06/01/2007
Little Susitna River — I guided 3 people who hooked 5 king salmon, but only one person managed to catch a king salmon. 2 king salmon were hooked on a K-14 Kwikfish and the other 3 were hooked on a magnum Wiggle Wart. The bigger than average king salmon that was caught weighed 34 pounds.
Water remains low and clear, and fish are spooky and often unwilling to bite. Accornding to the USGS water chart, the Little Susinta River may rise slightly over the next few days, but it should remain lower and clearer than normal for this time of year. This morning we fished several good spots before managing to find some fish that were willing to bite.
06/02/2007
Little Susinta – i guided 5 fishermen in the morning who caught 2 rainbow trout and had 2 king salmon bites. One king was hooked very briefly and I also spotted a couple king salmon in one of the holes we fished, but otherwise it was a fairly quiet day on the river for us as we came back without even a single king salmon. We fished K-14 Kwikfish, K-15 Kwikfish, and magnum Wiggle Warts the entire trip. The water remains low and clear, and two or three days of warm weather or a good heavy rain should raise the river enough to bring in a new surge of salmon. On the positive side there seemed to be considerably less fishing pressure today than on Friday.
06/03/2007
Little Susitna River — I guided 5 fishermen who caught 2 small king salmon on K-15 Kwikfish. The fish which was kept weighed 15 pounds. In addition, one of my fishermen had a bite on a magnum Wiggle Wart which he did not hook. What a difference from yesterday, today was the busiest day of king salmon season so far on the Little Susitna, and with the low water I`m thinking the fish were turned off by the boat traffic.
Water level may have risen a little during the day, but remains low.
06/04/2007
Little Susitna River — i guided a mroning group of 5 fishermen who cuaght 4 king salmon weighing 36, 30, 25, and 20 pounds. All the salmon were caught onK-15 Kwikfish.
I guided and afternoon group of 2 guests who caught one snagged king salmon that we released, and also lost another king salmon right at the boat just before I was ready to net it. In addition the had a couple more bites. The afternoon group fished with a magnum Wiggle Wart and a K-15 Kwikfish.
06/05/2007
Little Susitna River == I guided a morning group of 5 fishermen who caught 4 king salmon. 2 of the kings were caught on K-15 Kwikfish, 1 was caught on a Beua Mac Spinning Cheater, and 1 was caught casting a Flashtrap Spinner. Water is coming up and getting muddier.
Deshka River == I looked at the Deshka River Weir count yesterday, and even though it is low at less than 300 king salmon total past the weir, it is higher than last year`s total through June 4.
06/06/2007
Little Susitna River — I guided 5 fishermen who caught 3 king salmon weighing 23, 26, and 29 pounds. Alll of the kings were hooked on K-15 Kwikfisih and another salmon was also hooked on a Kwikfish as well, but pulled loose before we could land it. The water was considerably muddier and higher today, and there was also lots of other boaters fishing the river, so we did not get many bites. According to the USGS water chart, the lower portion of Little Susitna River may get even hgiher tomorrow.
06/07/2007
Little Susitna River — I guided a morning group of 3 anglers who each caught a king salmon. Two fish were caught on K-15 Kwikfish, and one king was caught on a K-14 Kwikfish. The kings weighted 18, 25, and 42 pounds.
In the afternoon I guided a group of 5 fishermen who each caught a king salmon. 4 king salmon were caught on K-15 Kwikfish, and 1 king salmon was caught on a K-16 Kwikfish. The salmon weighed 10, 21, 23, 23, and 28 pounds. Water may have risen a bit from yesterday, but cleared up as well.
Deshka River – It is just about time for the big push of Deshka River king salmon to hit the river — I have not heard of it happening yet, but right around June 8- 10 is when they usually arrive.
06/08/2007
Little Susitna River — I guided 4 anglers in the morning who caught 4 king salmon, one of which was released. The kept fish weighed 12, 23, and 25 pounds. Two fish were caught on Beau Mac Spinning Cheaters and two fish were caught on K-15 Kwikfish. Lots of people out fishing the river in the morning.
I guided an afternoon group of 4 fishermen who caught 3 king salmon weighing 25, 30, and 31 pounds. 1 king salmon was caught on a Beau Mac Spinning Cheater, and 2 king salmon were caught on K-15 Kwikfish. Most of the morning fishing pressue was off the river by our afternoon trip, however, we worked extremely hard for bites, perhaps because the fish had been looking at lures all day long. I expected the water to clear up from the day before, but it seemed a bit muddier — perhaps it was because of the morning boat traffic.
06/09/2007
Susitna — My morning trip was cancelled, so I only guided 4 people in the afternoon. They caught 4 king salmon weighing 9, 28, 37, and 38 pounds. All of the fish were caught on K=15 Kwikfish. Water level had dropped and cleared. Little Susitna River was very crowded with boats and anglers.
06/10/2007
Susitna — I guided 4 people in the morning who each caught king salmon, but the group only kept 3 king salmon weighing approximately 20, 22, and 27 pounds. All the fish were caught on K-15 Kwikfish. Water remained low and clear.
In the afternoon I guided 2 fishermen who caught king salmon weighing 16 and 44 pounds. Both fish were caught on K-15 Kwikfish.
06/11/2007
Susinta – I guided 5 fishermen in the morning who caught king salmon weighing approximately 10, 18, 18, 22, and 25 pounds. 4 king salmon were caught on K-15 Kwikfish and 1 king salmon was caught on a Beau Mac Spinning Cheater. Water is coming up and getting muddier.
06/12/2007
Susitna — I guided a morning group of 4 anglers who caught 3 king salmon on K-15 Kwikfish.
I guided an afternoon group of 4 anglers who each caught king salmon on K-15 Kwikfish.
06/13/2007
Susinta — I guided an afternoon group of 4 people who caught 3 king salmon. 2 fish were caught on K-15 Kwikfish and 1 fish was caught on a Beau Mac Spinning Cheater.
I fished with my sister`s famiily in the morning and they caught 5 king salmon on K-15 Kwikfish.
06/14/2007
Susitna — I guided 2 people in the morning who caught king salmon weighing 35 and 17 pounds. Both fish were caught on K-15 Kwikfish.
I guided an afternoon group of 5 people each of whom caught a king salmon the largest of which weighed 28 pounds.
06/15/2007
Susitna — I guided a group of 4 fishermen in the morning who each caught a king salmon weighing from 14 – 31 pounds. The salmon were caught on both K-15 Kwikfish and Beau Mac Spinning Cheaters.
I guided an afternoon group of 4 people who each caught a king salmon. Once again, we caught kings on both K-15 Kwikfish and Spinning Cheaters.
06/16/2007
Susinta — I guided a morning group of 5 guests all of whom caught and kept king salmon.
I guided an afternoon group of 4 fishermen who each caught king salmon on K-15 Kwikfish. The largest afternoon fish weighed 40 pounds.
06/17/2007
Susinta — I guided 3 people in the morning who caught king salmon weighing 38, 30, and 25 pounds on K-15 Kwikfish.
I guided an afternoon group of 4 fishermen who each caught king salmon on K-15 Kwikfish. The fish weighed 31,31,30, and 25 pounds.
06/18/2007
Susitna — I guided a morning group of 5 fishermen, 4 of whom caught king salmon. All the salmon were caught on K-15 Kwikfish and they weighed 39, 36, 34, and 30 pounds.
I guided an afternoon group of 5 fishermen, and once again 4 anglers caught king salmon. 4 king salmon were caught on K-15 Kwikfish and 1 king salmon was caught on a Fatfish plug. The king salmon that were kept weighed 23, 24, 28, and 30 pounds.
06/19/2007
I guided a morning group of 2 people who each caught a king salmon while casting with a #5 pink Flashtrap Spinner. The fish weighed 28 and 34 pounds. Water was a good level and color for king salmon fishing — although USGS water chart shows it should drop over the next few days.
06/20/2007
Llittle Susitna River — I guided a morning group of 4 fishermen who caught 1 small king salmon and 3 king salmon jacks. The king salmon and 1 jack were caught on a fat fish plug, and 2 jacks were caught on Flashtrap Spinners. The group also briefly hooked an additional fish and had some bites on Spinning Cheaters.
I guided an afternoon group of 4 fishermen who caught 2 king salmon weighing 17 and 15 pounds. 1 king salmon was caught on a Spinning Cheater, and 1 king salmon was caught on a K-13 Kwikfish.
06/21/2007
Little Susitna River — I guided a group of 4 guests in the morning who hooked and lost 1 king salmon and also had a few other light bites, but no additional hookups. They fished K-13, K-14, and K-15 Kwikfish, Spinning Cheaters, and magnum Wiggle Warts and had fish bumping the lines around with each type of lure, but not many solid bites.
I guided an afternoon group of 3 guests who hooked and lost 1 small fish on a Flashtrap Spinner. As far as I know the group only had one other solid strike on a Spinning Cheater, although we did see several king salmon rolling in holes we were fishing. Getting good bites is much harder than finding the salmon.
06/22/2007
Little Susitna River — I guided 3 fishermen who caught 2 king salmon weighing about 17 and 18 pounds. 1 king salmon was caught casting with a #5 pink Flashtrap Spinner and 1 king salmon was caught backtrolling with a Spinning Cheater. The third fishermen also hooked 2 king salmon while backtrolling with a #15 Stingfish plug, 1 king salmon backtrolling an M-2 Flatfish, and 1 king salmon casting with the #5 pink Flashtrap Spinner. The weather had turned cool and cloudy with some light showers, and several other guided parties had good trips as well.
06/23/2007
Susinta — I guided 5 guests in the morning, 4 of whom caught king salmon backtrolling with K-15 Kwikfish.
In the afternoon I guided 5 fishermen who each caught and kept a king salmon. 3 king salmon were caught backtrolling with K-15 Kwikfish and 2 king salmon was caught backtrolling with Fatfish plugs.
06/24/2007
Susitna — I guided 5 people in the morning, each of whom caught a king salmon backtrolling with K-15 Kwikfish. The smallest salmon weighed about 15 pounds and the largest weighed 39 pounds.
In the afternoon I guided 4 people who each caught king salmon. The 2 largest kept king salmon weighed 35 pounds each. 3 king salmon were caught on K-15 Kwikfish and 2 king salmon were caught on Spinning Cheaters.
06/25/2007
Susitna — I guided 4 people who each caught a king salmon. 3 king salmon were caught on K-15 Kwikfish and 1 king salmon was caught on a Spinning Cheater.
I guided 4 people in the afternoon who each caught a king salmon. All of the fish were caught on K-15 Kwikfish. The smallest salmon weighed 15 pounds, and the largest salmon weighed 45 pounds.
06/26/2007
Susitna — I guided 5 people in the morning who caught 6 king salmon drifting Fire Cured salmon eggs under ESB Bobbers. It was a good morning of fishing, and the bites were spaced out throughout the trip.
06/28/2007
Susitna — I guided 4 people in the morning who caught 3 king salmon (2 were quite small), 1 whitefish, and 1 rainbow trout. All of the fish were caught on Fire Cured salmon eggs fished under ESB bobbers. We tried both red and orange dyed eggs and caught all of the fish on the red salmon eggs — although we did not start fishing the orange colored bait until later in the day, so that may have been why the orange colored bait did not produce as well.
06/29/2007
Little Susitna — I guided 2 people who caught 4 nice king salmon ranging in size from about 20 – 30 pounds. The 1 king salmon that was kept near the end of the trip weighed 20 pounds — the other fished were releases as the angler who caught them wanted to continue to fish. All of the salmon were in good shape although 2 of the 4 fish were getting a rose colored blush to them. All of the fish were caught on a #4 silver and black Flashtrap Spinner. Another salmon was hooked casting a #5 pink Flashtrap Spinner. Water conditions were low and clear — good for casting.
06/30/2007
Susitna — I guided 5 people in the morning, 4 of whom caught king salmon. 1 king salmon was caught on a Spinning Cheater and the rest were caught on K-15 Kwikfish. The largest king weighed 33 pounds.
In the afternoon I guided another group of 5 people in which 4 of them caught king salmon. 3 kings were caught onK-15 Kwikfish and 1 king was caught on a Spinning Cheater. The largest king weghed 26 pounds.