04-23-2009, 04:35 AM
If you have that first day there, you should try to get up to the Kenai. It may be "combat" fishing but it is awesome. The Reds will be running and they fight REALLY hard. You don't need more then a few hours to catch your limit, and as has been mentioned you can fish late because of the light. I loved "Wild Abandon" charter because the first time we went out we were with this guy and two kids. The kids were getting sea-sick so we didn't go out far and fishing stunk. When we left they told us they'd take us out for free if we came back, so we went out again a few weeks later and it was awesome. We chartered for Halibut, limited out, then they took us out for salmon. We jigged for salmon and could watch them swarm around the jig, it was way cool.
If you can't gut up to fish the Kenai there are some small rivers in Seward that will have some Reds and possibly some silvers depending on when they run. Seward isn't very big, you can see the sights easily in a half day, then spend the other half fishing the Kenai. Although, on the other hand, we took a day cruise out of Seward and saw several whales, porpoise, and tons of other animals. That was pretty cool as well.
I'm so excited for you, Alaska is such a cool place, I can't wait to get back up there again!
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If you can't gut up to fish the Kenai there are some small rivers in Seward that will have some Reds and possibly some silvers depending on when they run. Seward isn't very big, you can see the sights easily in a half day, then spend the other half fishing the Kenai. Although, on the other hand, we took a day cruise out of Seward and saw several whales, porpoise, and tons of other animals. That was pretty cool as well.
I'm so excited for you, Alaska is such a cool place, I can't wait to get back up there again!
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