If it's your first time to Alaska you probably won't use it as much as you think. I went in 2006 for the first time and brought my inflatable rubber raft, used it in GNP caught splake, in Muncho lake caught lake trout, Kulane lake caught a 7 lb lake trout. I was reluctant to use it in rivers not being familiar with where to launch or take out and what was in between. In Alaska I used it in several Lakes and caught rainbows up to 22 ins. My friend took both his Kayaks which he stored on top of his MH for him and his wife which he used on the trip up but not in Alaska. He did not fish and the wives wanted to site see. The mtn bikes we used every day.