I’ll be doing some bear hunting on the Kenai peninsula this spring too. As for the fishing you can usually get halibut. Usually pretty consistent fishing from boat but you can also get them occasionally surf fishing.
I've got a year old draht that naturally loved bringing me stuff. With very little retrieving training she was bringing me deer and antelope bones, half rotten legs, and and birds and rabbits that I shot. She is a very good natural retriever.