Team Canada....End of the King Season

What a great way to end the king season. Team Canada, consisting of Albert, Jim, and Rob fished the last three days with me. As you can see in the photos the fishing was pretty good and the weather was beautiful. The majority of my customers usually fish a 1/2 day trip. What Albert, Jim, and Rob did is a testimonial to why a full day trip is a better way to go if you're after numbers of fish. Over the course of three days these guys brought 20 kings into the net with quite a few silver and pink salmon as well. They experienced the ebb and flow of a typical day on the Kenai. There were moments when the bite was on and moments when it wasn't. On a 1/2 day trip you never know if the river will be "on" or not and that's a chance you'll have to take. You can work through the cycle on a full day trip. Enough said.



Team Canada was missing one player, Kirk, and it's too bad that he couldn't be here to enjoy the fishing. Jim made sure to remind Kirk what he was missing and whenever a big fish was landed a phone call was made to give him an update. I'm sure it was torture. Anyway, speaking of big fish, Jim took home bragging rights for the biggest fish of the trip and for the season. He released a 49 1/2" x 31" king. That computes to a salmon weighing 64.2 lbs. Once again, the biggest salmon of the year in my boat came on the last day of the season.



Final thoughts on the king season. I'd like to thank Albert, Jim, and Rob for ending the season on such a high note and I'd like to thank everyone else for making it a great, great king year. This king season was for you dad and thanks for always having time to take a kid fishing. I won't ever forget it.



Stay tuned for the silver salmon season. I expect a good year based on the early catch rate so far.