Kenai Peninsula 7/26-8/3

[cokeman]

Ed - Don't delete this time!!! Here's more pictures & video:

Took my second trip to the Kenai Peninsula last week and here's a little recap of the week.

7/26. Kenai River Sockeye's & Coho
All Fish Caught doing the Kenai Flip.




My Brother with a nice Sockeye.



7/27 Pink Salmon - Hope, AK

My dad with a nice humpback!

A small Pink caught on a fly rod.


Hooked over 100+ pinks at high tide on the fly rod. Lost a bunch but also landed a few. Here's some video. (Click Below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2BvTjc-UXM

7/29 Float Plane Trip - Big River Lake (west side of Cook Inlet)

9lb+ Coho Salmon


Another Nice Coho...Too bad he's a CUB FAN!


Limit of Coho


Back to Back Coho Video (Click below)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 6307714502

Float Plane Landing on Big River Lake(Click below)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3818832427


7/30 Kenai King Salmon Trip

One of 3-40lb Kings caught by our group. All fish caught on spawn off the bottom.



King Fillets & Steaks


Sashimi


King Jumping from other boat in our group


7/31 Halibut - Homer, AK

2-20lb Halibut (No Barn doors caught)


The seas were rough my friends!


My Dream Woman....Sorry about the camera angle...I was tired.(Click below)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 5943169662

8/1 Grayling - Crescent Lake - Cooper Landing, AK

Rented Mountain Bikes and road the crecent lake trail 6 miles up the side of a mountain to catch arctic grayling. I'M STILL HURTING! Caught about 10 using a wooly bugger under a bobber and Panther Martin Spinners. Weather was too windy to get one on the fly rod.

Getting ready to tackle the mountain.


Overall, another fantastic trip. I caught a King, Sockeye, Coho, Pink, Grayling, Dolly Vardon, Rainbow Trout, Halibut, & Pacific Cod. Couldn't get a Chum salmon or Lingcod. The highlight of the trip were the bears:



Video(Click Below)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 8264432276


If you want to view some of my pictures check out my flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fishkill1/ ... 427110434/


Going back 2010 if the boss lets me go......

[Maui Jim]

Looks like a trip of a lifetime. Awesome Hope to get up there one day myself.

[Don S.]

Thanks for sharing those pics.

[Mountin Du]

Super trip... super pictures!!! That's really great!

[cokeman]

Thanks all....2 years of planning and saving loose change and research paid off. Its hard to leave that place after you've been there and seen so many different places. Watching it on TV doesn't is great...when you get there its even more spectacular. Now I have to do the canada trip and south america trip to complete my fishing wishlist....

[fishinnut]

Wow, that had to be a great trip. Someday I'll get there. Would you pm the info on that guide service you guys used. Ed erased my saved pms by accident. Thanks

[Eric the Roofer]

Hey cokeman I was there at the same time. We were probably on the same plane. Looks like we both did good. Here is a couple of my pics.

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Sockeye on upper Kenai
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Halibut
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Coho

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50 lb. King

[cokeman]

Eric,

Those pics are awesome. Where did you stay? I'll have to do the float trip on the upper kenai next time. I fished mainly the Kenai when not on guide trips. The Russian seemed slow so passed on it and I had my fill of combat fishing for the most part. Get the book Highway Angler if you go again by Gunnar Pedersen if you go again. Found 3 nice places to go and have a few on my list to explore next time. Where did you get the cohos?

-Cokeman

[Hoffman]

Looks like an amazing trip and getting to share it with your family, Awesome! Great photos, can't imagine everything you saw that you did not get photos of.

[nodlikescod]

Really, really cool pics. That looks like nature at its finest...

[cokeman]

Wow, that had to be a great trip. Someday I'll get there. Would you pm the info on that guide service you guys used. Ed erased my saved pms by accident. Thanks

Send me a pm with your e-mail. I'll send you a pdf file. You got to book soon to guarantee a good week next year. I believe you bought the bow and decoys from me. Your money went to good use as you can see.