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As promised, I am going to get a little more into last week’s Alaskan adventure here…starting with the awesome diversity of species you can catch armed only with a spinning rod, rental car, a handful of lures and a healthy sense of adventure!
We obviously didn’t get our mitts on everything that swims around the island — not even close — but we did pretty well considering we had no access to a boat! Here’s a look at some of the critters we caught… [click to continue…]
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Mmmm...cork...it's what's for dinner! (IGFA Photo)
Bo Nelson of Oro Valley, AZ was working an egg pattern on British Columbia’s Flathead River with guide Kim Sedrovic, when this tank of a bull trout came calling. The fish took 10 minutes to land and, upon being weighed, pulled the needle down to 14 pounds, which just may qualify it for a 12-pound tippet class world record.
Nelson’s catch bested the current 12-pound tippet record — a 12-pound bull that came from Montana’s Kootenai River back in 2003 — and is now being reviewed by the International Game Fish Association for consideration as a world record.
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Okay, so it wasn’t a 20-pound steelhead that slammed Chris O’Neill’s spoon in British Columbia’s Babine River, but this jumbo Dolly Varden is one heck of a nice catch anyway!
After a quick photo, Chris let Charzilla go so he could get back to business with his flock of Dollyettes and, hopefully, make many more like himself. For his efforts, O’Neill is entered into our Hawg of the Month Contest. For more details on how to enter, click HERE
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JD,
When is the best time to go fishing in AK. I want to fly into Anchorage and make my way to Homer.
Thanks,
Brian
Brian,
Well, that’s a bit of a broad question….depends on what type of fishing you want to do. Driving down from Anchorage, there’s not a ton of stuff to do off the bank (unless you count combat fisheries like Bird and Ship creeks) until you get down to Cooper Landing down on the Kenai River. Of course, you have Soldotna just past that.
In that area you are in the epicenter of the Kenai’s giant king salmon fishing (May-July), though you’ll need to get on a guide boat to have much of a chance. Also, the reds come in thick in the Kenai and Russian rivers in July and then there are the jumbo rainbows, dollies, silvers, chums and humpies (mainly on even years).
Heading towards Homer, you will encounter the Kasilof River, where you can catch some kings below the Crooked Creek Hatchery off the bank or try Deep Creek, Ninilchik River and Anchor River, which have a mix of salmon and trout.
Homer, of course, is the self-proclaimed “Halibut Capitol of the World” and you can find countless charters down on the Spit that will take you out into Kachemak Bay for flatties. There’s also a fish pond on the spit that salmon return to, though it’s not really the nicest place to fish…
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Here’s the final installment in the JD & Khev’s Epic Alaskan Float Trip Video collection. In this one, we pick up the action on Day 5…
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It’s no secret that pink plastic worms are deadly on steelhead, but we’ve pretty much been flogged endlessly with every possible way to use them a hundered times over, right?
Well, not exactly…Take a look at the possibilities that Mad River Manufacturing’s new Worm Jigs offer and you may see pink worms in a totally new light. [click to continue…]
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In June 2008, K-Dawg and I embarked on an incredible 7-day, self-guided Alaskan float trip that produced some of the best fishing either of us have ever experienced! Check it out…
Wild Alaskan Rafting & Fly Fishing Trip from Fish with JD on Vimeo.
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