Kenai river Reds starting in strong

[Da stump]

The Reds are starting with a bang this year on the Kenai and Russian rivers in Alaska. It is going to be a great year. My son Teacherman has been racking and stacking chrome bright Sockeyes on a daily basis now. He bought a hotel in Cooper Landing Alaska called the  Alpine Inn Motel. It is right at the mouth of Kenai lake. 

[cohocrazy]

I was stationed at Fort Richardson 1992 - 1995. Had some great times fishing for Reds in the Russian. Hopefully I will be able to take my 9 year old son up there in the next couple years.

[Da stump]

My Ten year old granddaughter is really having fun catching Sockeye. My son will be posting pics soon i hope so you can see some of the fun.

[TeacherMan]

Kenai and the Russian have been amazing this year! Cool side note besides catching limits of reds the bear viewing has been out of this world! 8 this morning and 5 yesterday.

[Da stump]

I have not figured out how to post pictures. If someone would be kind enough to PM me with their phone number i would gladly send some pic to post on here.

[jkthomps]

PM Sent. I can post pictures for you.

My in-laws live outside of Kenai. My wife, kids and I will be up there July 1st - 15th. I hope the runs are still going strong!

[jkthomps]

Photos from Da stump! Looks like everyone is having a great time!

[bowhunterforever]

Nice fish

[Timberstalker]

Looks like an awesome trip!

[huntnphool]

 Not much better eating than chrome bright sockeye, well done!

[bearpaw]

The Reds are starting with a bang this year on the Kenai and Russian rivers in Alaska. It is going to be a great year. My son Teacherman has been racking and stacking chrome bright Sockeyes on a daily basis now. He bought a hotel in Cooper Landing Alaska called the  Alpine Inn Motel. It is right at the mouth of Kenai lake. 

I might have to go visit and fish in the next year or two, how far in advance does a person need reservations?

[Da stump]

Hi Bearpaw, the best eating is right now, The longer the fish are in the river the more they deteriorate. But with that said fishing will only get better in july and last year over 1 1/2 million fish went up river. The phone number for the Alpine Inn Motel is: (907) 595-1557. As the season progresses so do the bookings. Book early if you can.

[Da stump]

The weir at the mouth of the Russian river had 989 fish go through it, bringing the total to 12,733 for this season, Last year at this time the count was 7,280. The measured amount of fish is just a portion of the fish heading up river. One and a half million sockeye came up the kenai last year and it looks like this year is going to be better.

[jkthomps]

The Reds are starting with a bang this year on the Kenai and Russian rivers in Alaska. It is going to be a great year. My son Teacherman has been racking and stacking chrome bright Sockeyes on a daily basis now. He bought a hotel in Cooper Landing Alaska called the  Alpine Inn Motel. It is right at the mouth of Kenai lake. 

I might have to go visit and fish in the next year or two, how far in advance does a person need reservations?

Just let me know when you want to go. My in-laws live next to the Kenai and I have access to several boats for the rivers and an ACB boat for the deeper water/butts. I am sure we could work out a trade of some sort guide trip for guide trip?

[carpsniperg2]

Looks like a blast

[jkthomps]

Couple more photos from Da stump. Great time in AK!

[tchoutacabouffa]

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[bearpaw]

The Reds are starting with a bang this year on the Kenai and Russian rivers in Alaska. It is going to be a great year. My son Teacherman has been racking and stacking chrome bright Sockeyes on a daily basis now. He bought a hotel in Cooper Landing Alaska called the  Alpine Inn Motel. It is right at the mouth of Kenai lake. 

I might have to go visit and fish in the next year or two, how far in advance does a person need reservations?

Just let me know when you want to go. My in-laws live next to the Kenai and I have access to several boats for the rivers and an ACB boat for the deeper water/butts. I am sure we could work out a trade of some sort guide trip for guide trip?

I'll try to remember this, sounds like a good trade. 

[bearpaw]

Hi Bearpaw, the best eating is right now, The longer the fish are in the river the more they deteriorate. But with that said fishing will only get better in july and last year over 1 1/2 million fish went up river. The phone number for the Alpine Inn Motel is: (907) 595-1557. As the season progresses so do the bookings. Book early if you can.

  thanks, I'll try to go early when I go

[Da stump]

as of july 4 there have been 29,628 sockeye up through the wier on the Russian river. Going great. That is a couple thousand more than last year on the same date