This trip was in late June. Our first King Salmon fishing trip. Almost no Salmon were swimming up the Kenai. We were sweating it out watching the daily Salmon counts. So far the salmon were way down in numbers for that time of year and there was no bait fishing allowed. There was talk on the Alaska Game & Fish website of them shutting down the King Salmon season unless the fish counts were up soon. I called our guides in a panic! They said not to worry the fish will start migrating up stream any day in big numbers. I was sweating bullets!!! What if the fish are not there when we get there?? Should we change our trip to a few weeks later?? Because that area of Alaska is so popular this time of year you have to book every thing 6 months or more in advance, so to cancel and try to rebook would be a nightmare. I called Jim McCormick again, he said the fish biologists panic every year if the King Salmon don't come in by the thousands by a certain date, so don't worry you will catch fish whether bait is allowed or not I guarantee it. So we went as planned, I said a few prayers and hope we weren't making a big mistake. The day before we flew in 60,000 plus King Salmon migrated up the Kenai River. The day we arrived in Anchorage 86,000 more Salmon swam up the Kenai!! Wahoo!! Our first day on the Kenai the no bait restriction was lifted!! Wow was I feeling lucky. This video is of our first 2 days with 2 different guides. The first day we fished around 26 miles up the Kenai. The second day around 40 miles up stream near Moose Creek. We caught 3-6 King Salmon each day plus 1 Sockeye Salmon and plenty of Rainbow Trout. The trip was fantastic, the trip of a life time! So glad we did not cancel!! I caught a King Salmon of a lifetime. See my "Monster King Salmon" video on this channel.

• published: 30 Jan 2015
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