First King Of the Year.

We had our first king salmon trip of the year on the Little Su and brought home a 28.5 pound female.  The fish had some color and no sea lice.  We had another bite but did not get the hook set, for an early may trip we met our goal of a fish in the box. I would expect the fishing to improve over the next week as the run matures.  The water conditions were excellent but with the warm weather I expect to see more color this week.  

Winter Pike Fishing

We have spent several days at the cabin this winter preparing for the summer of 2009. Pike fishing was great this winter and we pulled several fish through the ice that were between 30" and 40". We are building a shed this spring and working on some wiring. I also have plans to make some additions to the cabin in the summer. We expect to have some great fishing adventures this summer.

Greg

Pike & Lake Creek

We went up to the lake for the last two weekends to fish for Pike and Rainbow trout.  We had a great trip, but it was very cold running the river both trips.  The first weekend was rainy and we got in some morning duck hunting as well as spectacular fishing.  The second weekend the weather was much better but the water has dropped to the second lowest I have seen it ever.  It was work getting into and out of the lake.  We caught some nice pike, lost a few big ones and landed nearly 100 rainbows and grayling while we were fishing over the two weekends.  A great way to finish the year at the lake.  We plan on fishing for more rainbows and grayling on the local streams and I will report how we do fishing in early october.

Greg

Moose Hunt

I have been busy hunting Moose with my buddies and their kids.  I took my friends son out opening weekend, three adults took out the three boys.  We snuck up on a very nice fork horn bull and got him friday night in unit 14.  We packed him out that night after a lot of work and set out the next morning.  I went with Bill and his son, we saw 16 moose, three bulls that were all between the size restrictions.  My other friend, Dave took both of his boys down the trail and shot a 36 inch bull with three brow tines.  We packed that moose out and called it a weekend.

I then went with the same two friends and their wives to unit 13.  Bills wife got a nice fork horn opening morning and we got it to camp early in the afternoon.  Bill and I walked around in the evening spotting 7 bulls, all were sub legal until we spotted two very nice moose.  After a 4.5 mile hike in the afternoon we stalked within 250 yards of both bulls, I dropped min and bill missed, that bull ran off.  My moose was 55 inches, 5 brow tines one side, three on the other.  We hunted for three more days not seeing another legal moose until half way out Bill shot a nice fork horn bull.  He dropped it with one shot in a swamp.  We winched the moose out of the water, onto dry land and had it skinned, gutted and loaded in just over an hour.   All in all a great year of moose hunting, 5 moose in two weeks.

Greg

Little Su8-20

I took a trip of three fisherman today, Larry Csonka, Audrey Bradshaw and Jonathan from Wolverine Lake Lodge.  We had a chase boat with the film crew (Pat & Kevin) and shot some fishing action for Larry and Audrey's show, North to Alaska.  The fishing was a bit slow as it can be later in the season but we hooked fish on eggs as well as mepps and vibrax spinners.  The water conditions were great and we could see schools of fish holding in the river.  We fished several holes, starting at the slide hole and working our way up river.  We released all of the fish careful to watch for bleeders.  All in all we had a great day of fishing followed up by a some excellent conversation with Larry and the crew about our adventures, dogs and kids.  This was a great group of folks and I would welcome them in my boat anytime.  Until the next time we are out pike fishing in September have a great weekend.

Greg

Little Su 8-10

I fished two trips today. The first was with clients at 6 am. We caught our limit on bobbers and eggs. The fishing was good and the take is still good. In the late morning and early afternoon I took my sister, two nephews and niece. We caught three fish, hooked two others and missed a few more bites. We were using bobber and may have done better back trolling but had fun and enjoyed the sun. The river has come up significantly and was becoming very dirty with the rain runoff. The USGS shows that the water level is spiking on the lower river tonight, dropping again with a slight increase tomorrow afternoon following todays rain. I would expect fair fishing in the morning.

Greg

Little Su 8-9

I fished the little Su today in the afternoon with four clients. The fishing was slow, due to higher water and poor clarity. We caught eight salmon keeping one that was a bleeder. We missed several other bites using bobbers and eggs. The river was as busy as i have seen it all year long and the boat traffic was likely adding to the reduced visibility in the water. We saw Ducks, several Greebe and three Bald eagles today. We caught one very notable Pink, it was around 30 inches and weighed over over 5 pounds.

Greg