2007 Year in Review As the 2007 season comes to a close, there is much to remember and reflect upon before looking ahead to 2008. This past season, like every season, was unique in many ways. Run strength, run timing, weather, river conditions all play their part in making each season a little different than …
2008 Year in Review Now that the 2008 fishing season has come and gone, it is finally time to take a deep breath and look back on another eventful summer here on the Kenai Peninsula. It is truly amazing just how many individual memories combine to sew together just one Alaska fishing season. This year …
2010 Year in Review With the final days of 2010 now behind us, it’s once again time to circle down river and re-live some of the many memories of another season gone by. 2010 will likely be best remembered for less than stellar king salmon returns. After twenty seasons guiding the Kenai River, seeing the …
2011 Year in Review Time flies when you are having fun. I guess this explains why this past summer, like so many prior, slipped byway too fast. I am sure many of you that joined us this year will agree that summer time in Alaska seems to scurry along at an accelerated pace. The flow …
Alaska Fishing with Mark Glassmaker: 2005 Year in Review Once Again another wonderful fishing season has come to an end. A lot of water has passed by in the last five months and 2005 was a unique and rewarding season in many regards. What follows is my recount of this past season: Amidst falling leaves, harvest …
Red Salmon… To Bite or not to Bite? There has long been a debate about how to catch sockeye salmon. Do they bite, yes, no, maybe, sometimes.?.. It really depends on who you talk to as every Alaskan angler has their own opinion and their own sure fire way to land a limit of reds. …
2009 Year in Review Once again another season has come and gone and like the many seasons prior, this one was decidedly unique in a number of ways. From statewide king salmon woes to unusually high river levels, the 2009 season on the Kenai (and statewide), was not without its distinct challenges. More welcome surprises …
Alaska Fly Out: Silver Salmon Fishing. West Side of Cook Inlet. Keep the bait in the water and your hands and feet in the boat…’cause these silvers bite like gators! It was a typical August morning as we arrived at the float plane lake and shuttled our gear to the tarmac, (a large wooden float …
With big Kenai Kings, knowing what to expect is half the battle! It happened just like it always does. The side rod creaked for a millisecond and then gets buried in the rod holder. The idle chatter and relaxed atmosphere of bobbing around on the river is poignantly interrupted by a king salmon just minutes …
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