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 …
2023 Fishing Season in Review
Let me start out by saying it was an awesome summer for temperatures in Alaska. We had three days in Kenai/Soldotna where temperatures broke 70 degrees. Three whole days! And, would you believe I wore wool socks every day on the river? Lower 48 triple digit temperatures versus wool socks. Hmmm, I think many of you reading this …
Fishing Report Week Ending 9/23/23
Like the falling temperatures, the silver salmon run is starting to decline. Sure, we caught fish every day, but the bites were few and far between. This is typical of a bell curve salmon run. I didn’t just fish the river this past week. On Monday, my sister Heidi, and her friends Sara, Ann, and Sonja, joined Jane and I on a …
Fishing Report Week Ending 9/17/23
This will be a limited fishing report for two reasons. The river is blown out making fishing nearly impossible, and Jane and I took time off to celebrate the nuptials between our son, Mac, and Addie. This past week an unprecedented natural event happened when the Snow and Skilak glacier dams both burst and dumped water …
Fishing Report Week Ending 9/10/23
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 9/25/22
Sawdust and silvers. That best describes this past week. The Trapper Creek Timber Crew traveled south to assist me with the take down of dead spruce trees around the cabins. Trees were cut in the mornings, the afternoons were spent chasing silver salmon. We were successful doing both. Tim is the …