Sockeye Fishing on the Kenai River: Day 1

[@sacredstonecards9051]

Very peaceful.

[@RaisedinAlaska]

Thank you, it was a great day on the river.

[@stevekillick6260]

Another beauty day in the outdoors! It’s really cool that they let you proxy for someone like that. Totally win win.

[@RaisedinAlaska]

I agree. It’s is nice a catch a few spares and feed others. That said, I give them part of any bounty that I am fortunate enough to bring home.

[@Alaskahuntr]

Love your videos, food for my soul. Long time Alaska resident now in Colorado, but still make it up every year to fish with the family. Have property off Funny River road. I like the drift boat idea, great way to get to less crowded spots!

[@RaisedinAlaska]

Thank you very much, AK misses you.

[@damienbell3155]

There were belugas out in inlet last week Saturday 21st. I went myself to Seward then kenai. Great video. At 17 minutes time stamp that was a heck of a jumper lol lol. Very nice setup, luv the drift boat. Genius idea on the raised screen at bottom of cooler I’ll try that

[@RaisedinAlaska]

Thanks. It took a few slime jobs to come to the realization that I could avoid the mess and make my life easier.

[@RaisedinAlaska]

I need to get out and see the belugas, I haven’t made a special trip out to see them, it’s on my must do list.

[@damienbell3155]

Rewatching the old vids lol can’t get enough of

[@RaisedinAlaska]

@damienbell3155 Thank you, this was a very fun trip.

[@PINEHILLOUTDOORS33]

Great video

[@RaisedinAlaska]

Thank you, it was a great trip.

[@raymondmarshall1891]

Awesome trip.

[@tearoftaste4183]

I was there this year July 23 to August 5. Great run this year.

[@RaisedinAlaska]

The run this year was really late, but I would agree with you it was probably the most fish we have had in years.

[@randytrimble3493]

Hey, netting for yourself is really hard. Great stuff. Well done.

[@RaisedinAlaska]

Thank you, through the magic of editing I did pretty well.😁

[@cnlights2]

Quite the speedster!!😂😂

[@lewislau3565]

Very productive day of fishing for you and your proxy. Enjoyed seeing your action of catching and landing your fish. Your netting got better as you caught all your fish. Surprised you did get tangled with the anchor rope or you stringer of fish.

[@RaisedinAlaska]

Yes, not my best day netting. In real time it didn’t seem all that bad, but when I saw it on video I had to laugh at myself. Most of my problem was not tiring out the fish first, which is the funnest part, before netting it.

[@roblacitinola866]

brother, fish towards the bow of the boat, not the back in the ancor rope :) Great video and job!!!

[@RaisedinAlaska]

Thanks. Sometimes i’m in such a hurry. I don’t use my brain.😉

[@roblacitinola866]

@@RaisedinAlaska I feel your pain, I do it myself some times. that's why I noticed!!! That's what so great about fishing here, it get;s us so fired up, we lose our sense sometimes!! Moved to Sterling a few months ago, see ya on the water one day!!

[@RaisedinAlaska]

@roblacitinola866 Fish on 🎣

[@snagrbuster7343]

Thank you very much for the exciting Video 😊Can you please explain, why you use a fly line, since you're basically Center-pin fishing (originally a Canadian method) used when fishing for Salmon and Steelhead fishers of B.C. with bait/yarn or Beads/yarn?! Also isn't it better to retain the smaller Sockeye for consumption as the taste just as good as the larger ones? As anglers we all get more excited when we catch the bigger ones! We also hope to continue finding and catching the larger ones. As far as the future for big the salmon is concerned, even Cattle Ranchers know that, crossing the larger cattle specimens, are crossed the offspring are most likely, grow to be larger animals, so don't you think that maybe we should liberate the largest and keep the smaller for the table?

[@RaisedinAlaska]

I think that genetically speaking, you’re perfectly correct: the larger fish are more likely to produce larger offspring. Most of the larger fish on this river are males, they generally run a pound or so larger than the females. That said, a person can be selective in the size of the males and females they choose to keep. As for the line on my fly rod, I’m actually using hundred pound mono. I know that sounds weird, but this is how I ended up there: I would go through two to three spools of fly line a season at $50-$75 a spool. I would wear the coating on the core of the line. Using a fly rod, I always have line in my left hand and 30 pound mono is small enough in diameter that it cuts into my hands and braided line is like a saw. 100 lb mono is roughly the same diameter as standard fly line and is easy on the hands. That side, I do run 30 pound leader so if I get hooked up on the bottom I can break the leader off. It’s an odd set up, but it’s very functional and I’ve run the same mono on this real for years. Thus, it’s pretty expensive.

[@elkhunter63t30]

I lived in Soldotna many years ago and loved my time there.What weight of rod do you have?

[@RaisedinAlaska]

I generally fish at 10 weight rod: however, I currently have a four piece, 12 weight rod that I dearly love.

[@DannyManny98]

Delicious!

[@RaisedinAlaska]

Thank you for watching.

[@DannyManny98]

@@RaisedinAlaska No prob 😀

[@cnlights2]

Theres alot of fish hanging around your boat.. Do you do guide trips??

[@RaisedinAlaska]

I caught all those fish☺️. I do not guide, but I have family and friends who go along sometimes.

[@cnlights2]

Where did you get that food in the containers? Containers are great!! Ive got dried food- just add water. Some of its pretty good. But that Asian food?? WHOA!! Hot stuff!! No kids, eh??

[@RaisedinAlaska]

I got my bucket of food at Costco. This is a three part video series, so I try one in each video. Looks like I’ll have food for fall activities as well.😂

[@907angler6]

Steve..Shaun here. Did you launch at Keystone? Where did you take out?

[@RaisedinAlaska]

I launched at the end of East Redoubt and floated half way down E. Redoubt to a pull out. Short, easy float. .

[@healerondemand3464]

Good video. What did you use to catch them with. New subscriber

[@RaisedinAlaska]

Thanks for subscribing. We have a lot of fun videos coming up. Additionally, we have many fishing videos and some how to sockeye fish videos as well. In the first part and the last part of this video, I just had a piece of yarn tied in the shank of the hook. In the middle of the video, I was running a bead above the hook. It was a glorious day to be out, not all days are this productive or pretty.

[@cnlights2]

Thats looks like a tough cutrent. How do you get back?? You have a motor??

[@RaisedinAlaska]

I dropped a bicycle at the end point of the float and rode it back up to where I put in and left my truck.

[@Randy_Savage_ohyeah]

@@RaisedinAlaska was wondering how you got your truck to pick up location.

[@RaisedinAlaska]

@Randy_Savage_ohyeah I joke with people and call it the Kenai triathlon: row real, and bike.

[@cnlights2]

@@RaisedinAlaska 😂😂

[@RaisedinAlaska]

@cnlights2 😁

[@william6526]

I've run drift boats for over 55 years and I cant understand why you didn't put the anchor close to the shore so the anchor line and boat were out of your way. You may want to practice how to net a fish.

[@RaisedinAlaska]

@@william6526 Good observations. I really prefer to fish below the boat and that had been my initial plan, but there wasn’t a great drift there so I moved behind the boat. In the rush of the situation, I made due but it certainly wasn’t optimal. Netting: yes that was a real cluster. Again, I rushed it, that fish came in easy and then decided to fight once I got the net out. I should have worked to play him out before trying to net him. Thanks for the accurate comments. 👍🏽

[@jedison0311]

Savory Stroganoff would be my choice.

[@RaisedinAlaska]

I would agree that one I s near the top of the list. I still haven’t tried it, I suspect that will be done on a hunting trip.

[@Randy_Savage_ohyeah]

Would agree if it’s as good as the Mountain House Beef Strogh! My fave!!

[@deancarver6899]

soon as o land your fish bleed them an bonk em.. way better table fare

[@RaisedinAlaska]

It won’t be long and the salmon will be back in the rivers. 🎣