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Just scroll down and find the date you are
thinking about coming to Alaska and you can see
what last years fishermen did during that date. |
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August and September are the time to fish
Rainbows over Spawning Salmon in the Upper
Gulkana.
Check out the Rainbows and
Grayling trip!
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The Red Salmon were late this year, almost a
full 3 weeks. The Red Salmon fishing did
not get really good until around August 20th.
But when they cam in they came in thick.
For the most part the Red Salmon fishing season
starts in late July and goes through part of
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August 24, 2005
The Red
salmon are here. Three fisherman pulled on
red salmon until they were too tired to cast
again. Some holes today held as many as 50
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The King Season is
over now. Time for Reds
on the Gulkana River. We will be fishing
the Gulkana river for the
Reds all through August.
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Red salmon are in perfect condition with this
run being one of the latest in the State. |
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The end of the season is shown at the top,
because of the way it is intered in during the
summer. We keep the most current
information at the top. |
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July
31, 2005
Today was the last
day of the King Salmon Season on the Klutina
River. The fish are still there, they just
need to be left alone to spawn and continue to
bring many more for years to come.
Fishermen:
4
Hook Ups: 10
Landed: 5
Kept: 2
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July
30, 2005
Fishing for more
than one day helps a lot with your landing to
hooking ratio. You will be much better at
landing these beasts after a few days of
practice.
Fishermen: 8
Hook Ups: 29
Landed: 16
Kept: 8 |
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Scott and Gavin with a very nice King pulled out
of the "Log Hole" on the Klutina River.
This trip the Kings killed averaged almost 50
pounds! |
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July
29, 2005
We are in
the Peak of the run on the Klutina for Kings.
There are lots of Kings in the river and we are
catching many. It is hard to describe
fishing the Klutina River for Kings in Late
July!
Fishermen: 8
Hook Ups: 28
Landed: 13
Kept: 6 |
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This fish was caught by Gavin, he just allowed
me to display it for the picture. This
King broke the 50 pound digital scale. To
give you a idea on how large it really is, the
length of this fish was 53 inches, and the girth
34inches. This was the thickest fish
caught in the 2005 season! |
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July
28, 2005
We are in
the Peak of the run on the Klutina for Kings.
There are lots of Kings in the river and we are
catching many. It is hard to describe
fishing the Klutina River for Kings in Late
July!
Fishermen: 8
Hook Ups: 24
Landed: 13
Kept: 8
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Every now and then the "Boss" gets to go fishing.
This is Jaime's Biggest king ever, and I was
happy to help her hold it! |
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July
27, 2005
We are in
the Peak of the run on the Klutina for Kings.
There are lots of Kings in the river and we are
catching many. It is hard to describe
fishing the Klutina River for Kings in Late
July!
Fishermen: 8
Hook Ups: 29
Landed: 15
Kept: 8 |
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July
26, 2005
Fishermen:
6
Hook Ups: 15
Landed: 9
Kept: 6 |
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July
25, 2005
Fishermen: 1
Hook Ups: 8
Landed: 6
Kept: 1 |
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Fishing the hole "Perfect Cast" |
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July 24, 2005
Fishermen:
2
Hook Ups: 7
Landed: 4
Kept: 2 |
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July
23, 2005
Fishermen: 4
Hook Ups: 26
Landed: 13
Kept: 3 |
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July
22, 2005
Fishermen: 5
Hook Ups: 12
Landed: 8
Kept: 5 |
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July
21, 2005
Fishermen:
6
Hook Ups: 15
Landed: 6
Kept:
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July
20, 2005
Fishermen:
4
Hook Ups: 7
Landed: 4
Kept: 3 |
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Caleb Hughes, now 5 years old is in "heavy
training" to become a KingFisher's Perch Guide! |
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July
19, 2005
Fishermen: 11
Hook Ups: 18
Landed: 8
Kept:
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July
18, 2005
Fishing the Klutina
River can be fast and furious. Landing
these beasts not easy at all.
Fishermen: 10
Hook Ups: 19
Landed: 10
Kept:
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July
17, 2005
Fishermen: 8
Hook Ups: 19
Landed: 9
Kept: 8 |
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Ryan
Haden from California had a very special trip
this year. He is a candidate from the
"Make A Wish" Foundation. Ryan was able to
fulfill his dream of catching a Copper River
King Salmon. Ryan caught 6 Kings in the 2
days of fishing with KingFisher's Perch. |
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July 16, 2005
Fishermen: 10
Hook Ups: 18
Landed: 10
Kept:
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July
15, 2005
Fishermen: 3
Hook Ups: 10
Landed: 7
Kept: 3 |
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July
14, 2005
Fishermen: 4
Hook Ups: 15
Landed: 7
Kept: 4 |
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Nate & Dick with a respectable buck |
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July 13, 2005
Moved to the Klutina
now. The kings have come in strong and
"Perfect Cast" is proving to be one of the
guides favorite holes.
Fishermen: 8
Hook Ups: 16
Landed: 8
Kept: 8 |
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July 12, 2005
No fishermen today,
only rafting groups out looking to see Alaska's
beautiful rivers. Our fishing guides have
a hard time just floating down a river that is
full of Salmon!
Fishermen: 0
Hook Ups: 0
Landed: 0
Kept: 0 |
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Some lucky clients hit is just right and get to
limit on both Kings and Reds! |
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July 11, 2005
Gulkana Kings were
caught.
Fishermen: 7
Hook Ups: 9
Landed: 5
Kept: 5
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July 10, 2005
The Gulkana River
has been on fire this year, with a large push of
fish a little later than normal. I don't
see anyone complaining though.
Fishermen: 13
Hook Ups: 24
Landed: 10
Kept:
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July 9, 2005
Everything was done
the same as yesterday!
Fishermen: 7
Hook Ups: 14
Landed: 6
Kept: 5 Klutina
Fishermen: 6
Hook Ups: 16
Landed: 10
Kept: 6 Gulkana |
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This is the
largest king caught on the Gulkana River in
2005. This brute fought for over 40
minutes before KingFisher's Perch Head Guide
Daniel Hughes could get his net around it! |
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July 8, 2005
Today we sent the
Red salmon fishermen down the Klutina and the
people that preferred to fight the Kings stayed
on the Gulkana. Everyone had stories to
tell at the end of the day!
Fishermen: 6
Hook Ups: 32
Landed: 15
Kept: 12 Reds Klutina
Fishermen:
10
Hook Ups: 16
Landed: 14
Kept: 10 Kings Gulkana |
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July
7, 2005
Fishermen: 10
Hook Ups: 21
Landed: 13
Kept: 10 |
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July
6, 2005
The Klutina has got a awesome run of reds that
have come in strong. It is hard to want to
fish for the kings when a red jumps every other
second.
Fishermen: 7
Hook Ups: 100+
Landed: 47
Kept: 11 Reds |
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Biggest King of the year (so far). 56 inches
long and nearly 60 pounds. |
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July
5, 2005
Todays Red salmon
fishermen found a huge group of reds on the
Klutina today!
Fishermen: 7
Hook Ups: 100+
Landed: 57
Kept: 15 Reds |
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July
4, 2005
Went to the Klutina today. Fishing was
a little slow, however we did see some nice
kings.
Fishermen: 11
Hook Ups: 12
Landed: 6
Kept: 2 |
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July
3, 2005
Fishermen:
12
Hook Ups: 18
Landed: 10
Kept:
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See the yellow tag is the back of this large
Gulkana King Salmon? Fish and Game tag 2.5
% of the Copper river run of Kings, when they
hit the mouth of the Copper River on their way
up. To catch a tagged fish is rare, and
the tag tends to be a unique trophy! |
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July 2, 2005
River cleared to
close to 20 inches of clarity, and today's
fishermen had to fish hard for the kings they
caught.
Fishermen: 12
Hook Ups: 16
Landed: 9
Kept:
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July 1, 2005
River starting to
drop, and clear. Fishing a little better
than yesterday.
Fishermen: 2
Hook Ups: 5
Landed: 3
Kept: 2 |
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Tristan Rude with his very first King Salmon.
Caught on the Gulkana River with a Magnum Wiggle
Wart. Tristan did everything in catching
this king. |
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June 30, 2005
Fishing Slowed today
due to rain. The river has come up and has
about 10 inches of clarity.
Fishermen: 3
Hook Ups: 2
Landed: 1
Kept:
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June
29, 2005
Guides
went over and fished the Klutina River today as
well. Fishing is still better on the
Gulkana.
Fishermen: 6
Hook Ups: 5
Landed: 2
Kept: 2 |
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40 to
20 pounds. Good looking Gulkna Kings! |
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June 28, 2005
Fishermen:
10
Hook Ups: 16
Landed: 9
Kept: 5 |
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June
27, 2005
Fishermen: 6
Hook Ups: 13
Landed: 9
Kept: 4 |
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June
26, 2005
Day with
the family and friends. Everyone needs a
break.
Fishermen: 0
Hook Ups: 0
Landed: 0
Kept:
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June
25, 2004
Fishermen:
5
Hook Ups: 10
Landed: 7
Kept: 3 |
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June
24, 2005
Fishermen: 6
Hook Ups: 10
Landed: 7
Kept: 6 |
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June
23, 2005
Great day of fishing
today Kings being fought all the time.
This is why the Gulkana River in the Copper
River Valley is so awesome!
Fishermen: 7
Hook Ups: 21
Landed: 11
Kept: 6 |
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June
22, 2005
Fishermen: 7
Hook Ups: 13
Landed: 9
Kept: 6 |
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June
21, 2005
Water
clarity at 3 feet. Fishing conditions staying
steady. We will be scouting the Klutina
soon. No reason to leave the fish in the
Gulkana.
Fishermen: 3
Hook Ups: 14
Landed: 9
Kept:
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June
20, 2005
The fish
in the Gulkana have moved up higher making the
mid river very good fishing.
Fishermen: 5
Hook Ups: 11
Landed: 6
Kept: 5 |
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June
19, 2005
The water in the
gulkana is staying pretty high. We dont
mind though, as long as the clarity remains
between 2 and 4 feet.
Fishermen: 10
Hook Ups: 11
Landed: 6
Kept: 5 |
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June
18, 2005
Fishermen: 3
Hook Ups: 5
Landed: 2
Kept: 2 |
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June
17, 2005
Good day
of fishing on the Gulkana. Everyone
getting to keep their fish.
Fishermen: 10
Hook Ups: 19
Landed: 14
Kept:
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June
16, 2005
This was
the first day we went over and fished on the
Klutina. Slow day of fishing however Kings
were hooked.
Fishermen: 3 Hook Ups:
6
Landed: 3
Kept:
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June
15, 2005
Great day
on the Gulkana River. With fishing this
good why go anywhere else?
Fishermen: 8
Hook Ups: 17
Landed: 9
Kept:
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June
14, 2005
Water
continuing to clear, almost too clear fishing
slowing down a little.
Fishermen: 6
Hook Ups: 14
Landed: 9
Kept:
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June
13, 2005
Gulkana
King salmon fishing right now is very good, much
the same as yesterday.
Fishermen: 4
Hook Ups: 14
Landed: 9
Kept: 4 |
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June 12, 2005
Gulkana River is in perfect condition
right now. 20 inches of clarity, and lots of
fish.
Fishermen: 9 Hook
Ups: 27 Landed:
19 Kept:
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June 11, 2005
Water clarity is awesome, about 18
inches. River is dropping fast.
Fishermen: 2 Guides
Hook Ups: 13 Landed:
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Starting in the early mourning is one of the
reasons fishing with KingFisher's Perch will
catch you more fish. We are out before the
other guides catching more fish. Lots of
times the air is cooler than the water in the
early mourning. This produces a mist that
creates a beautiful sun rise! (3:30am) |
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June 10, 2005
This week is a great time to be
fishing Kings on the Gulkana River!Fishermen:
3
Hook Ups: 12 Landed:
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June 9, 2005
Fishing is continuing to get better,
this year the early season fishing is great.
Fishermen: 4
Hook Ups: 12 Landed:
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June 8, 2005
Fishing staying steady, sometimes
hard to get the beasts in the boat.
Fishermen: 2
Hook Ups: 4 Landed:0
Kept:
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June 7, 2005
Gulkana River looking Great, Water
conditions sitting at about 18 inches clarity.
Fishermen: 3
Hook Ups: 8 Landed:3
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June 6, 2004
The
wiggle wart lure always works great in the Early
season. Kings were caught today.
Fishermen: 6
Hook Ups: 8 Landed:
5 Kept:
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June 5, 2005
The water is starting to drop fishing
looking better every day.
Fishermen: 4
Hook Ups: 5 Landed:
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June 4, 2005
The Gulkana River still high and
muddy fishing picking up a little. Gulkana Kings
are chrome this time of year, beautiful
bright!
Fishermen: 2
Hook Ups: 3 Landed:
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June 3, 2005
The Gulkana River Came up some from
yesterday Fishing slowed.
Fishermen: 3
Hook Ups: 1 Landed:
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June 2, 2005
Gulkana River is still a little
high and muddy, however fish were caught today.
Fishermen: 2
Hook Ups: 3 Landed:
2 Kept:
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June 1, 2005
Kings are in! Today Eric and
the KFP Guides managed do well.
Hook Ups: 5 Landed:
3 Kept:
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If you would like
some more information on the Copper River Float
trip to Cordova check out.
Trip of a
Lifetime |
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Floating down the
Copper River in May is a great way to see
Alaska. Bears, Eagles, Moose, Wolves and
many other Alaskan wildlife are commonly seen on
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Not Long After the Ice goes out in the Gulkana
The Copper River becomes safe to float, and the
first "Trip
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The Ice left the
Gulkana River on April 27th, this is one of the
earlier breakups We have seen. |
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A normal year we
catch the first King Salmon 30 days after the
ice leaves the rivers. Fish and Game opens
the Gulkana River to bait on June 1st. We
believe that the first Kings will be caught June
1st. |
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KingFisher's Perch Guides are always the first
on the Gulkana river.
Check out these crazy guides tempting the
frigid Gulkana waters. |
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Please don't be discouraged. Give us a few more
weeks and we will have green river banks. |
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The
luxury of living in the Copper River Valley! |
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8'
tall ice along the river banks!
What
a Great Backyard! |
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The
guides at KingFisher's Perch are excited to show
you part of their way of life. |
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