04-04-2015, 01:28 PM
Coffman Cove now has hatchery king salmon in the bay returning plus the feeders. I get sea sick fairly easily but it's never been an issue on charters out of there. You can also split your time between kings and silvers then when tide changes fish halibut. Plus to everyone's chagrin I seem to always pull out a stray king in the streams.
You could split your time on a DIY trip with 1 paid charter in the Cove and then head up to Neck Lake Outlet for some silvers. All my trips to POW are DIY trips with the exception of half the time doing a charter one day. The little extra planning pays off with avoiding combat fishing. There are so many hours of daylight and we're usually catching so many fish that we start to look for things other than fishing to do even on week trips. So don't sweat the little extra time it takes to get there. There are a few places with sockeye on the drive from the Cove to Whale's Pass if you're into mouth snagging (flossing) sockeye. Last year runs were strong for the island.
Kenai can be fun but it's combat even with the couple mile hike upstream on the Russian. Copper River is glacial silt. OK for a day or 2 but personally sight fishing is so much more fun. Lots of streams between Anchorage and Denali but all can get crowded at times when the fishing is good.
Life is short and unpredictable. Go this summer with the dates you have to POW Island and next time go a little later wherever you go.
Sight fished king out of stream on POW[inline Alaska_2009_032.JPG]
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You could split your time on a DIY trip with 1 paid charter in the Cove and then head up to Neck Lake Outlet for some silvers. All my trips to POW are DIY trips with the exception of half the time doing a charter one day. The little extra planning pays off with avoiding combat fishing. There are so many hours of daylight and we're usually catching so many fish that we start to look for things other than fishing to do even on week trips. So don't sweat the little extra time it takes to get there. There are a few places with sockeye on the drive from the Cove to Whale's Pass if you're into mouth snagging (flossing) sockeye. Last year runs were strong for the island.
Kenai can be fun but it's combat even with the couple mile hike upstream on the Russian. Copper River is glacial silt. OK for a day or 2 but personally sight fishing is so much more fun. Lots of streams between Anchorage and Denali but all can get crowded at times when the fishing is good.
Life is short and unpredictable. Go this summer with the dates you have to POW Island and next time go a little later wherever you go.
Sight fished king out of stream on POW[inline Alaska_2009_032.JPG]
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