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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
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Fishing Bear Lodge Fishing Report 4

August 13, 2017 by · Leave a Comment

Fishing Bear Lodge Fishing Report 4

This is the August 13 Fishing Bear Lodge fishing report.

We wait inside the lodge, watching the rain and waves come down Lake Beverley. After a week of catching fish, no one is anxious to get out in this nasty, 54 degree weather. We did have a wind- and rain-free day this week. It was delightful, if short-lived.

Fishing has remained excellent. Yesterday’s trip to the Agulapak River bordered on epic, with at least one angler leaving early after getting tired of catching rainbows to 23 inches on dry flies. Now that is a nice problem to have!

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Owen battles a trout on a local creek.

Sockeye salmon drop thousands of eggs in feeder creeks, and trout and char follow them gorging on those eggs. Beads have been extremely effective in fooling these fish.

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Dave Bousfield with a nice char taken on an egg-sucking leech.

Dry fly fishing for grayling remains excellent, although streams are swollen from all the rain. This lovely fish remains a staple for our anglers.

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Ellie and Ellie with a fat grayling.

I only fished for pike one morning this week. It was good, with a fish over 36 inches. Justin and Conner had a half-day pike outing and had excellent results on both streamers and poppers.

I effected a rescue this week. I had two gentlemen out fishing. We were wading above a rapid and a deep pool. I was working with one, and turned around to see the other out in water deeper than he should have been, obviously in some distress. “What are you doing out there?” I asked. “I’m over my waders.” “Try to come back to us.” He couldn’t do it. I waded out after him and grabbed his hand. The other guy grabbed my hand. With all of us pulling we all got back into shallow water. More excitement than I need!

One of our guests this week (not involved in the above incident) was Randy Lint, owner of Big Creek Coffee Roasters. He brought product that we’ve been drinking all week and it was excellent. He offers a subscription service where the highest quality coffees are delived to your door via USPS Priority mail. If you enjoy a fine cup of java you ought to check it out at BigCreekCoffee.com.

The days get noticeably shorter. Leaves will soon start changing color. The end of my Alaska season is on the horizon.

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The timing is never bad for a prayer like this.

That is this week’s Fishing Bear Lodge fishing report! Thanks for reading!

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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Fishing Bear Lodge Fishing Report 3

August 6, 2017 by · Leave a Comment

Fishing Bear Lodge Fishing Report 3

This is the August 6 Fishing Bear Lodge fishing report.

It rained all this past week, every day. We got wet, stayed wet. Wah wah. The fish didn’t care much, except for one creek that got blown out. We fished elsewhere.

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Ethan Price got this fine rainbow trout on a mouse fly. Yes, it was raining.

Mousing for rainbow trout has continued great, with fish running to over 20 inches, If the mouse action slows, switching to streamers has worked too. The egg-sucking leech has worked well.

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This rainbow also took a mouse. Yes, it was raining!

The char fishing has not picked up yet. Salmon have begun to spawn. Where are the char?

Dry fly fishing for grayling has been a dependable and entertaining way to spend a few hours. Caddis and mayfly imitations both work well. Grayling are such lovely little fish!

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Greg used a caddis imitation to entice this grayling. You know it was raining!

The pike have been reliable and entertaining. AND, I didn’t cut my fingers this week, which is awesome.

I should write an ode to sleeping bags. At the end a long day in the rain, nothing feels better than climbing into a delicious, warm sleeping bag.

That is this week’s Fishing Bear Lodge fishing report! Thanks for reading!

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
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/jkumiski

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