As we move into the first week of July and the core of our season, all in all it has been a pretty eventful summer. Much like the several seasons prior to this one, we have shifted focus from struggling king salmon stocks and have focus largely on the more abundant sockeye. After a pretty …
We have been very busy over the last few weeks and have a lot of great fishing action to report on. First and foremost I wish to extend my congratulations to our longtime friend and former guide Brent Rinker and his beautiful new wife Janelle. They were married on June 13 in sunny California and we wish them …
Where to start. The 2015 fishing season has begun like an avalanche. Which is pretty ironic considering we have had a winter little to no snow. While it is definitely too early to make any predictions of run strength or to be too optimistic about what the remainder of the season may hold, all indications …
The Kasilof River, known as the “little brother of the Kenai”, is located just south of the Kenai River by 11 miles and is slightly smaller in size. It begins at Tustamena Lake, the largest Lake on the Kenai Peninsula and flows northwest for 17 miles before dumping into Cook Inlet. The Kasilof is considerably …
2013 Coho return one of the best ever! Through the many years I have guided on the Kenai River, I have seen ups and down in all the salmon returns. This cyclical boom and bust is all part of the salmon’s natural existence, there are good years and there are bad years. This years return …
I was fishing the Kasilof in late May with friends and had just landed a really nice hatchery king salmon when my cell phone rang. It was a guide friend who wanted to know if I was interested in helping out with the fire by transporting firefighters by boat along the river. With the Kenai …
Kasilof Sockeye: Drift below Tustumena Lake offers solitude and good numbers of sockeye salmon. Changes in our king salmon fisheries have led us to further diversify and look for additional and exciting new fishing trips. One of these is the float from Tustumena Lake on the Kasilof River down to the Sterling Highway Bridge. Sockeye salmon migration …
Looking back on the 2014 fishing season evokes a myriad of special memories. While each and every season seems to take on a life all its own, this past season is particularity unique for a number of reasons. First and foremost was the fiery beginning to the summer season as the Funny River Horse Trail …
Well its official, 2014 is behind us for good and 2015 is here! The new year is always bittersweet as one looks back on an entire year of memories and great times on water. On the last day of 2014 I was lucky enough to spend it floating the Kenai with my brother and …
The 2014 fishing season will long be remembered for a number of reasons but perhaps the most timely is how long it lasted. Even now there is still some pretty good fishing to be discovered on the Kenai River. Late November is normally a time when frosty temperatures mean you definitely need to pick your …
