Flipping & Flossing for Sockeye | Kenai River Salmon | Fishing in Alaska

Brandon's best friend was in town and we made arrangements to take him on a saltwater chart out of Seward for salmon and lingcod. Well, weather happens and plans changed! The charter company called us and said the saltwater was a no-go BUT they had space available on the Kenai River. The sockeye run was hitting and we got on down to Soldotna for a short but memorable trip!
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[@alishadrew1011]

“Package deal” 😂 Looks fun, bet it was a workout cause they looked really strong and heavy 🎣💪🏼

[@wanderblest]

I'm glad someone caught that 😂😂 Hoping we will be successful this weekend when we hit the Kenai again!!

[@cw3365]

👍👍

[@wanderblest]

This was an awesome trip!! Excited for salmon this summer 🤞🏼🎣

[@Bullets4Bucks]

Your thumbnails are getting really good! Keep at it.

[@wanderblest]

Thanks!! I’ve been working really hard at improving them!!

[@Canadahockey14]

Ahh the nostalgia. Made a trip in 2016 to salmon fish and I miss it to this day. Stayed right on the Kenai in some small cabins

[@wanderblest]

Aww love that!! The memories are even better than the fish-and the fish are pretty dang delicious 😋

[@Steve-rr3gc]

Do you remember where you stayed? I’m looking to possible get away from using outfitter

[@Canadahockey14]

@@Steve-rr3gc I can’t remember off the top of my head but if I do I’ll reply!

[@Steve-rr3gc]

@@Canadahockey14 thank you

[@perfectlyblendedsix]

Just found your channel and subbed! We are headed to the Kenai also!

[@wanderblest]

Thanks so much!! Have a BLAST! We will probably be down there again fishing this weekend.

[@perfectlyblendedsix]

@@wanderblest we return today, it was slow at swiftwater campground, but tons of fun 😊. Good luck hope you catch your limits!

[@rafaeltellez8332]

Gonna be there in july the week of the 10th

[@wanderblest]

Very nice! Should be good timing 🤞🏼

[@rafaeltellez8332]

From what I've seen already good run of red's and good size

[@johnblackie314]

Awesome, Congratulations on you all limiting out. Looked like a really great time. Did the charter clean and vacuum pack all your fish ? Keep on keeping on. Stay Safe !

[@wanderblest]

Hey, John! It was an awesome time! They did all the cleaning and vacuum sealing-quite the treat! We just smoked some of this batch last weekend, it turned out sooo good 😋

[@Steve-rr3gc]

Was there last year, didn’t do nearly as good. Going back in July , this could be a yearly trip. Did you have just mono line on or did you have fly line

[@wanderblest]

Hi, Steve! Thanks for watching and commenting. To be honest, since we were using the guide’s stuff I don’t remember, it may very well have just been mono. Best of luck in July!!

[@Steve-rr3gc]

thank you for the reply. Last year we loaded fly reels with straight mono(fluorocarbon). This year I didn’t know if I was going to take off backing and fly line, kinda of a hassle

[@wanderblest]

Update-we went again this year with our own gear. We used backing and mono. How did your trip go?

[@Steve-rr3gc]

@@wanderblest so this year I left the fly line on and just add extra long leader of fluorocarbon line. I’m glad I did it that way cause the week we were there the salmon weren’t running. 80,000 below last year total and daily numbers as low as 2,800. By midweek I shortened the leader and started to fish for rainbows,grayling and pinks. Did well , no sockeye(can’t catch what’s not there) but caught other fish.

[@wanderblest]

@@Steve-rr3gc making the best of a situation is what it’s all about!