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2007 Fishing Reports
Late June - The season got
off to a great start with very good fishing for rainbows on our early season
flyouts, good numbers of fish were caught, and plenty of good size fish too.
June 30th saw the
first significant push of sockeye, but it took a few more days until we started
seeing big daily pushes of fish on each tide, a bit later than we are used to.
Early July - The
first week of July saw plenty of kings in the river, but mostly jacks. There
were some bigger fish mixed in too, but we had to work harder than usual to get
them. July 9th saw a big push of large kings into the river, and king fishing
was excellent.
Mid July - From July 9th to 13th saw the peak of the sockeye run, with about
200,000 fish per day according to the counts from Fish & Game. By the 15th the
sockeye run is slowing down, total fish count up to the 15th for the Alagnak is
a very healthy 2.26 million fish. Chum fishing has been gradually improving for
the past week. King fishing had a mix of good days and slower days.
Later July - The king run continued until season closed at month end, as always
fishing was slower at the end of the month, but anglers willing to put in the
time could still catch kings. The chum fishing was very good, low water made the
fish easier to target and there was excellent fishing from the sandbars near the
lodge. As an added bonus to our late July fishermen, the silvers made a strong
early show, and plenty of silvers were mixed in with the chums.
Early August - Some large tides pushed plenty of silvers and chums into the
river, and also had the effect of pushing them further upriver, now as we move
into mid August we are seeing smaller tides and more fishing opportunities from
the lower sandbars.
Mid August - Plenty of silvers coming into the river, but unusually warm weather
and high water temperatures has slowed down their aggressiveness. Excellent
fishing for rainbows on flyouts.
Late August/early September - Continued excellent flyout fishing for rainbows,
silver fishing slower than usual.
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