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Alaska Fishing Vacations – Something for Anyone Who Loves to Fish

By geodefilippo on Dec 12, 2009 |Travel

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George De Filippo - President, has spent the 15 years traveling Alaska, leading expeditions, and developing relationships with Alaska's top destinations. George is an avid angler, and rescue diver.

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