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Kenai River Silver Salmon Fishing
With Great Alaska Adventure Lodge
The feisty Silver Salmon of the Kenai
Our licensed guide staff is among the best in the state, combining enthusiasm, energy and experience. We use only the finest equipment made, with Custom Willy Boat made "Predator" powerboats and driftboats, plus Fish Rite flat bottom sleds and Glacier Craft, Willy boat and Motion Marine offshore products. We also target these spectacular gamefish with fly rods and have for nearly thirty years...Silver salmon are excellent game fsh as they attack flies, bait and hardware with equal abandon. No one has caught more Silver salmon over the years than the guests of Great Alaska Adventure lodge!
How do you fish the Kenai River? Our boats seat 4 anglers comfortably, with the guide either at the helm of the powerboat or 
at the oars in the Mackenzie River driftboat. Your guide will move from spot to spot, slowly backing downstream as you and your fellow anglers cast towards shore with lightweight spinning rods. We'll have to work for the fish but when we find a good group of fresh fish moving upstream the action will be fantastic! Early season fish move upstream mostly during the morning and evening hours, so the mornings are especially exciting- however the fish can be notoriously unpredictable, so every strike is pulse quickening.
Kenai River Silver Salmon Fishing primer: The Kenai river Silvers salmon fishery is really made up of 2 separate runs of Silvers....the August ("first") Run, and the September ("second") run.
Early season Kenai River Silver salmon fishing: In late July and early August, the early season Silver Salmon fish work their way up the southern beaches of the Kenai Peninsula, past the beaches of Homer and nearly a dozen small spawning tributaries, seeking the Mighty Kenai river and it's amazing spawning waters. The earliest to arrive at the Kenai are a are usually caught while we fish for the large Kenai river King Salmon in the last weeks of July near tidewater. We don't begin to target the silvers with our spinning rods and fly rods until the first week of August.
August Kenai River Silver Salmon Fishing
The August fishery is unique in that on even numbered years, the crowd-pleasing Pink salmon or "humpback Salmon" (Latin name Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) join forces with the early Silvers to make for a simply unbelieveable number of Salmon in the Kenai. Truly serious silver and trout fishermen sometimes prefer the later fall season or odd numbered years (2001, 2003, 2005 etc) as the Pink run is so numerous it can literally "blot out the sun" with fish. Kids, families and beginning fly fishermen love this time however, as they can put a bend in their rods to the tune of a lifetime of fishing at home. Catches of over a hundred salmon per day per boat is very common and releasing 20 to 40 pinks per person to catch a limit of Silver salmon make for some really amazing days on the water.
The early season is more unpredictable than the September fishery, so most any date can provide great fishing with just a little luck. Sometimes limite occur on the 1st day of August for silvers, and other times due to tides and overall saltwater fish movement the silvers don't really begin to peak until mid month. Plan on casting spinners as our number one style of fishing, with fly fishing also very popular. Finally, "soaking" eggs is perfect for young kids or those who want the fish (and the guide) to do the majority of the work! :)
Kenai River Water Levels: Being a glacial and freshwater mix, the Kenai River reaches it's highest level during the middle of summer, and it's lowest during the long days of winter. 
In both August and September, Silver salmon fishing is generally done in either driftboats or Powerboats- either way we'll be casting spinners into shallow water holding or moving water for the explosive silvers...you guide walking you through the best spots to try, how to work the spinners most effectively and (sometimes) when to set the hook! This style of fishing is perfect for those who choose to release these great fish as without bait we usually hook the fish in the outside of their mounths and can easily release them unharmed. Silver salmon are notoriously fragile fish and rubber nets and careful handling is key.
September Kenai River Silver salmon fishing is a different animal altogether! With the fish averaging 10 to 16 pounds, many return guests choose to target September's larger and sometimes truly exceptional fish. As the leaves change and the bears begin to stalk the shoreline, the siver fishery heats up and we have some of the finest fishing of the year. In addition to the fantastic Kenai River Silver Salmon fishing, many charters combine a few hours of drifting for trophy trout in the afternoons after the Silver Salmon bite has quieted down...making for some of the finest days of fishing to be had anywhere. Here you see anglers drifting the middle river for double digit rainbows while their limit of silvers wait in the box for processing at the end of the day! This is a great style of fishing that has our return guests coming back year after year after year....the Fall trophy Trout and Silver season is fantastic.
Other methods of Fishing for Kenai River Silver Salmon: With bait allowed for silver salmon, during certain times of the year (due to murky water or low numbers of fish moving upstream) your guide may choose to target the silvers on the lower portion of the river, hoping to intercept large number of moving silvers near the shoreline. The most effective way to do that at times is to use bait and anchor the boat near the shore, and "plunk"! When the fishing is good, it can be a really amazing way to hook fish, and it's also perfect for kids or those who cannot commit to casting a spinning rod all day long. Either way, your guide will take your preferences into account when deciding the style of fishing that best suits the day.
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