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Early July Alagnak River Fishing Report

July 9, 2018 by · Leave a Comment

Early July Alagnak River Fishing Report

This is an early July Alagnak River fishing report, coming from Alaska’s Katmai Lodge on the Alagnak River. The photos are file photos.

The river is finally starting to drop. That can only help the fishing.

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A prime example of a king salmon.

This time of year, the salmon species available are kings and sockeyes. The king run has not been stellar so far. That having been said, guests in my boat have gotten three kings in excess of 25 pounds this week, all by backtrolling Kwikfish. Fair numbers of jacks have been taken by a variety of methods.

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Another prime king, taken on a fly.

The Alagnak River is known for its sockeye runs. Last year over two million ascended the river. So far we’ve had two decent spurts, which is to say the floodgates have not been opened. All sockeyes are caught using fly tackle, small red or green flies or green beads. We wait impatiently. Let’s go, fish!

I have not been trout fishing and can only assume that it maintains its usual excellence.

And that is an early July Alagnak River Fishing Report from Katmai Lodge!

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short- Go Fishing!

John Kumiski
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Guests Arrive Alagnak River Fishing Report

July 2, 2018 by · Leave a Comment

Guests Arrive Alagnak River Fishing Report

This is the guests arrive Alagnak River fishing report, coming from Alaska’s Katmai Lodge on the Alagnak River.

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I even got one, on a jig.

Fishing! The king salmon have continued trickling in. Staff members have gotten five or six jacks this week. I even got one, an almost 20″ fish (very small for a king) on a jig. John Turcot hooked a real one. It straightened his hook out.

We have only seen a few sockeyes, and no chum salmon yet. They are expected any day now. Where have I heard that before?

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Carl got a beauty, but this is a file photo.

After adjusting our tactics we have had some good trout fishing this week. Carl caught a beauty yesterday, unhooked it, and dropped it before I could get a photo. So I used a photo of a more modest fish.

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The church is in ruins.

Down river from us is the site of an abandoned native settlement. At the site are the ruins of a Russian Orthodox church. We visited the site and explored it.

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This plant looks something like cotton.

Tammy arrived at the Alagnak Lodge, 20 miles downriver from us, Thursday night. She motored up the river and visited us Friday, a wonderful surprise. We have a central Florida posse here!

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From left- Tom Tammy, John, John.

The season’s first guests arrived on Saturday. Ian and Elizabeth joined me for an afternoon of king salmon fishing. We got two rainbow trout, no salmon. The last hour or so was spent on a fly casting and fly fishing lesson, which will come in handy later in the week.

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Dave the maintenance man is an important guy at Katmai Lodge.

And that is the guests arrive Alagnak River Fishing Report from Katmai Lodge!

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short- Go Fishing!

John Kumiski
www.spottedtail.com
http://www.spottedtail.com/blog
www.johnkumiski.com
www.rentafishingbuddy.com
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Summer Solstice Alagnak River Fishing Report

June 23, 2018 by · Leave a Comment

Summer Solstice Alagnak River Fishing Report

Pagans, celebrate! This is the summer solstice Alagnak River fishing report, coming from Alaska’s Katmai Lodge on the Alagnak River.

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A small portion of Katmai Lodge.

The summer solstice has the longest amount of daylight of any day of the year. In the northern hemisphere the solstice was on Wednesday. The length of daylight will now get less and less, seconds or minutes every day, until December 21. The solstice was an important day in the pagan calendar.

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A different view of the lodge, including the cafeteria and dock.

So, fishing. The king salmon have begun trickling in. Staff members have gotten five or six jacks this week. Ordinarily king salmon stay at sea anywhere from three to seven years. Jacks only stay at sea a year or two, so when they return they are much smaller than “adult” kings. Jacks are all males, and they are sexually mature. They’re just another of Nature’s ways of mixing the gene pool.

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Tom tries to subdue a king salmon.

While we’re hoping for a good run of “adult” kings, jacks are welcome too. While smaller in size they are aggressive and delicious, and are still fun to catch. So jacks, bring it on!

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He gets the dehooker on the spinner, and the fish is released.

The new guides here have been schooled this week on king salmon fishing techniques- pitching, boondogging, backtrolling. When the fish arrive we’ll be ready.

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Time has been spent rigging.

We have not seen any sockeye or “tiger” (chum) salmon yet. They are expected any day now.

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Ethan was happy with his jack king.

The trout fishing has dropped off. One expects Alaska to be cold and wet, but we’ve had exceptionally heavy rains all week and the river is high, high, high. The fish have lots of places to be and they are all spread out, hard to find. Additionally, most of our effort has been directed at kings.

And that is the summer solstice Alagnak River Fishing Report from Katmai Lodge!

Life is great and I love my work!

Life is short- Go Fishing!

John Kumiski
www.spottedtail.com
http://www.spottedtail.com/blog
www.johnkumiski.com
www.rentafishingbuddy.com
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