Today we were with Josh and Nate and we started the day
targeting silver salmon in King Salmon creek.
It was a bit colder today with intermittent rain so we were glad to have
brought gloves. We were able to land
five silvers in each boat, but finished short of our limit because we were
anxious to chase the Naknek rainbows.
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| Shan, the silver salmon shaman |
We fished and we fished and we fished. Never in our previous
trips here had we caught so many jacks (immature king salmon) and that made
presenting our beads to desirable fish a challenge. Shan & Rob (with Nate) repeatedly passed
through a long run with a beaver lodge along the shore. First time—only jacks. Second time—mostly jacks, but a char or two.
Third time—scattered jacks and some char and small rainbows. Fourth time—char, rainbow and grayling—seems
to be improving! Fifth time—Rob found a
27.5” rainbow that smashed his bead and ran away like a freight train. No good place on shore to land it, so Nate
ran the motor to keep our position well, Shan took the net and instructed Rob
in a “figure 8” move with the rod tip to turn the fish gently into the
net. Success! This was Nate’s biggest rainbow of the year
while guiding.
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| A chrome bright rainbow recently arrived from Naknek Lake |
We did see our obligatory bear along shore when we were
fishing today. Either there are lots of
bears here, or they are traveling many miles to shadow us each day in different
river systems.
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| They are everywhere! |
Another delicious dinner awaited us upon our return to the
lodge.
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