Kenai river sockeye salmon and rainbow trout fishing trips with Drifting on the Fly’s guide service.
Kenai river
sockeye salmon and
rainbow trout fishing combination trips can be a long day on the water but provide a great experience of the river. Our full day trips are advertised at 8 hours but many days go on a little longer.
I met up with one of my Alaska resident fishing groups early to get our waders on and gear ready this morning. The kids eager to get out on the river but the early mornings make them move a little slower.
Starting out on the lower Kenai river with some
sockeye salmon fishing. The kids had a great time and caught a few salmon but really wanted to go after a big
Kenai river rainbow trout. Early in the sockeye salmon run I target fish directly behind cleaning stations and were carcasses tend to pile up. This proved to be where most of the rainbow trout were today! Nothing big but that doesn’t matter when you are catching fish.
Good job guys and I’m looking forward to next weekend.
Combination trips are great for an all around experience we usually break the trip into two half days, fishing for salmon in the morning and trout in the afternoon.
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Float planes often cruise the Kenai River and can land in many places. It is quit an experience to have a float plane buzz you while you are in Alaska rainbow trout fishing.
The rainbow trout have moved behind the king salmon and there are fish feeding through out the whole system right now.
Alaska rainbow trout fishing can be very frustrating if you do not match the hatch. The hatch being flesh and eggs from the salmon. When the Rainbows key in on this rich food source you will be hard pressed catching them on any other imitations. The first to spawn are the King salmon. King salmon eggs are around 9-12 mm in size and vary in color depending on light and time that they have been in the water.
Often in the fall you can find bears feeding along the gravel bars. This bear was spotted below rainbow alley on the middle kenai river. He chased sea gulls and found an easy meal right in front of us while we fished. I love it when guest that have never seen an Alaska brown bear have the opportunity to hang out with them on the river.
Tight lines
Scott Sager
Drifting On The Fly 
