04-01-2015, 06:11 PM
There are quite a few lodges and hotels in or near Soldotna that have private waterfront for guests or residents only and would be worth the time and cost to make a reservation. Avoid the regular public access areas on both the Kenai and the Russian where it's so bad you often have to wait long periods to be elbow to elbow unless you want to hike about 3 miles up the Russian from the confluence with the Kenai.
There are several guides there where you could grab a King charter on the river or day Halibut trip to Deep Creek.
As another poster noted the timeframe is not good for silver coho salmon. If when fishing the river it gets unduly slow the commercial netters are probably at the bay just go rest up and look at the proclamation for what time they have to cease fishing and about 1 hour after that the fish will be pounding up the river again and you can return to fishing.
Make sure you learn to fillet large fish with a large knife as the processors have been charging allot more if you bring in whole or gutted fish.
Prince of Wales island is also a great area as noted but it's not a great area for diy as it sounds you are trying to do.
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There are several guides there where you could grab a King charter on the river or day Halibut trip to Deep Creek.
As another poster noted the timeframe is not good for silver coho salmon. If when fishing the river it gets unduly slow the commercial netters are probably at the bay just go rest up and look at the proclamation for what time they have to cease fishing and about 1 hour after that the fish will be pounding up the river again and you can return to fishing.
Make sure you learn to fillet large fish with a large knife as the processors have been charging allot more if you bring in whole or gutted fish.
Prince of Wales island is also a great area as noted but it's not a great area for diy as it sounds you are trying to do.
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