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Article:
Coho,
halibut, more on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula
Fishing Report, November
23, 2004:
As
of 11/23/04, the Kenai Peninsula is experiencing a temperate beginning
to winter. We have seen several reasonable snow storms with some accumulation
although persistent warm temperatures and rain have melted most of it.
Daytime temperatures have been in the mid to high thirties. On the southern
Kenai Peninsula, both the Anchor and Deep Creek are both flowing at
moderate to high levels with good clarity.
There is a great
deal of shore ice and debris from cold weather a few weeks prior and
flooding caused by ice dams. Both steelhead and dolly varden remain
active and fishing is rated as fair on both the middle and lower sections
of the Anchor River and Deep Creek. The Ninilchik River remains largely
frozen and unfishable.
The Kenai is low
but still navigable above Bings Landing. Trout fishing both below and
above Skilak Lake is still a viable option, weather depending. Trout
are not highly concentrated but larger fish are found just below spawning
silver salmon. Good numbers of both dark and bright silver salmon are
present although their season closed November 1.
Fishing Report, October 20, 2004:
As of October
20, Kenai Peninsula fisheries continue to provide excellent angling
opportunities for those willing to put in their time on the water. The
Kenai River is still seeing a fair number of silver salmon after one
of the strongest returns of coho since ADF&G began estimating escapement.
Silver salmon season on the Kenai normally closes the last day of September
but was extended this year through the end of October due to the large
return. Rainbow trout and Dolly Varden fishing on the Kenai, both above
and below Skilak Lake, remains very good with a number of larger fish
being caught. Fish are being taken on both flesh patterns and painted
beads.

Dan
Mendenhall with a beautiful Kenai Rainbow caught in late September.
Steelhead
trout fishing on the lower Kenai Peninsula Rivers has been very steady
with large number of fish present in the Anchor River, Deep Creek, and
the Ninilchik River. These fisheries have been most productive just
after rain storms although currently all rivers are low and clear and
fishing has slowed. Look for more fish to enter these rivers just after
the next big rain or before the river freezes for winter.

Jim
Rinker readies a nice fall steelhead for release.
Good luck
on the water and great fishing!
Mark Glassmaker
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