Little Su 7-31

I fished this afternoon with two clients. They caught one silver and hooked several other salmon on fly rods. We changed over to spinning rods and caught four other silvers and again hooked several other salmon. I visited with several other guides and they noted the fishing was getting better but still hit and miss. The afternoon fishing has not been as productive as the morning, but I expect this to change very soon. The fishing is improving daily and the water has come up as a result of the recent rain fall. With the rise in water the clarity has decreased as well. I would expect this to improve the fishing as the fish will hold in the holes and be less skiddish than when the water is clear.

Little Su 7-29

I did not fish today but did visit with another guide that fished the morning. They caught their limit of silver salmon as did several of the other guides. The river rmains very low and the boat traffic is heavy. This creates dirty water conditions as well as difficult boating conditions. Giving your neighbors space and slowing down seem to be in order for the foreseeable future.

Little Su 7-26

I fished with three clients yesterday in the am. We caught 4 very fresh chum salmon and one sockeye. We had a couple of silvers on as well as numerous other salmon that I was not able to identify but lost them. We are getting 15 to 20 good bites in a six hour trip. There are still large numbers of sockeye and chums in the lower river as they are the predominant catch according to the ADF&G kreel survey. The silver numbers are still a bit low but it is still early in the season. The water remains low and dirty due to increasing boat traffic. I would expect the silver fishing to pick up significantly early next week.

Little Su 7-25

I fished this morning with four clients. We had over 20 bites but landed one silver one pink and 5 chums. I noticed that the chums had net scars on them. I would speculate the lack of silvers today was due to commercial fishing activites. I visited with another guide and he had the same report. There are fish in the river but the run has not yet reached a peak, it is getting better each day. It may require patients and time to wade through the chums in order to catch the silvers.

Little Su 7-21

I visited with another guide today, he took out two clients I sent his way while I was on vacation. The fishing is very slow on the little su. Two clients caught two silvers in 6 hours of fishing. The water is very low, the record low was 1996 with 168 cubic ft. Today it was 234 cubic ft with the 59 year average being 430 cubic ft on this date. The water is clear and the holes are shallow. If you gou out use extreme caution.

Little Su 7-10

I fished two guests this afternoon for a last king trip of the season. We had as couple of bites and landed two fish that were very red. The fish were in the mid to high 20 lb range. We also landed the first Silver salmon of the season, a nice dime bright 8 lb fish. The silvers will be in the river in significant numbers very soon. We saw eagles and a beaver on the river, the water is very low and it will be difficult to navigate if it drops much more.

Pike Fishing 7-9 & 7-10

I took two guests for an overnight pike trip. We landed well over 100 fish with 10 fish that weighed between 10 and 12 pounds. The pike are very healthy and were their normal aggressive self. It was a great trip, the weather was good and the water conditions were perfect. We saw a 50+ inch bill moose, a fork horn moose swimming the river, eagles, beaver, a family of ermine and lots of ducks.