    
Fred Telleen
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2002 - 1:29 am: | |
Subject: Lower and Upper Kenai River
COMING ATTRACTIONS
EARLY KINGS!
Fishing on the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers kicks into gear mid May with the arrival of the first Kings. I love fishing on the early side of the season. All the fish are bright and full of fight. There may not be as many fish in the river, but the odds of success are still good because these fish are aggressive. Another bonus to the early season is less boat traffic on the Kenai.
The first run Kenai Kings average a bit smaller than the late runners of July, but I have taken Kings over 60lbs in the early run. The world record of 97.4 lbs was taken May 17. Catching an average chrome bright 30lb fish is not likely to cause complaint.
Kasilof Kings are not as big as Kenai Kings; however there are some reasons many anglers love the Kasilof. One is success. The Kasilof is a small river and most of the fish stage in a three-mile stretch of river. You are always on fish when drifting the Kasilof. When the bite is hot, it?s hard to beat.
I AM BOOKING KING SALMON TRIPS EXCLUSIVELY FROM MAY 19-JUNE 9.
UPPER KENAI OPENING (Hooray!)
The Upper Kenai opens June 11 after a closure of almost two months. Most of the Rainbows should have completed their spawn, but some of the big ?colored? males will still be hanging around in the shallow riffles. Sight fishing to these bruisers is exciting.
Chances are there will be a good showing of Russian River bound Sockeye by opening day. These fish are silver bullets of energy that will test an 8wt to the limit. This run is usually at peak strength within a few days.
The trout that did not spawn are feeding aggressively. This is the time for variety. Trout are feeding on salmon fry and smolt, sculpin, caddis, and any flesh or eggs they can find.
Carcasses from Sockeye caught by the Kenai/Russian confluence will begin rolling downstream. This will set the trout into a flesh feeding frenzy in key drift lines.
Fred Telleen
Mystic Waters
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