Like adults, Kids enjoy catching fish, and salmon fishing on Little Susitna River during late July and August can provide plenty of action to keep everyone busy.

Young men enjoy the challenge of catching fish the size of this silver salmon in a small river like the Little Susitna River. After boating along the river, this young man caught his salmon by casting a spinner from the sandy bank in the background.

Remember the sunscreen, Alaska salmon fishing can occur in bluebird weather during long hot days of June, July, and August.
 

Alaska silver salmon swarm into Little Susitna River in large schools during late July, August, and early September.  These silver or coho salmon average 8 - 10 pounds although larger fish to 15 or 16 pounds are sometimes caught.

Catching coho salmon provides a worthy challenge for a young kid.  Although July and August salmon fishing in Alaska is usually good enough for kids to catch limits of salmon, they feel a large sense of accomplishment after boating these big fish.

A kid hugs an Alaska silver salmon he caught while fishing a Flashtrap Spinner early in the morning.  The youngster limited early, but his father, mother, and brother caught up with him, landing limits of their own during a 6 hour guided fishing trip.

Big coho salmon produces a big smile for the woman catching it from Little Susitna River near Wasilla, Alaska.

July and August water levels are often low enough to allow a fisherman to sight fish for coho, chum, sockeye, and pink salmon.  Fishing spinners just fast enough to keep them spinning produces big results on Little Susitna River.

Guided Alaska fishing trips on Little Susitna River near Anchorage and Wasilla produce consistent limit catches of large coho-silver salmon in late July and August.

Family fishing trips for Alaska silversalmon on Little Susinta River in early August provide opportunities for each man, woman, boy, or girl to catch big fish and to share the excitement of helping family members catch big fish as well.  Remember to capture salmonpictures  and save your memories.

After watching and helping his grandchildren catch their limits of silver salmon, grandpa was excited about catching a limit of silver salmon.

Weighted spinners are the most popular fishing lure used by guides when running Little Susitna River silversalmon charters. Local favorites include Flashtrap Spinners, Mepps Spinners, and Vibrax Spinners in sizes 3, 4, and 5.

A salmon spinner retrieved slowly near the bottom produced this bright silver salmon on lower Little Susitna River, 45 minutes drive from Wasilla.

Joe Bilek reaches to land a silver salmon he caught on an ultralight rod and reel with a size 3 spinner as his lure.

This bait caught silver salmon highlighted a beautiful day on the river.

Some of the best fishing in Alaska occurs near Anchorage along Little Susitna River during July, August, and early September. Many years the Little Su produces the 2nd best sport fishing silver salmon harvest in the entire state of Alaska.

Little Su silver salmon caught on a spinner cast with a medium weight spinning rod and reel. There are more where this one came from.

Sea lice often cling to salmon caught in lower Susitna River. Sea lice cling to salmon out in saltwater, but drop off after a few days in freshwater, so salmon anglers are usually enthused to catch salmon so fresh out of the salt, that they still have sea lice. usually clinging near the anal fin.

This 20 foot outboard jetboat is the smallest guide boat we currently operate, and safely and comfortably fishes up to 4 guests.

Here's a picture of Captain Andy Couch's jet boat.  The 23 foot guideboat transports up to 6 guests, can safely navigate extremely shallow water with its Suzuki 4-stroke outboard jet motor, and was custom built for us by Greatland Welding & Machine in Palmer, Alaska.
 

Fishtale's custom Alaska guide boats feature padded swivel seating for up to 6 people and removable dry storage boxes to keep gear out of the way and protected.  Our jetboats are wide and stable with plenty of fishing room.

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