Fishing Report Week Ending 8/12/13

 

 

Despite rising water and a flood advisory in effect, the fishing was good this past week.  It was never a hot bite but patience was the key to our success.  Not everyone caught their limit but quite a few did.  Do you think Team Laflamme had a good day on the water?  I know I did.

 

 Ken and Heidi with their limit of silver salmon.

Korey, Kent, and Bo one short of their boat limit.   We sure had our chances to finish early but a couple of silvers escaped the net at the boat.  "Next time" as Kent said.

Bob "Dean-O" Laflamme with the first fish of the day.  This fish made it through a gill net but it didn't make it past Dean-O.  Do you think his wife, Janet, is happy for him?

Shortly after Dean-O boated his fish Janet came through with her own.  I'm not going to get in between the two about who had the biggest one but I know who takes a better picture....

Alec Laflamme came down Sunday with his friend Michael to fish with his grandma, grandpa, and dad.   Pretty successful morning.   Dean-O got the ball rolling again with a silver before we could get all the lines in the water but the BIG explanation point of the morning was Michael's 15lb silver.  This fish has now become the largest August silver landed in my boat.  I don't know, it must be something about silver fishing on Sunday that means big fish (see last weeks post).  Hope you're ready Orv....

 Here's another picture of Michael's fish.   A very impressive girth (that's a K15 lure). 

As I mentioned earlier, all week long the river has been rising and when that happens a lot of debris floats downstream.   We had a couple of close calls with huge trees but luckily we were able to detach from the anchor line and get out of the way.   A couple of times I started to question how safe it was to be out fishing.    The good news is the flooding is suppose to crest tomorrow so hopefully no more debris will be coming down.

With the water levels dropping, the use of bait on 8/16 and a full schedule on the water, I'm looking forward to a great week of fishing.  See you next week.

  

Fishing Report Week Ending 8/16/09

The silver fishing continues to be hot. We are at the peak of the first run but unfortunately the Kenai River is once again starting to flood. We still are catching our limits from the boat but the flood has impacted the bank fishing for silvers. The crest is predicted for Wednesday.

The first picture is "Team England" which consists of Geoff, Ian, and Graham. The next photo is Jim and Ron (growing up Jim was my second father). The next two photos are of Denver and Jerry. The final photo is the Parke family. Normally I'm not a superstitious person but after several snafus in the boat I realized that it was August 13th. The Parke's had a great attitude that day and I'm glad the salmon cooperated with us (except for the one I dropped in the river!).

Fishing Report Week Ending 7/26/09

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The best because I'm guided a lot of friends but the worst because the king fishing was not as expected for this time of the year. As far as I can tell there were two factors that kept the catch rate down. The first was the low numbers of kings entering the river. The second is that the river is at flood stage due to rain in the mountains and the increased melting of the glaciers that feed into the Kenai. This has produced high and muddy water, a bad combination for fishing.

The few fish that were caught include Sarah, Dave, Ursula, and Adam. In addition, there is a photo from the halibut trip that Jane had taken with the Sporrer/Johnson/Dawson group. A definite positive this week is the red fishing with most groups limiting out daily. Also, the minus tides produced great clam digging for many of our guests.

Four days left in the king season. I hope mother nature will be kind..........