If you like to catch and release king salmon, this was the week to be on the Kenai River. You really didn’t have a choice. On 7/13, ADFG issued an emergency order changing the Kenai River king salmon fishery to catch and release only. Even though the king numbers have been tracking below the preseason forecast, the fishing …
Fishing Report Week Ending 6/14/2020
I had big plans this week to fish the Kenai/Russian River confluence and the beaches of Seward for red salmon. After seeing no action in either areas, I decided to focus on camping/hiking, and then fish when I returned home. I'm not sure fishing was better on the lower Kenai River, but at least I caught enough for a couple of …
More New Stuff For 2020
My first fishing rod I can remember, that wasn’t made from a willow branch, was in the late 60's. My dad purchased a beautiful blue Holiday brand fishing rod for me from a Holiday gas station and paired it with a Zebco 202 spincast reel. To say I wore the reel out was not an exaggeration. My dad replaced it three times with the …