Soldotna Creek Quiz

Long time no post.  Probably won’t be getting any better till there is something to talk about or show.  Ryan, Judy, Nina and an as yet unnamed future draft choice are arriving tomorrow, so things should get interesting soon.

Fishing is slow but I’m not putting in many hours yet.  Here are a series of photos of the 11 river access stairs at Soldotna creek park.  Taken yesterday, they show the river bank with the water level around 2 feet lower than usual.  This allows a unique opportunity to select the best areas for red fishing next month.  So anyone coming up then should commit these spots to memory.  Or in Rogers case, look at them once and immediately forget what river this is.

Here is stair one, furthest downstream, a good spot that has picked up a few trees that may still be around in July.

Here is next one up stream, #2.  Should be decent drift, may be hard to walk around.

Here is #3.  May be hard to walk.

Here is view from #4.  May be impossible to get in water or walk, plus lots of snags.

Here is #5. Great drift and space to walk.

Here is #6.  Good access and drift.

Here is #7.  Handicap site, may have room for one good spot downstream in the water.

Here is #8.  May be hard to get into water if it comes up much, and lots of snags.

Here is #9.  Snag city.

Here is #10.  A small wood stair, not a good drift.

Here is Soldotna creek where it flows into the Kenai.  Generally not fishable for Reds.

OK, sports fans, that's the story.  Study up, there will be a quiz.

 Till later.

Summer must be here

We are starting to get phone calls and e-mails from old friends in or headed to Alaska.  A sure sign that summer must have arrived and once the rain stops, we’ll see that it is so.

Tony and I helped a friend flip over a boat he is building so he could work on the top side.  Sounds simple, but there were plenty of opportunities for disaster.  All went smoothly and no rednecks were harmed in the process.

Tony and I drifted the upper Kenai from the Russian River to Jim’s Landing.  About four miles as the crow flies and four hours, depending on how many fishing stops are required. The fishing was great; catching, not so.  At least it didn’t rain hard until we got the boats loaded up for the return trip home.

Almost ready for the first visitors.  Once it starts with Ryan, Judy and Nina, it will be hectic until August.  Then we have to start planning our escape for the winter.  Still not much action selling the house, which will dictate our schedule after July.  Oh well, time to get fishing and let the rest work itself out.

Stay cool, I hear it is hot out there.