Alaska Fishing Report

After a cup of coffee I decided to check the fishery, and the ole' Kenai River lived up to it's reputation this morning for sure! I started bumping salmon quickly and it wasn't long before [...]

Well, it's mid July, and I finally landed my first limit of 3 salmon...and I netted my own this time to see if I still had the juice, and I do. One before dinner on [...]

The Sockeye are getting bigger already, which is a good sign for things to come....with more than a million on the way between now and early August. This one hit on about flip #100, and [...]

Guests straight off the Alaska Highway joined us for a quick salmon lunch today...but first we had to put one in the net (good job net man), on the fish table, and under the knife [...]

After nearly a dozen years, clamming has returned to the Kenai Peninsula just south of Clam Gulch, and it's been a long time in coming. We set out around 7:00 am and while we weren't [...]

Just in time for dinner, this early run red smacked my Salmon Stryker fly and thankfully my good friend was there to net it for me! Filleted and ready to go, and I even dodged [...]

Well, after quite a hiatus, we thought it time to once again share a fresh catch with you. Here's the 1st Sockeye Salmon of the season, caught by yours truly on a demo cast for [...]

A rare & precious moment to enjoy fishing together as a family...including Opa Heinz Tobler "Oli" of Switzerland who loves his Alaska Grandsons dearly (not to mention his sweet Cindy).  These are the moments of [...]

Sockeye salmon are slippery when wet, but not slippery enough to escape the grasp of THIS fisherman!  CJ schooled the school of salmon silently, sneakily swimming by our shore in short order today with a limit [...]

July 14th will live in our memories as one of the best days of 2019 I'm sure....fish were plentiful, the river was calm, and the much needed rain gently watered the gardens and lawn so [...]