Koinonia Guide Service Susquehanna Fishing Report (7/21/12)

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Hi Gang,

This is a report from our Alaska Trip.  

1.      Saturday, July 14^th leave Harrisburg at 12:05 PM on Delta. Arrive in Detroit at 1:36PM and leave for Minneapolis/St. Paul at 3:25PM. Arrive in Minneapolis/St. Paul at 4:21PM and leave for Anchorage at 5:15PM and arrive in Anchorage at 8:01PM which is actually 4 hours later or mid night Eastern Standard Time. We got our luggage and rental van and checked into the Anchorage Hilton. After checking in we did our annual trip to the movie theatre. After the movie we went to bed which was about 4:00AM Eastern Time.

2.      Sunday, July 15^th we had a buffet breakfast meeting and introduced all the clients to each other and gave a brief description of the week to come. After breakfast we checked out of the hotel, did some shopping and then headed out to Soldotna which is where our base is the balance of the week. Soldotna is on the Kenai Peninsula and we stay right on the Kenai River. Upon arrival at the Kenai River Inn we assigned rooms and while the crew settled in we went to pick up our fishing gear. The sockeye just started arriving in the Kenai River so the guys spent the evening catching Sockeye Salmon from our dock and I took 145# to the processor. It was raining when we left Anchorage but the son came out when we arrived at Soldotna.

3.      Monday, July 16^th we headed out at 4:30AM for the town of Homer to fish from the Foxfire for Halibut and Ling Cod. The weather was clear but we had 6-8 foot rollers and it was a long tough day on the water. We were actually on the boat for approximately 15 hours. On the way home I dropped off 148# of Halibut Fillets and 153# of Cod fillets. The boys were whooped when we got home and there was not much salmon fishing done.

4.      Tuesday, July 17^th I got the group up and 8 people went on a trout float trip. Both groups enjoyed the trip and many rainbow trout were caught. They were all released to fight another day.

5.      Wednesday, July 18^th we left for Seward at 4:00AM to go fishing on the Voyager for a Silver Salmon and Halibut Trip. The silver salmon action was fast and furious and it did not take long to catch our limit of 42 = 3 per man. We then headed out to catch a limit of Halibut and this again was very productive and we had our limit with several hours of the trip left. We always hire the entire boat and therefore we have some input with the captain of what we want to do. We discussed our options with the captain and decided to go for some ling cod and bottom fish. We ended up keeping about 10 ling cod, 5 sea bass and some yellow eye rock fish. I took these fillets to the processor that night and we had 420# of fillets. The guys were not exhausted when we returned and we caught some Sockeye Salmon from our dock.

6.      Thursday, July 19^th we had 8 guys scheduled for a power boat King Trip but do to the lack of King Salmon in the river, the fishery was closed. We also had a group of guys scheduled for a Halibut Trip out of Deep Creek but we were blown off the water due to bad sea conditions. The group enjoyed a relaxing day of fishing for Sockeye and then that night we did our annual evening out of enjoying the Official Alaskan Balladeer, Hobo Jim. Once again he put on a great show and his songs reflect the Alaskan life amazingly.

7.      Friday, July 20^th we sent 4 guys on a Trout Float Trip and once again we had our guys blown off of Deep Creek. We again hung around camp and fished for Sockeye and some guys did some site seeing and shopping. We fished for Sockeye until 1:00AM.

8.      Saturday, July 21^st my father and I got up at 4:00AM and went down to the dock and caught some Sockeye before packing up to head home. It was raining so the fish processor gave us a room inside to package our fish. We boxed approximately 30 boxes of fish fillets to bring home. Some guys brought fish home on the plane and others Fed Ex their fish. We left Soldotna around 1:00PM and were at the airport in Anchorage by 4:00PM. We checked in the guys for the early flight and we all went to diner at the Sea Galley in Anchorage. The plant allows me to take fish to them until Mid Night so I do not get to bed until about 12:30AM each night and I get up at 3:00 to 6:00AM everyday so I am beat by the end of the week. I was on the plan at 8:30PM and I was asleep before the plan took off. We came back thru the same cities and arrived in Harrisburg on Sunday at noon.

This year we the majority of our group was from PA but we had 2 from Utah, 1 form Seattle, 1 from Illinois and 1 from the Bahamas. It was a really good group and we all got along very well. Should you like to know more about Alaska, you can reach me at koinoniagdesvc@aol.com.

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                       HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND LUV THE TUG………REB