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The Roadhouse is one of the cooler shops on the Spit. Everything they sell is artisan…read morehand-crafted, and mostly native made. They have wood and bone carvings, fur items, jewelery the like. It's a pricey shop, but you get what you pay for and everything they sell is authentic Alaskan made stuff.

#4 Shopping in Homer AK 2025…read more Another iconic Alaska store. Unfortunately, like another reviewer, I bought a waterproof duffel that was quite leaky. The clothes I bought were nice.

Love Nomar, went to pickup an item for my sister and bought a pair of slippers for me. I have…read morebought other items in the past and love them. Great quality and customer service is outstanding.

Alapaca Connection is one of two stores by the same name, owned by the same couple. The other is…read morein Boulder, Colorado on the Pearl Street Mall -- a few doors down from where I was last week, Ironic or coincidental, I dunno. So -- here I am in Frigid but Gorgeous Homer, Alaska without a hat - freezing my ears off, and planning to go out on a boat on Thursday, where I KNOW it's going to be 20 degrees colder. And there on the boardwalk in front of me is the Alpaca Connection, with a plethora of sweaters, capes, jackets, blankets and -- HATS! Even at $25, I had to have one. The hat I settled on actually was on sale for $18 and wasn't made in Peru of Alpaca wool, but rather came from Ecuador, which is still okay. It will keep me warm. After leaving the store, I strolled into a souvenir shop a few doors away and found an acrylic knitted cap bearing the logo "HOMER, AK" for less than half the price. However it didn't have the panache of mine!

It's no longer called the Alpaca Connection but it's a great sweater store! Nice quality. They…read morehave some great clearance sweaters for $19.99 and other sweaters all the way up to $100.00... Beautiful craftmanship!

My son and I recently went out for back-to-back days with this outfit. Halibut and rockfish one…read moreday, halibut and king salmon the second day. Easy to book. Nice 6 passenger boat with good equipment. We hit our limit each day except for the salmon who were a bit elusive. Did catch them but didn't hit the limit, but the crew tried. Captain and deckhand were great. They took care of everything for us. Made it easy and fun.

We were disappointed with our halibut fishing trip. Rob's Trophy Charter booked 17 people on this…read moresmall boat, even though their web site said they would not normally do this (web site says: "We don't like to crowd the boat and normally she averages between 8-12 passengers a trip"). We lined the rails, one person every 3 feet. Because we had so many people fishing, everyone kept getting tangled with each other. I had to reel in my fish, and two other people's fish, because we were all tangled up. It was a lot of work for sure, reeling in 3 fish at the same time, and no fun since they were just being dragged like dead weight. When we left the pier, the captain said that we could go to the spot where we could catch big Halibut, but after trying to fish there, and everyone getting tangled up, we had to cruise another hour, 3 hours total, to arrive at a place where all the fish were relatively small. After about 30 minutes, everyone had their 2 fish limit of small Halibut and we cruised another 3 hours back to port. On top of all this, we were recommended to use "Home Fish Processing", instead of "Coal Point Fish Processing", Coal Point was a closer fish processing company located right there on the pier with the boat. We had fish processed before, and the processor always weighs the fish when you give it to them so everything is up front and expectations are known. Homer Fish Processing does not weigh your fish for you so that you know how much fish you will get frozen. Instead; they just pick it up, take it to their plant and process them. I was not comfortable with this as all of us on the ship, including 2 Boat Charter Captains themselves that were on board, thought that our 2 filleted fish should weight about 20-25 pounds. I picked them up, and based on the weight of our luggage, thought that 20-25 pounds seemed about right. When we picked up our fish all we received was 12 pounds of Halibut fillets each person, basically 6 pounds per fish. On top of that, Home Fish Processing charged us about double what Coal Point Fish Processing quoted us. This is not right! I can't help but wonder if Home Fish Processing is keeping some of the customers fish to sell themselves. Also, is Bob's Trophy Charters getting a kick back from Homer Fish Processing to refer them to customers? In my opinion, something does not smell right hear. I would like to give a shout out to the 2 female deck hands, Cori and another young lady. They worked very had to untangle everyone so many times and did great.

This was a wonderful experience. We reserved the Classic Day Trip in June. From booking to checking…read morein the day before and the early morning pre-flight was great but nothing prepares you for how incredible this experience is. We were able to walk safely around the bears on beautiful Katmai Island. We saw several bears grazing on sedge grass and one mama bear digging for clams with three cubs. The guides explained a lot about the bears and led us to the right areas to take great photos and observe from a safe distance. Not to mention the stunning ~ hour long flight to and from the island, landing on and taking off from the beach and flying over and around scenic mountains and a volcano. Highly recommend.

I've heard about Alaska Bear Adventures for many years now. I've seen pictures and heard stories of…read moreencounters with the bears that at times seemed more fantasy than reality. A few years ago, I decided to add this activity to my list of "must do's" if I ever made it to Alaska. On June 13th, 2025, my "must do" became an "I did"! Words really can't describe the experience without writing a book, or at a minimum, a short story. If Disney got it right, this has become a core, golden orb memory for me, much like Riley's in "Inside Out." If you haven't seen the movie, suffice it to say that's a really good thing. The bear viewing was extraordinary, as all would hope for. Add to that the beautiful flight over and back that included scenery previously only dreamt of, and the knowledge, professionalism, and kindness of all the staff, including the orientation team and the pilots. If you ever get this opportunity, you need to strongly consider following through. Your "rest of life you" will be most appreciative. Sincerely, Larry Crump.

Our captain Brad, was great…read more We jammed out to some 90's grunger era tunes. We talked about fishing around the US. Brad knew the names of all the beautiful volcanoes in the Aleutian range looming in the distance. We caught a lot of Halibut! The boat was pretty deluxe. I wanted to live on it. Brad filet'd the fish on the way back, and a fish processing boy was waiting for us at the dock. Getting the fish vacuum-sealed and frozen was a cinch! I'd definitely fish with Silver Fox again!

Had a great time on the DILLIGAF Josh, Tommy and schooner were great. We all hit out limit on…read moreRockfish and Halibut. The office staff was very accommodating. If you're going to Homer, check out silver fox and request Josh.

Large family group chartered a custom trip with Captain Gabe. We had a great time and the weather…read morewas phenomenal. We appreciate that Alaska Ocean Pros put the guest's safety as a top priority. We were on the Casino which was really nice and comfortable. Special shout out to deck hand Sam who did a great job.

Bear viewing trip to Chinitna Bay. The boat ride was great, the young caption and guide were…read moregreat, and we saw numerous bears. Most were far away from the viewing platforms with a couple close enough for decent photos. After visiting firsthand, an observation I'll make is that the odds are against seeing a lot of bears up close. The bad part of my experience is that the owner, Gabe, was a complete jerk. I called the only contact number with questions 3 times over two days (no answer) and texted at least 3 times. Received only one text reply which was a sarcastic response without answering my questions. No reply to follow up texts. For this reason, I would never consider paying him any more money for bear or fishing trips. Go with someone else.

Compared to other charters, this is the nicest boat.. old school with plenty of room, windows, and…read moreeven a $6000 Teak sliding door! Captain B was excellent from the minute we got on the boat to when we disembarked.. a true pro with 33 years experience he said. We had beautiful weather and started out going for King Salmon with down riggers. The Deckhand Randy was also good and started out by stating he had "Saved 8 men overboard" & "I got the biggest balls in Homer". We started catching right away and Captain B would come down to net the bigger fish and mutter "Randy.. your a disaster today" I think it was all part of the act! We caught the KING limit and silver limit in no time without losing many fish at all.. maybe it was the walking stick?? Captain B then took us to a beautiful cove.. complete with a BAR to finish the day fishing for Rockfish! After about an hour we had the limit in Rocks and headed to the bar but the Captain couldn't find it? Nice ride in watching Randy filet all the fish! Great charter/ great time.. highly recommend. Talk Later

Clean and comfortable boat. Captain B and his deckhand Randy were AWESOME! Weather wasn't great so…read moreno salmon or rockfish but they kept us on the halibut! Our party of 3 had so much fun with Captain and Randy and caught lots of fish!