It was the Nick, Brittany, and Ken show this past week. The catching wasn’t hot and heavy for us. It was just good enough. It had to be fish Karma. Three years ago Nick gave me a custom color Brad’s K15 fishing lure. Since it was custom, I’ve kept it stored in my tackle box and haven’t used it since he was last …
Fishing Report Week Ending 9/14/25
Sorry, my full report will have to wait until tomorrow. I’ve been too busy fishing to put together a recap. …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/10/25
This really has been an amazing red salmon run. In fact, it’s been the best I’ve ever seen. Lots of fish means lots of happy fisherman. It also makes for one happy and worn out guide. Sunday started off with a bang. Tyler, Jacob, Terry, Faith, and Emily caught 30 salmon in about 3 hours. On Monday, I fished a …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/3/25
Flip, net, repeat. It was another crazy week of red salmon fishing. I started the week fishing with Skyler, Al, Tara, and Tiki. Beautiful weather, great company, and lots of fish. What’s not to enjoy about that? On Monday, I had wonderful morning getting to know Craig and Cathy. They are both successful tournament …
Fishing Report Week Ending 7/27/25
Long time guest Chris Chesney texted me this week after seeing the red salmon sonar numbers. Is there any water in the Kenai or is at all fish? Great question. The following photos should give you the answer. On Sunday I had a boat full of repeat guests/friends. It felt good to fish once again with George “This is My …
Beating The Heat
Happy 250th birthday America! I hope everyone stayed safe and cool over the long 4th of July weekend. It was a last minute deal, but Jane and I decided to spend Independence Day in Seward. As we were packing up to make the 100 mile drive, Jane said she better grab a coat. I wondered how many people …
The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men
It’s been two straight weeks of John Steinbeck literary references to start off the blog. That’s it. No more. But, “best laid plans…” is a fitting way to describe what happened this past week. On Monday, the plan was to pack up the camper for a 3 night, 4 day adventure at the Russian River. It’s not easy to …
Of Moose and (Fisher) Men
My apologies to John Steinbeck for the dad joke. It was a good week for moose viewing. It was also a good week of fishing for a couple of fisherman staying at the cabins. I got a text from a neighbor saying a momma moose with two babies were heading our way. A few minutes later they were in our front yard feeding on …
Neighbors
Last week I blogged about family. This week I’m blogging about another family. My Beaver Creek family. June 10th is my birthday and a year ago Jane put together a homemade pizza party for the neighborhood. It was a fun day and enjoyable to spend time with friends. I kind of thought it was a one year …
Family
Jane and I spent the past week entertaining family. Rain, wind, sun, heat, cold, we experienced the weather gamut of an Alaskan summer. At least there weren’t any earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or tsunamis. My cousin Karl and his wife Mel, along with my cousin Alina and her boyfriend Sean, made their first trip to …