This will be the first year in over 11 years that I will not be going to the Kenai for fishing. I hope to be going out to Kodiak in August for Silvers, but that will depend on whether my Niece's Fiance is able to come back from Iraq to get married as planned in August.

Alaska is a beautiful place. It is the only place I go to that sets me into a serious state of depression when I have to come back here. I hope to at least spend the late spring throuh early Fall up there when I retire. Oh what the heck, I will stick around for some Winter too to go skiing.

Good trip to all those headed North.

KK

Who do you fish with on the Kanektok? I have a young friend from North Carolina who will be a newbie guide floating the upper river for some outfitter from the east coast. I know there are only a handful of outfitters working the river.... have you heard of them?

My young friend had to ask me, "Should I take the job?"


Been dreaming about fishing that river for the better part of 10 years, and still haven't made it yet. I told him he had to be nuts to turn down the experience of a lifetime. Oh to be young, single, and childless again!

Heading up with the wife for 7 weeks. Leaving the day school gets out (teachers ).

She's a die hard fisher too (my best catch ever ). Gonna hit everything we can.

Got some friends with a place at the mouth of the Ninilchik. Any info on the Ninilchik run timing would be great .

gottagofishin,

Try this link for some Ninilchik run timing, http://www.alaskaoutdoorjournal.com/ it should help you out.

PD

Bags are packed, nothing else to do but catch a few hours of shut-eye and catch a plane in the morning,

The operative word there is "few"..... I can never get any sleep the night before flying up to Alaska. Too excited. Of course when I get there I never get any sleep because I'm fishing my brains out. We start at 4:00-4:30 am and finish around 10:30-11:00 pm. By the time you get camp settled and gear re-rigged for the next day, it's 1:00 am again. Yep, that's my vacation schedule.

That plane ride home is usually when it catches up to me.... shortest three hours of the year for sure.

Fly into Kenai 6/19, fish 6/20 (Homer for halibut), 6/21 (drift Kasilof), 6/22 (Kenai release a hog); fly back 6/22

Them kings are a'waitin' FnP.

We're getting a really late start heading up this year due to a major trailer project here ... I'll put some pix up on another thread of that

Talked to roomie today, they got three on the tide yesterday afternoon, two clipped, one unclipped ... so they're starting to show right about on schedule it loks like.

Less than 24 hours and we should be close to hitting the Canadian border!

Hope to see you up there!

got my ferry ticket yesturday, leaving June 1st from Bellingham to Ketchikan AK. Should take about a day and a half.

Then ferry from there over to Prince of wales island and drive to my home for the next 3 months Craig.

Ill be working for Rob and Bob at Prince of Wales Sportfishing
check out the weekly reports updates there after the 1st of the month

Hope everyone has as good of a summer as I plan to.

Going to Yakutat near the end of September for some of those hog silvers.