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Alaska Fishing Reports 2004

Our 2004 Alaska fishing reports and forecasts cover Deshka River and Little Susitna River coho salmon and king salmon fishing trips in Alaska summer seasons and Mat-Su Valley winter ice fishing in lakes road accessible from Anchorage and near Palmer and Wasilla. Our season fishing forecast is posted first, however, you may skip the forecast by scrolling down, or clicking fishing report.

2004 Alaska Salmon Fishing Forecast -- Good for King Salmon
Last year we experienced our best king salmon success rates while fishing tributaries of the Susitna River, but after adequate snowfall this winter we expect increasing catch rates for Little Su king salmon in 2004.   Alaska Department of Fish & Game data from Deshka River Weir also indicates tributaries of the Susitna River should have strong king salmon returns and good fishing in 2004.

Expect Better Coho or Silver Salmon Fishing in 2004.  For any given year we've always experienced good silver salmon fishing on Alaska rivers we fish, but on strong years periods of good fishing can last significantly longer.  For example, on a strong coho year, every guest I've guided for more than a month straight has caught a limit of coho salmon.  2003 Little Su silver salmon fishing lacked that consistency, however, the 2004 silver or coho salmon return will be offspring from a parent spawning escapement over 5 times larger than what produced the 2003 return, so naturally we are hopeful for banner silver salmon fishing for 2004.  

Besides strong projected king and silver salmon fishing, chum and pink salmon data indicates 2004 should be a solid year for numbers and variety of salmon species in Little Susitna River -- but enough about preseason forecasts, below you'll find 2004 Alaska fishing reports.  

Our goal is to post a report for each trip we run, but if time constraints delay us from updating for a few days, you can click on links for other  year's reports to see what has happened in previous seasons. Enjoy the reports, and you may want to bookmark this page for easy future reference.

Viewing: Oct - Dec 2004