a solid, ethical foundation. He accepts for
instruction only those who understand and accept the responsibilities of what
it means....and takes...to be truly successful in Alaska sportfishing. There
are no exceptions.
Since 1984, he has been a featured speaker at the Great
Alaska Sportsman Show, where hundreds of people fill the bleachers to hear his
dynamic presentations. He is a celebrity speaker on Alaska fishing and hunting
at Ed Rice's International Sportsmen's Expositions throughout the Lower 48
states.
In 1984, the International Gamefish Association appointed
Chris to be their senior Alaska representative. He helps promote the
conservation goals of the organization and assists in verifying world-record
fish. He has fished throughout the Lower 48 states, Mexico, Canada, Sweden, Germany,
Hawaii, Thailand, South America, Japan and Russia. He says he has yet to find a place that offers the
variety and quality of sportfishing that Alaska offers.
Through his feature articles, journals, books, seminars,
media reviews, personal consultation and workshops, Chris Batin has introduced
the best of Alaska sportfishing to millions of people around the world. From
the best possible do-it-yourself trips or one of his unpublished, secret
fishing destinations, Chris can continue to provide you with the advice and
information you need to know to make your Alaska fishing trip a success. Turn
to the on-line catalog in this book to see how he can help you now, or e-mail
him at.....chrisbatin@alaskaangler.com or write him
at Alaska Angler Publications, 221 Bentley Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska
99708.