Fishing Report Week Ending 7/21/13

What a roller coaster ride of king fishing last week.  One morning no fish than in the afternoon several fish.  The next day just the opposite.  Nobody saw this better than Aksel, Preben, and Mogens of Team Denmark.   Here's Aksel holding up a nice king that took less than one minute to bite.  It was a heck of a way to start out his week of king fishing. 

Here's a group photo of Team Denmark on a day they kept two king salmon and released one.   Mogen caught the largest king which was just under 60lbs.    An amazing battle won by an 85 year old Dane.

 Here's Preben's released king.

 And Aksel's released king.

 Here's Mike Stacken with the first fish Wednesday morning.

Shortly thereafter he was upstaged by his wife Jodie.

Dave and Linda also had a nice morning on Thursday.  Like Mike and Jodie, Dave caught the first fish and then Linda quickly showed him a "real" Kenai king.   It was stange that two straight mornings the exact same thing happened... husbands and wives catching kings and the wife catching the larger one.

My overall observation this past week was it was good for some and not so much for others.  This not only applied to my boat but the river as a whole.   It would have been nice to boat a few fish for Team Zweig (Rick, Jaimie, and Erik), and Team Miller (Gene, Dick, Kim, Jake, and Jenny) but that's just the way this king fishery works.   At least one thing I know is they all caught a whole bunch of red salmon to take home and that makes me feel a lot better.

That's it for now.  See you next week for another recap of fishing the Kenai.