There were definitely more silvers in the river this week than last week. That makes things a whole lot easier on me. However, having a bunch of experienced anglers in my boat didn’t hurt either. I started the week fishing with Nelson, Donna, Matthew and Grey. The morning goal was to get Grey a salmon. Mission …
Fishing Report Week Ending 9/3/23
It was the toughest week of guiding for me this season. High, dirty water, no bait, huge tides, and low numbers of silver salmon made for long days on the river. I’m glad I had the crew that I did in such difficult conditions. Not boating many fish stings, but it was lessened by great attitudes every day. Tom, Dan, and Mike …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/27/23
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Okay, that might be a bit dramatic. Let’s just say the silver salmon fishing this past week has been up and down. Here’s the breakdown for the week. The week started out with a bang. It wasn’t the normal fast silver salmon bite, but it was a steady throughout the day. …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/20/23
Monday was the first day that I’ve had off in 29 days. During that entire stretch I fished for red salmon. That’s a lot of time wearing waders and standing in the river. After my time off, I was back in the boat chasing silver salmon. This will be my focus until the end of September. I enjoy fishing for red salmon, but the …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/13/23
My prediction for this week was a bit off. I know we’re going through a transition, but the red salmon fishing has been quite good. The silver salmon are around, but not in numbers that will limit out many boats. Our focus stayed on the banks flipping for red salmon. Josh, Margret, Scott, and Norman started the week out. We …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/6/23
Transition time. The red salmon run is up and down right now, and the silver salmon are just starting to show. It’s normal. We’re between the salmon runs and it’s hard to predict the action. On to the weekly fishing report. I fished a lot of long time guests/friends this past week. That never gets old. I was also …
Fishing Report Week Ending 7/30/23
On the first day of the fishing week the action was slow. I’m not lying when I say it was rather disappointing. However, as the week wore on the fishing improved. It improved a lot. With four consecutive days of sonar counts over 100K, the fishing was incredible. I spent Sunday fishing with Bill, Rodney, Pete, …
Fishing Report Week Ending 7/23/23
They’re heeeere…at least in the beginning of the week they were. The day after my last blogpost, the Kenai River red salmon sonar count jumped to 20K. The day after that, 54K. The numbers had been solid all week, but unfortunately the success rates didn’t always reflect that. It makes you wonder about the accuracy of the …
Fishing Report Week Ending 7/16/23
This past week we were in the catch enough fish for dinner phase of the run and not the fill up the freezer phase. We caught fish every time we were out, but so far the run has been small. Since July 1st, the lowest daily count of red salmon crossing the sonar counter has been 2,598. The most has been 8,064. Very soon the bulk of …
Fishing Report Week Ending 7/9/23
With the preseason announcement closing the entire Kenai River to king salmon fishing, I was not in a hurry to put the dock in until my first guided red salmon trips in July. In April, the tide wash high enough to put the dock in. Unfortunately, the late break up of ice prevented us from doing so. I waited for the high tides in …