Chai's Second

We are a bit late in updating last week.

Chai finished up his week with a second nice king on Thursday, June 19. Everyone was waiting for George to get both grandpa's into the act on the generations sweep, but were excited that Chai was able to put a nice finish on the fishing.

Thanks for the great company guys!

Three Generations...Life of Riley!

Yesterday was a special day in the boat for Riley. He was fishing with both of his grandpa's, his dad and his uncle.

It turned out to be a three generation day. First up was Riley's grandpa Nikron, then dad Veechai and then Riley.

Grandpa George is still the great host for this group. He is out fishing right now, so I hope he completes the generation catch today.

Nice Morning

Keith and I met George a few year's ago when he and his co-workers planned an Alaska fishing trip. It turned out that George was a gracious host to his group. They got their kings, but George is still waiting.

His group hit the river this morning for the first king trip of this visit. Well, George is still the good host. His brother Jerry got this nice 45 inch king just 45 minutes into the outing. Way to go Jerry!

I hope the afternoon proves to be lucky for the rest of the group.

Team ABC Seamless 2008

Just a quick photo to end the week of fishing. Long time friends and avid anglers Jeff and Brian Raisenan are seen holding a couple of kings. Jeff is holding a "jack" salmon which to me is one of the finest eating salmon in the river. It's known as the veal of the salmon world. The fishing wasn't quite as good on Saturday but we had few chances to land a few more. Janice and Alisa fished as well but could not get a fish to the boat. We'll get 'em next time!

Finally!

When Jane and I bought Beaver Creek Cabins our very first clients were Thomas & Sylvia Federbusch from Germany. They have been back to Alaska almost every year since then and they always book a day or two of fishing. They're luck for kings has been terrible. On the other hand, they've had no problems catching silvers. This past week the fishing has been outstanding but I was still worried that we'd continue our streak of no kings to the boat.



Well, on Friday Thomas and Sylvia both caught king salmon and Thomas came through with the largest one of the day. Don't be deceived about the size of the fish in the picture. Thomas is 6'6" so any salmon will look small next to him. This fish measured 45.5 inches and weighed just under 50lbs.
With the two fish together their biggest problem is trying to figure out how to get all the fillets back to Germany. As Thomas said, "this is a nice problem to have."

Father and Son Limit

This morning I had Ed and Jim in the boat. It was cold, it was raining, but luckily the bite that started yesterday continued today.




Jim, the son, started things off at the Toilet Hole. When he got the salmon into the boat he said, "yeah, I forgot fishing can be fun."



Not long after Ed had a couple of bites and then lost one on the hookset. We moved down river to the Crossover and after several trolls Ed connected with a salmon that wasn't going to get away. After a fifteen minute fight we were back at the dock before lunch with a pair of 30lbs hens to clean. I can't tell you how much I enjoy it when a father and son come to Alaska to fish and see all the beauty in this State. I can't help but think about my own father in times like this. Here's to you dad for showing your son the great outdoors!

Icing On The Cake

Keith got the icing on his birthday cake yesterday. We went out fishing again in the afternoon and released another smaller male king, but decided to keep this 45 inch female.

Fishing always makes Keith happy!