CONGRATULATIONS to the Rogers from Texas for seven years of being married under all kinds of fishing conditions.
The kitchen staff put together a “thai taste” for the guests not only tasting the food but a “how to” that everybody really enjoyed. The different flavors and spices mixed and matched with wines and beers was a great success………sabai ……sabai……..
Good to excellent Silver fishing reports from lower Kenai. Kasilof is in fall runoff and fishing spotty while the fly outs are full hammer time with plenty of bears and 5 star fishing.

 

“Kwik Fish vs, Eggs”
This has always been an on going argument with salmon fisherman. Now that the late run of Silvers have entered the Kenai. The bite has clearly shifted to a K-16 with a sardine wrap, over the more conventional salmon egg.
Capt. Mike suggests adjusting the plugs while on anchor to better adapt to the current. “Be sure and tune while the rod is in the holder, directly behind the boat, and get the plug to run plumb and straight.”
This sage advice can be carried on to dancing at the discos he also mentioned.

 

Father and son seemed to be the dujor for the week.
The Silver fishing for second run has kicked off with some early limits for the TRL groups.
TRL encourages father and son groups, with special campfire cookouts, fishing lessons, and teaching the young ones about nature, catch and release fishing and fun without X-Boxes.

 

Charles Bass and group encountered some incredible fishing on the flyouts. The best day has on the Ochoba River with guides Tony “coffee” Ryan and Big fish Rich.
30 fish per rod day with many grabs on the “wog” (a big hairy bug resembling a pollywog) Described as a “huge CRUSH” and “screaming burn” no not a STD Symptom but 10-12 lb Silvers.
______________________Good one Guys.

 

The “Big Bow” of the week goes to Tucker Barnett with a 17 lb toad. Big fish Rich on sticks caught in the middle river. Good job guys!

 

Date:

AUGUST 9,2009

Fishing Area:

Kenai River

“We owned them” Eric Sanders from Anchorage screamed. Eric with his guests from, the Hollanders, were at the lodge for a weekend of fishing.
Eric, who has fished throughout the state keeps returning to the TRL. “The food, guides and variety of fishing and ambiance are the best in the state. I have been to all the high-end lodges and this is the best of all without the astronomical prices and snob attitude”   
Silvers on the Kenai are red hot, trout spotty but flyouts and Halibut are strong.

 

Silvers are “IN”
One year in the river and two years in the salt produces a silver bullet of a fish.
Acrobatic and aggressive are the qualities admired most by the anglers. These fish will “take” a fly as well as eggs bounced.
10-15 lb fish, with firm orange flesh these are considered the best to smoke and eat of all the salmon. Limits of 2 in August and 3 in September make these a great freezer pets.

 

“Give a man a fish and he will eat it
Give a man a Flyrod and he will skip work”
M. Tuhy

The reds are in and the fly rods are bending.
The Sockeyes or “Reds” enter the Kenai River in huge numbers and are plentiful throughout the entire river.
The Carlson group, regulars from Chicago, got in some Red ripping as well as King fishing. The Slivers showed early in Seward to provide a bonus to the Halibut trips. Flyouts are “hot” and the Halibut fishing is good.

 

Nice big kings in the Kenai and good catches in the salt were the general consensus of the week. The beginning of the week pitched out 2@40s and 1 @ 50lbs, all before 9:30 in the morning for 3 lucky anglers fishing with Capt. Mike aboard the SS gravy leg.
The halibut fishing with “Badger” also showed some nice flat fish with weights up to 70 lbs.
The fly outs were full hammer time over on the Kuskatan with easy limits of reds and lots of bears.
The trout fishing on fly rods was spotty, with some nice “bows “showing up, but also leaving in a hurry after some awesome displays of power and ariel grappling.
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news flash/Skinny just got off the middle river and reports lots of nice trout on the drift with the biggest to the boat@28 inch and hooked one estimated 15lbs...no king on this trip but tommarrow is another day..

The Chuitt river next to the Denaiana Athabaskan village of  Tyonek proved to be happy hunting grounds for the ‘WINE GROUP’.Lots of big strong kings in small clear water makes for some challenging conditions and awesome results. One member of the group landed 5 of these brutes with an 8 weight ORVIS loaded w/wt forward line on a MACH 3 reel. Leeches seemed to be the desired antagonist to get these protective fish to grab and shake.
JULY HOGS are in the river early with some nice fish boated, the biggie being a 65 pounder released using a #16 kwikfish no diver needed. The water is super clear with an unusual clarity of 48 inches and it looks as if the second run fish are early.
Seward reports silvers off Pony Cove already ,and lots of reds in the salt.
Dumb and hungry was the issue with a 12 pound  Kenai“bow”caught a released by the wine group congrats Bridgett on your first big bow on a fly.
Halibut fishing has been very good ,Capt. Dustin aboard the Badger reports.”The weather has been holding and some nice fish  in the 30-60 pound slot with some near the triple digits.”

“excellent trip especially the quality time with the kids…..and the variety of trips offered…”                                                                

Robert@303-947-4423

600 hundred pounds of fillet…………yup, that’s what the 6 Salt Lake City boys loaded up with. The catch included a 200 lb Anchor Point flat fish that was 25 years old, followed with a number of great table size fish in the 40-60 lb range. That combined with some nice KINGS rounded out a perfect seafood platter. Bound and determined to come back in August to pound the silvers one thinks they may know something we don’t.
Kasilof is fishing good, Skinny reports:”yeah gotta use the fresh berries and bounce
Um, 2 otta 4 but missed a bunch”
Trout got off to a red hot start. These big bows are just coming off the spawn beds and want to eat.”I feel the same way but usually just have a cigarett”BIG FISH was reluctantly quoted.
Kenai is fishing fair, the water conditions are great and the temperature should rise few degrees a get these fish into the system and snappy.
2e

"We sure don't get this quality fish in Salt Lake..., We got major Barbeque."

Chad 801-864-1131

 

Fish and chips was the special of the day.Excellent tides and no wind produced some nice flat fish faire 40-60 pound,the perfect fillet.
Both the Kenai and the Kasilof are starting to produce fish.The Kasilof is the most promising-with some beautiful “nates”
The reds are “in” and getting some quality fish,similar to second run size…..real knuckle-busters.

"I was impressed with the handing of the fish.... We have a frezer full of restuarant quality fish. "

Jeff 503.502.8472

 

Kasilof seems to be the best game in town for king fishing.Astock of good native fish have entered the system-the bite happens on the early tides.
Kenai is getting “fishy”the water temp. is *44f and clear,a few degrees up and we got product.The reds have entered the system in very fishable numbers with some nice limits of big fish

 

"The gide are all top nocth.You gonna love Big fish rich and Skinny"

 

The Kenai river water is too low for the power boats but the drift boats in the middle released a #60 buck and retained a #35 hen-eggzackly-
The Kasilof is hot with spring steelhead and kings..

"Great food great fishing great trip."