08/01/2005
Little Susitna River — I guided a morning group of 4 guests who caught 5 silver salmon and about 25 chum salmon on Flashtrap Spinners.
08/02/2005
Deshka River and Susitna River trinutaries — I fished with 4 guests and we caught 8 silver salmon and a couple pink salmon. 2 of the silver salmon were caught on salmon eggs and the rest were caught on Flashtrap Spinners. At the Deshka River we fished near the mouth where large schools of silver salmon could be seen swimming near the banks and leaping out of the water.
08/03/2005
David Dickson guided a morning group of 3 guests who caught 5 silver salmon and several chum salmon on Flashtrap Spinners.
08/04/2005
Little Susitna River — I fished with one guest and we caught 3 silver salmon and perhaps 20 chum salmon on Flashtrap Spinners. #4 silver and black, #4 orange, and #4 pink all produced multiple salmon.
08/05/2005
Little Susitna River — I fished with a group of 4 guests and we caught 5 silver salmon, 2 sockeye salmon, and perhaps 15 chum salmon. All of the salmon were caught on Flashtrap Spinners.
David Dickson guided a morning group of 4 guests who caught 7 silver salmon and several chum salmon on Flashtrap Spinners.
David Dickson guided an afternoon group of 2 guests who caught 3 silver salmon on K-13 Kwickfish.
David Osgood guided a morning group of 5 guests who primarily caught and released sivler salmon. Dave said they caught about 30 fish total.
Saturday August 6 will be the first day anglers are allowed to fish with bait on the Little Susitna River this year, so we`re expecting good catches of silver salmon. Check back in the evening to see what we caught.
08/06/2005
Little Susitna River — today was the first day bait fishing was allowed on the river this year. I fished with a morning group of 4 guests all of who caught a limit of silver salmon by drifting salmon roe under ESB Bobbers.
I also guided an afternoon group of 4 guests who limited on silver salmon also caught fishing salmon roe under ESB bobbers.
David Dickson guided a morning group of 4 guests who limited on silver salmon caught using ESB bobbers and salmon eggs.
Greg Acord guided a moring group of 6 guests who caught 6 silver salmon while fishing bobbers and eggs.
Greg Acord guided an afternoon group of 5 guests who caught a couple silver salmon with salmon eggs and bobbers.
08/08/2005
Little Susitna River — I guided a morning group of 5 guests who each caught a limit of silver salmon on salmon eggs fished under ESB bobbers, and also targeted and caught 1 chum salmon on a silver and black Flashtrap Spinner.
I guided an afternoon group of 4 guests who caught 5 silver salmon. 3 silver salmon were caught on salmon eggs fished under ESB bobbers, and one silver salmon was caught on a #3 black Flashtrap Spinner and one silver salmon was caught on a orange #4 Flashtrap Spinner. The group also saw several schools of silver salmon in the water that were reluctant to strike during the bright sunny afternoon.
David Dickson guided an morning group of 2 guests who caught 4 silver salmon.
Dave Osgood guided a morning group of 5 guests who caught 9 silver salmon and all the fish were caught on Flashtrap Spinners.
Silver salmon fishing has picked up considerable for us since the used of bait openned on August 6, and I expect the fishing to remain good through the next two or three weeks.
08/09/2005
Little Susitna River — I guided a group of 4 guests each of whom caught a limit of silver salmon. Two silver salmon were caught on #3 black Flashtrap Spinners, and the rest were caught drifting salmon eggs under ESB Bobbers. The weather has been warm and sunny, and the water level is starting to drop while visibility is increase to where sight fishing is now possible in some places.
David Dickson guided an afternoon group of 2 guests who caught 1 king salmon on a K-13 Kwickfish.
08/10/2005
Little Susitna River — I fished with a group of 4 guests and we kept 9 silver salmon which were caught both casting with Flashtrap Spinners and drifting along the bottom with salmon eggs.
08/11/2005
Little Susitna River — I fished with a group of 5 guests and everyone caught and kept a limit of silver salmon. About half of the fish were caught drifting along the bottom with salmon eggs and the remainder were caught on Flashtrap Spinners. #3 black, #4 silver and black, and #4 orange were the spinners catching the fish.
08/12/2005
Little Susitna River — I boated a group of 5 anglers to a good fishing spot and dropped them off for a few hours with each catching caught a limit of silver salmon using Flashtrap Spinners and/ or fly fishing.
I guided a morning group of 3 guests who each caught a limit of silver salmon fishing both Flashtrap Spinners and drifting salmon eggs along the bottom.
I guided an afternoon group of 6 guests who caught 7 silver salmon while fishing with Flashtrap Spinners and also drifting salmon eggs along the bottom.
08/13/2005
Little Susitna River — I guided an afternoon group of 6 guests who caught at least 15 silver salmon while casting with Flashtrap Spinnners and drifting salmon eggs along the bottom.
08/14/2005
Little Susitna River — I guided a morning group of 5 guests who caught 6 silver salmon. 5 of the silvers were caught casting with Flashtrap Spinners and the remaining fish was caught drifting along the bottom with salmon eggs.
08/15/2005
I guided a group of 4 guests each of whom caught a limit of silver salmon. 1 silver salmon was caught drifting bait along the bottom, and the others were all caught on Flashtrap Spinners.
Nathan Drake guided a morning group of 3 fly fisherman who caught 5 silver salmon.
08/16/2005
Little Susitna River — I guided a group of 5 guests, 3 of whom caught and released several silver salmon and also each kept a limit, and 2 of whom did not catch a fish. 2 silver salmon were caught on salmon eggs drifted along the bottom and the rest were caught casting with Flashtrap Spinners. #3 silver and black, and #3 black were the hot spinner patterns.
Greg Acord guided a morning group of 5 guests who caught 5 silver salmon casting with Flashtrap Spinners.
David Dickson fished with a morning group of 2 guests who caught 9 silver salmon while casting Flashtrap Spinners.
08/17/2005
Little Susitna River — I gudied a morning group of 5 people who caught 7 silver salmon. 2 of the salmon were caught drifting salmon eggs along the bottom and the other 5 salmon were caught casting with Flashtrap Spinners. The water level has been dropping quite low, but it started raining a bit this afternoon, so it may start going up again before long.
08/18/2005
Little Sustina River — David Dickson guided a morning group of 3 people each of whom caught a limit of silver salmon casting Flashtrap Spinners. Water level remains low even after yesterday`s rain.
Deshka River — Pat Donnelson has been experiencing excellent fishing while guiding on the Deshka — especially for the past 3 days when he`s been able to place guests on tremendous schools of silver salmon that have been biting well.
08/19/2005
Little Susitna River — I fished with a group of 2 guests and we caught a total of 9 silver salmon salmon. 3 of the fish were caught on salmon eggs and the remaining 6 were caught on spinners. We spent the entire morning fishing over good schools of silver salmon, but had to fish hard for most of the bites. The water had dropped and cleared, but according to the USGS water chart it may bump up a bit either Saturday or Sunday.
08/20/2005
Little Susitna River — David Dickson guided an afternoon group of 2 guests who caught 2 silver salmon on Flashtrap Spinners. David said they fished over large schools of silvers but could not coax many into biting.
08/21/2005
Little Susitna River — I dropped of a group of 2 guests who each caught a limit of silver salmon. 1 silver was caught on a spinner, 1 silver was caught drifting salmon eggs along the bottom, and 2 silvers were caught drifting salmon eggs under an ESB bobber.
I guided a morning group of 4 guests who each caught a limit of silver salmon. All of the salmon were caught by fishing salmon eggs behind a jet planer from our anchored boat.
I guided an afternoon group of 3 guests who each caught a limit of silver salmon. 4 silver salmon were caught fishing salmon eggs behind jet planers, and 2 silver salmon were caught drifting salmon eggs under an ESB Bobber.
It rained quite a bit today, and the river charts shows the water is coming up sharply, but I believe fishing should be good in the right spots. There were definitly plenty of fresh silver salmon swarming upriver today, and my groups caught primarily female salmon which is indicative of condsiderable more salmon on the way upriver.
08/22/2005
Little Susitna River — I guided an afternoon group of 4 guests who each caught a limit of silver salmon. All of the silvers were caught on salmon eggs. We used to methods of presentation — drifting the salmon eggs below an ESB Bobber and also backing the roe through the holes behind a jet planer. The water had come up considerably since yesterday,and was continuing to rise when I left the river.
David Dickson guided a group of 2 guests who limited on silver salmon casting Flashtrap Spinners.
Dave Osgood guided a morning group of 4 guests,and I think he said they caught 6 silver salmon casting Flashtrap Spinners.
Dave Osgood also ran a drop off group and I have not heard how they did.
08/23/2005
Little Susitna River — I guided an afternoon group of 4 guests each of whom limited on silver salmon. We caught all of the salmon on salmon eggs. Most of them were caught drifting salmon eggs below ESB Bobbers, but we also caught some silvers backing bait downriver behind jet planers. The water had risen and muddied since I was out yesterday, but was dropping during our fishing trip. I expect fishing will remain good for the next two or three weeks for silver salmon on the Little Su.
08/25/2005
Little Susitna River — I guided an afternoon group of 3 guests who each caught a limit of silver salmon on salmon eggs drifted downriver below ESB Bobbers.
Dave Osgood guided a morning group of 4 guests who I believe caught limits of silver salmon on salmon eggs fished below ESB Bobbers.
David Dickson guided a morning group of 2 guests who caught and released several silver salmon on #5 orange Flashtrap Spinners.
David Dickson guided an afternoon group of 4 guests who caught 8 silver salmon while casting with #5 orange Flashtrap Spinners.
08/26/2005
Little Susitna River — I fished with a group of 4 people and each of us caught a limit of silver salmon. We caught good numbers of salmon while casting with Flashtrap Spinners in sizes 3, 4, and 5, and also while drifting salmon eggs under ESB Bobbers. The water level had dropped somewhat, but remained fairly high and muddy.
08/28/2005
I fished with 2 guests and we each kept a limit of silver salmon all of which were caught on Flashtrap Spinners. The water is a bit dark colored, but continues to drop.
08/29/2005
Little Susitna River — I guided a group of 4 guests who each caught their limit of silver salmon on Flashtrap Spinners. The Spinner patterns we used were #4 sivler, #4 silver and black, and #4 orange and all caught silver salmon. In addition, one of the guests caught a fresh run chum salmon on a spinner as well. I expect to continue guiding trips for at least another 10 days, so give us a call at 907-746-2199 (evenings are best since I`m guiding during the day) if you would like to make reservations to catch some silver salmon.
08/30/2005
Little Susitna River — I guided 2 guests who caught several silvers each while casting Flashtrap Spinners. #4 silver bladed and #4 orange bladed spinners produced all of our fish today.
08/31/2005
Little Susitna River — I guided 2 guests who caught and released some silver and also kept limits before we quit. They caught all of their silver salmon on Flashtrap Spinners except one fish was caught by casting and drifting salmon eggs along the bottom. Some of the fish they caught were still in exceptional shape — nice and silver with loose scales and sea lice still clinging to the fish.