Best Mid July Fishing

PA12DRVR wrote:
With any luck, I'll have some guts-n-blood on the new boat (23' SSD by Wooldridge) by mid-July and can offer a direct personal report.

Ill be in Alaska for the summer volunteer working. Do you want to take me out fishing?

2015 Soldotna, Alaska on the Kenai River by the airport.

Moosehead05 wrote:
What about shore fishing without crowds??

If I only knew how to post pictures.

There's lots of places to go shore fishing, but

- There will be crowds anywhere the shore is road-accessible (or relatively road-accessible) for salmon season(s);
- There will likely be crowds on most riverbanks that are within a 30-60 minute boat ride of popular spots (think Talkeetna, Wasilla, Houston, Kenai/Soldotna) particularly during King and Silver season
- During the popular salmon runs, even the relatively close air-accessible spots will be "crowded" but that would mean 3-4 parties on any given stretch, not the shoulder-to-shoulder combat fishing on the road-accessible areas.....riverbanks that are a couple hours flight away are less likely to be crowded in general
- For roadside fishing...go in the fall for trout/grayling/char after the salmon and the combat fishing have passed.

Moosehead05 wrote:
What about shore fishing without crowds??

If you're shore fishing without crowds, you're fishing in a closed river! It's not called "combat fishing" for nothing.

"Katy calling...."

I heard Katy calling a month ago (when it was -20 in Los Anchorage and -30 in Squarebanks) but with +40 temps and the Great Alaska Sportsmans show this weekend, Katy doesn't stand a chance.

PA12 is settling back in like a native ! Do you hear Katy calling....even once ?

Thanks for replies !

Moosehead05 wrote:
What about shore fishing without crowds??

You're kidding, right?

What about shore fishing without crowds??

With any luck, I'll have some guts-n-blood on the new boat (23' SSD by Wooldridge) by mid-July and can offer a direct personal report.