Late season Kings can be a fickle thing. Pushes of fewer fish can make the search for fresh Chinooks a day long effort of swinging bars hoping for a grab. Alaska West clients in Week 5 this year found that with patience and hard work, late season Kings are worth the effort. Heavier sink tips came into play during…
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Fishing Reports
BC West Fishing Report: July 7 – 14
Week three at BC West is the start of our spilt program in the upper river. This season, due to a heavy snowpack and cool June, conditions for passage of the Dean river gorge here challenging for the fish, yet guests enjoyed relatively good success up top. Water clarity hovered between 12-24″ depending on heat/snow…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: July 6 – 13
Some years during the second week in July, the King Salmon fishing begins slow somewhat from the previous weeks of steady insanity. This year the Chinooks kept right on coming and our anglers kept right on catching. Sink tips stayed light for the most part, but as some of the larger, fast moving lower bars finally came into shape,…
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BC West Fishing Report: June 30 – July 7
BC West welcomed its 2nd group of the season with a still very high, but falling and rapidly clearing river, with visibility starting at 18” and nearing 30” plus by the end of the week. Loads of fresh fish were around with these improving conditions and better summertime weather, or at least sunshine, as evening…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 29 – July 6
Week 3 brought fair weather and good friends back to Alaska West. In addition to warmer weather, the water had finally dropped enough to leave behind more defined ledges, drop offs, and bars. This definition created some unusual fishing situations too. The fish seemed to be funneled into a few small spots with clear water or along shallow buckets…
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BC West Fishing Report: June 23 – 30
It’s a funny thing about large snow-pack summers – we want the fish-related benefits for spawning success and over-all water abundance through the summer and fall, but we sure don’t like the higher water that comes when the weather even sneeze’s for a few hours. Such was the case as the first group of the season dropped out…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 22 – 29
Like an episode of “Friends” circa 1996, Week 2 at Alaska West is in Prime Time. This year we had a mix of some comedy and some drama, but no matter what happened, our anglers were thoroughly entertained. The water for Week 2 was still at a juicy level and the Kanektok continued to force its way south…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: June 15 – 22
The first week of King Salmon season at Alaska West is always filled with anticipation of what the season is about to bring. During this time the river has just begun to show its features and the fish have started their march past the classic gravel bar runs that have made our camp famous. The most interesting thing about…
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BC West Fishing Report: August 20 – 29
We welcomed our final group to BC West this week, as we have every year since our inception – our friends from Europe. There could not be a better group to have to wrap up a very busy season as our ‘Europeans’. They truly enjoy not only our famous steelhead, but everything that the Dean and British Columbia…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: August 19 – 26
This week we welcomed back only a few past anglers, with most guests being first time anglers of the Kanektok and Alaska West. It was really nice to see Larry Klein, who has been here many times, and his new fishing buddy Bill Manning. It was Bill’s first trip to Alaska West and we think he was…
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