It was Blinn Week. Gary Blinn and crew have been coming to Beaver Creek Cabins & Guide Service since 1996. Rain or shine, fish or no fish, it’s going to be a good time when they’re here. The week started out with a bang. Plenty of silvers and pinks kept the rods bending all morning. From right to left is …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/23/26
It was another great week on the Kenai River. The silver salmon were biting, and so were the pinks. The week started with Mackenzie and Mike. Mackenzie caught a limit of silvers and pinks while Mike fell one silver salmon short of filling out too. Still, “not getting them all” made for a nice haul of fish heading back …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/16/26
It was another week of action. The biters were predominately pinks, but silvers found their way to our lures too. It was also a week with a lot of families in my boat. That made the fishing extra special. I started the week fishing with Mark, Kristi, Ben, and Alyssa. A nice mix of silvers and pinks made it into the fish …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/9/26
The fun fish showed up in decent numbers this week. However, a few pesky silvers got in the way too. The fishing week started on Sunday. I got to spend a wonderful day on the water with our friends Taylor and Colette. We were hoping to target red salmon, but due to a declining run, decided to go after pinks and …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/2/26
Holy cow. It was a wild and wacky week. The lower Kenai River red salmon run went from white hot to ice cold. And it happened quickly. The week started with mayhem and chaos. In a couple of hours Dave, Lindsey, Ken, and Sue were back at dock with their limits. Always fun to see you guys… The next …
2024 Pink Salmon Recap
The smallest and most numerous of the pacific salmon are pink salmon. They're a lot of fun to catch because "humpies" will bite most anything in front of them. It's a wonderful fish to introduce someone new to fishing because the action can be non stop. Unlike the king and red salmon runs, the Alaska Department of Fish and …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/25/24
The second week of the Gary Blinn Crew is in the books. The photos show smiling faces and quite a few fish. However, the photos don’t tell the whole story. We logged a lot of hours to catch what we did. Sure we found fish, but not like what we’re accustomed to. That being said, it’s time to share the daily photos of happy …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/18/24
It was a fun week of fishing the Gary Blinn crew. Week 1 is done. There are 2 more weeks to go. This was our pattern every day. Head out fishing at 5:30am and set up on anchor targeting silver salmon. When the silver bite slowed down mid morning, move to the islands and cast spinner baits to catch whatever might be there. …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/11/24
Usually, the transition from red salmon fishing to pink and silver salmon fishing is seamless. Not this year. It’s been a struggle to find good numbers of salmon all week. Rising and dirty water doesn’t help either. I’ll start out the blog post with the first silver caught this year from the boat. I think Dennis …
Fishing Report Week Ending 8/14/22
It was a fun week of fishing. I got to fish with mostly returning guests, and with a couple of new guys. Overall, the pink salmon numbers seem weak, but still in catchable numbers. The silver salmon are up and down depending on the tide cycle. And finally, the red salmon run is done in the lower river. I started the week …