Pro Staff for:

HLOutdoors

 

Fish with Quantum Performance Tuned rods & reels on Andy Couch's boat.

Alaska Fishing Reports 2007

2007 Alaska fishing reports and forecasts cover Deshka River and Little Susitna River king salmon and silver salmon fishing trips in Alaska summer seasons and winter ice fishing in Mat-Su Valley lakes road accessible from Anchorage, Palmer, and Wasilla. Our season fishing forecast is posted first, however, you may skip the forecast by scrolling down, or clicking  fishing report.

2007 Alaska Salmon Fishing Forecasts

King Salmon - Expect Big Deshka River Return
The Deshka River king salmon spawning escapement has exceeded 30,000 fish each of the past 7 years, and Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) data collected at Deshka River Weir indicates another excellent run, over 30,000 fish, should return in 2007.  Fishermen will be allowed to use bait starting on May 15,  this year, and (like the past 2 years) we expect the Department of Fish and Game will once again issue an emergency order doubling the daily bag limit for king salmon and opening the river to 24 hours a day fishing starting approximately May 25.  We encourage all anglers to make sure an emergency order has been issued before keeping a double king salmon limit or fishing outside of normal king salmon season hours of 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.   

Little Susitna River King Salmon - Expect Better Fishing
A higher than average spawning escapement count for the primary parent year of the 2007 return indicates Little Susitna River may have better than average king salmon fishing for king salmon that average about 10 pounds larger than on the Deshka River.

Silver Salmon Forecast - Expect Solid Fishing
Parent year spawing escapements were good for both 2007 Deshka and Little Susitna River silver salmon returns, although lower than the parent spawing escapement for 2006, so I  expect average, but lower overall numbers of silver salmon returning than what we experienced in 2006 -- There may be a silver lining in that  smaller numbers of returning salmon can some times mean larger average fish weight.

My goal is to post a daily fishing report for each trip I run (when I have time I may post reports form other guides as well) but if time constraints delay us from updating for a few days, you can also visit previous year's reports to see what happened then.  Salmon run timing is relatively consistent from year to year, so that should give you a rough idea of what to expect. Enjoy our 2007 reports.

Viewing: Oct - Dec 2007

October 01, 2007

test

December 26, 2007

Kepler - Bradlely Lake System near Palmer -- I guided 5 guests who caught lots of rainbow trout, Arctic char, and landlocked salmon on Fire Cured salmon roe and also on Pautzke`s Balls O`Fire single salmon eggs. Most of the fish averaged about 6-8 inches in length, and the largest salmon was probably about 15 inches. Ice was good and solid and over a foot in depth.

Action was good during the entire trip, although, I`d hoped the group could have caught some larger fish. Fishing was good enough that we used up almost 4 jars of single salmon eggs along with one bag of cured roe. Near the end of our trip we spotted a bald eagle who perched in a tree behind us to watch our fishing action. Was a very enjoyable way to spend the day after Christmas.

December 28, 2007

Kepler - Bradley Lake System near Palmer -- I guided an ice fishing trip with one guest and we easily caught at least 30 fish between the two of us. The vast majority fo the fish were released, but we did keep a few to eat after the trip. Most of the fish once again averaged between 6 - 8 inches in length, but on this trip we also caught several fish that more readily qualified as "keepers" up to about 12 or 13 inches in length.

We started by drilling several holes and chumming them with a soupy mixture of Fire Cured salmon roe, Pautzke`s nectar, and Pautzke`s liquid krill scent. The chum worked so well at attracting and holding the fish around the holes we had drilled, and we were catching so many fish that we never even made it back to try all of the original holes we had drilled and chummed before we started fishing. All of the fish were caught on Pautzke`s Balls O` Fire single salmon eggs.

Ice depth looked to be between 12 - 18 inches. We also saw a bald eagle fly up and perch in a tree above us to check out our fishing action. Was another fun day to be out enjoying the outdoors.