STEELHEAD FISHING THE KENAI PENINSULA
Category: ALASKA AND KENAI PENINSULA STEELHEAD FISHING
WINTER KENAI RIVER FISHING
Winter Kenai river fishing on the right days can be a lot of fun and very productive. The days are getting longer and there are a few bears starting to poke their heads out on the Kenai peninsula. This is an exciting time of year for me but winter just keeps hanging around. In Anchorage we were blessed with another 3-4″ of snow last week. Though it didn’t hang around we keep getting hit with cold weather. I plan to get out a little this weekend and try to chase a steal head down on the Kasilof River.
For information on the upcoming season feel free to check out my website at www.driftingonthefly.com or email me at scott@driftingonthefly.com.
Thanks and tight lines
Scott
Steelhead fishing the Kenai peninsula
Steelhead fishing the kenai peninsula often requires a lot of walking. We will put in a few miles a day in search of productive runs. Often if you don’t hook up in a few drifts we will move in search of hot fish. Once we find a concentration of steelhead we may be working that run for the most part of the trip. I will often give a run a rest after hooking a fish and then find that other fish will play one the run cools down. We offer both walk and wade and drift boat trips for steelhead fishing the kenai peninsula. Give us a call and we will get you lined up on your next fishing adventure.
Looking for Steelhead. The streams are back to good fish-able levels on the Kenai Penisula.
Tight Lines,
Scott Sager
Drifting On The Fly, LLC FLY FISHING STEELHEAD
Fly Fishing Steelhead on the Kenai Peninsula is for the dedicated angler. Steelhead are an ocean run rainbow trout and will return to the fresh water to spawn. Fresh steelhead are as hard of a fighting fish that you can catch in fresh water. I put them at the top of the list to pursue. Once hooked up you will never forget the power that this fish has to offer.
We fished a few streams on the Kenai Peninsula this past week for steelhead and……… typical steelhead weather arrived. Snow, rain and cold weather. The precipitation eventually made the streams unproductive due to discolored water. So, we floated the middle section of the Kenai and had good rainbow fishing with the largest fish measuring 25 inches. Right now the Kenai is on its way up after an ice dam broke above Kenai Lake. The river levels are equal to what you would normally expect in July. I am hopeful that we will have a few more days of fishing after the river drops back. The steelhead streams are in great shape now. Egg sucking anything or beads for either fishery and a few flesh flies while the Kenai is full.
Remember Silver salmon fishing season ended on 10/31 so don’t take them out of the water when you accidentally hook them.
Good luck and give me a call if you have any questions,
Scott Sager
9073826808 KENAI PENINSULA STEELHEAD FISHING
Kenai peninsula steelhead fishing trips are offered for both the fly angler and the light spin tackle angler. Drift boat trips and walk and wade trips are our preferred ways to pursue these hard fighting fish. Warm clothing, hand warmers and perseverance have paid off recently on the Kenai Peninsula Steelhead fishing streams. Beads or leeches fished dead drift or down and across streamer style with a Teeny 200 if the streams are too high. In other words – typical finicky Steelhead fishing but the catching has been good. The steelhead run seems to be steady and the only thing that gets in the way is ice in our guides though the last few days haven’t been that cold though.
The middle river section of the Kenai continues to be great for nice, fat rainbows trout. The dolly Varden are mostly gone now, off to do the spawning thing up the tributaries. So it is just you, the silver salmon, and the rainbows trout as far as
fishing on the kenai river in concerned.
Booking a kenai peninsula steelhead fishing trip with us is easy. Give us a call and we will work with you to design a trip that is perfect for you.
Tight Lines,
Scott
Drifting On The Fly. LLC KENAI PENINSULA STEELHEAD FISHING
We offer guided Kenai pennisula steelhead fishing trips in April, May, June, September and October. The Cost of a steelhead fishing trip is 275.00 per person and exclusive packages are available. We have both walk and wade and drift boat opportunities at these hard fighting fishing. Our guide service will supply waders, rods, and other tackle you will be responsible for your lunch and fishing license.
The Kenai Peninsula steelhead fishing has been excellent this month. I have spent the last two days chasing these gear thrashing fish and have seen a lot of fish hooked. The folks from Murrays’ fly shop felt right at home in these smaller streams and fell right into getting fish on the line. It can be trying if everything is not just right but when it is on, the action is fast and furious. The big fish for the trip was about 30″ and within our group we saw about a dozen fish. The weather seems to be holding and fishing should continue to be good through the end of Oct.
Hope to see you on the river and if you have any questions feel free to contact me anytime.
Tight Lines,
Scott
Drifting On The Fly, LLC
The Kenai Peninsula steelhead fishing has been excellent this month. I have spent the last two days chasing these gear thrashing fish and have seen a lot of fish hooked. The folks from Murrays’ fly shop felt right at home in these smaller streams and fell right into getting fish on the line. It can be trying if everything is not just right but when it is on, the action is fast and furious. The big fish for the trip was about 30″ and within our group we saw about a dozen fish. The weather seems to be holding and fishing should continue to be good through the end of Oct.
Hope to see you on the river and if you have any questions feel free to contact me anytime.
Tight Lines,
Scott
Drifting On The Fly, LLC