August is peak month for silver salmon catching on Little Susitna River, Deshka River, and other Mat-Su Valley streams. Our guests harvest more ocean-run silver (coho) salmon during August than every other month of the year combined. Chrome silver or coho salmon are inriver and available every day during the entire month of August, … Read more
July, August, and early September 2019 will be our main opportunities to harvest ocean-run salmon. King salmon fishing is now open through July 13 on Little Susitna River — although fishing for king salmon could best be described as slow. We will also be targeting chum salmon and silver (coho) salmon in early … Read more
Alaska Fishing Reports for Fishtale River Guides operating on Mat-Su Valley rivers, lakes, and streams a 90 minute drive north of Anchorage. June is our best king salmon fishing month — and in 2019 we will be providing king salmon fishing trips to the Eklutna Tailrace / Knik River fishery. As mentioned on our … Read more
May 2019 Alaska Fishing Reports — I will be guiding rainbow trout, arctic grayling, and northern pike fishing trips. Our King salmon fishing trip option during May is the Eklutna Tailrace / Knik River fishery. Scroll down to read our latest May reports — you may want to bookmark this page for easy future reference. May 1, … Read more
April Open Water Fishing — Coming Soon Last year I fished open water on the Little Susitna River for the first time on April 30, and ran my first 0pen water guided fishing trip from my guide boat on May 4. With an extended stretch or above freezing temperatures jump–starting the spring ice and snow … Read more
Our Alaska fishing in November often starts with ice fishing for rainbow trout, Arctic Char / Dolly Varden, and landlocked salmon. We usually wait until the ice has time to thicken with ice fishing trips often starting near or after Thanksgiving. Check back later in the month for updates on ice and fishing conditions. … Read more
We fish for Alaska silver silver salmon within a 90 minute drive from Anchorage during September. On some years there can be good numbers of chrome silver salmon with sea lice in the lower Little Susitna River in early September. Our silver salmon seemed to arrive early during the 2018 season, and while we have … Read more
Our 2018 coho (silver) salmon season is off to a wonderful start with consistent catches of large coho salmon starting on Sunday July 21. Feel welcome to read our July 2018 Alaska Fishing Reports page to learn about how our 2018 silver salmon season started. August is peak month for catching silver salmon … Read more
For 2018 we will be guiding salmon fishing trips for chum salmon and silver (coho) salmon during the entire month of July. The first chum salmon can start showing up in late June, and numbers build throughout July — with peak chum salmon numbers during the last half of July. While our guests have … Read more
Alaska Fishing Reports for June 2018 These are fishing reports for Fishtale River Guides operating in the Mat-Su Valley north of Anchorage on the Little Susitna and Deshka Rivers. During May, June, July, August, and through September 15 we focus on guiding trips for ocean-run salmon in this beautiful part of Alaska. June is … Read more