Some of the best trash talking or “chirps” I’ve heard have been in a hockey arena. Hockey players can be merciless, and it seldom comes from a place of love. If you don’t believe me, watch this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDVe_1YGnR4 On the other hand, trash talking by fisherman is much different. It comes from a good place. …
Friendship and Fishing
Fishing buddies… A longtime friend of my family recently sent me the photo above. That’s my dad on the left, and that’s Peter, the guy who sent the photo, on the right. When I look at the photo, I don’t just see a stringer of walleyes and northern pike. What I see are two guys who value their friendship and really enjoy …
Proposition 283
Despite the low forecast for king salmon in upper Cook Inlet, a group of commercial fisherman have submitted a proposal to the Alaska Board of Fisheries to lower the king salmon escapement goal for the Kenai River. The meeting to vote on the proposition will happen at the end of March. If passed, proposition 283 will …
2022 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye Salmon Forecast
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has released the forecast for the 2022 Upper Cook Inlet Sockeye season. It looks like it’s going to be a rough year for the commercial fisherman. The forecast calls for a total sockeye run inlet wide to be just under 5 million fish. Two million of the fish are needed for spawning, …
2022 Winter Olympics
I’ve always been a fan of the Olympics, especially the Winter Olympics. I think I connect more with the Winter Olympic athletes and the events than I do with the Summer Olympic athletes and events. It makes sense because my whole life I've lived in either Alaska or Minnesota: cold and colder. And, being of Norwegian …
2022 Kenai River King Salmon Emergency Order
This past week the Alaska Department of Fish released the 2022 king salmon forecast for the Kenai River. The early run (May/June) is projected to be 4,300 fish which is within the optimum escapement goal range of 3,900 6,600 fish. The late run (July) is projected to be 16,004 fish which is also within the optimum escapement goal of …
New Merchandise for 2022
New year, new gear. Take a look at what we’ve got for the season. Pricing is as follows. baseball hats. $25 beanie hats. $20 hooded sweatshirt. $50 long sleeve T’s. $35 short sleeve T’s. …
Game Changer
I’ve struggled with this decision. At what point is the cost of technology too much? For me, fishing on the Kenai River has not been about technology. It’s been about reading water and timing the salmon runs. It’s not that I don’t use technology. I’ve always had a basic sonar/graph in my boat that lets me know …
I’m From The Government, and I’m Here To Help….
If any of you are my age or older, or a student of history, you know which president said this.* This week, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, and Senator Dan Sullivan announced and introduced the Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Act. The purpose of this Act is to conduct a comprehensive review of salmon science and management. …
Happy New Year
“Looks like we made it!” It’s not often, if not ever, that I start a blogpost out with a quote from Barry Manilow. Jane and I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. With 2021 now in the rear view, what are you looking forward to in 2022? …