Fishing in Kenai or Cooper Landing

We have 2 days in the Kenai/Cooper Landing area of Alaska and was wondering which city would be better to stay in and fish? Thanks for any thoughts.

Fishing in Kenai or Cooper Landing

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It would be helpful to know when you%26#39;re planning to be in Alaska and what you hope to fish for, and if you are planning to keep your catch or do catch %26amp; release.

Fishing in Kenai or Cooper Landing

We will be in the area around July 8 and are interested in keeping the fish.

You didn%26#39;t say what type of fish you were hoping to catch, but during that time, king salmon should still be running. The Kenai River (out of Soldotna) is outstanding for that.

The Russian River (Cooper Landing) is big for fly fishing for sockeye salmon.

A variety of types of trout and dolly varden should be around in early July too.

Here is a link to the ';run chart'; for freshwater fishing in the Kenai area which shouldto help you out: 鈥tate.ak.us/StateWide/runtim/runtim.cfm鈥?/a>

Saltwater fishing info (halibut!) is also accessible on that web site: 鈥tate.ak.us/StateWide/runtim/runtim.cfm鈥?/a> . You will see that salmon are also available while salt water fishing. Ideally, you%26#39;ll fish out of Homer or Seward if you%26#39;re planning a salt water fishing charter.

You%26#39;ll really need to decide what type of fish you%26#39;re hoping to catch and keep in mind the limits if quantity matters to you. Also there are special fishing permits (stamps) required for some (kings) . . . and there are also trophy prizes for others (Homer Halibut Derby . . . don%26#39;t go fishing for halibut w/o buying a ticket!).

We did king salmon fishing in late June and my husband caught a 32 pounder that was big enough to keep but also almost too big. (They go by fish length as to what you can keep and what must be catch n release.) Also, if it is a ';nonkeeper'; but it bleeds when hooked, you have to keep it . . . and it counts towards your daily catch limit (one fish!). The other gal on our trip caught a dinky fish (probably produced 2 pounds of edible meat) and because it bled, she had to keep it and no more fishing for her for the rest of the charter (2 hours). Needless to say, that couple was not very happy.

Good luck in deciding what type of fishing adventure you want, as there are many! We%26#39;re looking forward to doing silver salmon and halibut when we return to Alaska in August/September 2010.

Von

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