Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Fishing for Sockeye on the Russian and Kenai Rivers

Fishing for Sockeye (Red Salmon) in the Russian River on the Kenai Peninsula

Kevin and John fishing


Russian Falls - There were salmon jumping up the falls

Fishing


Hooray! My first sockeye.


We saw a grizzly bear the 2nd time we went.


Chilling on a cliff near Russian Falls


John took this picture on the way back from the Russian River at the intersection of the Seward Highway and the Sterling Highway


Fished the confluence of the Kenai and Russian River on my third trip and caught two more.
Fished the confluence again on my fourth trip and caught the limit of 3 sockekye. This is the biggest one. It is about 8 lbs. and took me 15 minutes to reel in.

Salmon fillets! There is a few weeks worth of salmon in the freezer.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That looks like a uncle john shot, nice picture JB

The salom and bears are awe dropping!

Anonymous said...

Hey fellas, Looks like an amazing time. Everything looks surreal there. Hope all is well and continue having a great and safe time!

Grandmother said...

my, my, my, my, my!!!!
It looks like a lot of fun! We wish we were with you. Are you getting tired of eating fish yet?
That salmon looks yummy (Judi)
Have fun and be safe.
Love Grandmommy and Aunt Judi