Ultimate Fishing Package | Kenai Riverside

The Alaska Ultimate Fishing Adventure Package

The Ultimate fishing trip is about fishing, fishing, and more fishing. The great news is, you’ll never get bored with it as you’ll barely see the same areas of water more than once. These trips are known to fill the freezer. These trips range from 3-7 days and we would be happy to customize it for you. Our recommendations are in the order below based on the number of days you have available.

Day 1: Kenai River Salmon Fishing
Day 2: Homer Multi-Species Halibut Fishing
Day 3: Kasilof River Salmon Fishing
Day 4: Remote Fly In Fishing & Bear Viewing
Day 5: Ninilchik, Seward or Homer Halibut Fishing
Day 6: Kenai River Salmon or Trophy Trout Fishing

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Kenai River Salmon Fishing

We often like to begin our adventure packages with a Kenai River Salmon trip. From May 15 – Oct 15, depending upon the time of year we can target king salmon, sockeye salmon, silver salmon and pink salmon. We provide all the equipment you need including waders/boots, rods/reels and any bait we might be using on the trip. You only need to bring your fishing license, warm clothes, and any snacks and drinks you might like to have with you. You’ll definitely be amazed at the power and speed of the mighty Kenai River and even more so of the salmon fighting up to 82 miles of it to make it to their spawning grounds.

One of the reasons we prefer to do this trip on the front of our adventure is that the techniques that we teach you on the Kenai River to target these salmon can be applied throughout all the river systems the salmon are migrating. After a day of fishing with us for salmon on the Kenai River you’ll have all the knowledge necessary to try out some of our other local rivers and streams while on your day trips. The Kasilof River, Anchor River, Ninilchik River, and the world famous Russian River all have similar runs of salmon that can be targeted with your new found skills. [/bg_collaps

Homer Multi-species Halibut Fishing

These multi-species halibut trips are one of the most amazing fishing trips anywhere in the world. That’s a pretty bold claim right? But where else can you target massive halibut, massive lingcod, beautiful yellow-eye rockfish (Alaska has 30 different species of rockfish alone!), and king salmon all in one day of fishing? Enough said right? The number of different species we can target is dependent upon the dates so we’ll let you know what trips are available at the time of booking. All 4 species (Halibut, Lingcod, rockfish, and salmon) starts July 1st. However, you don’t have to do all 4 species as we also offer 2 species and 3 species trips if you would prefer.

Most of our trips will originate out of Homer – the halibut capital of the world. These are early start mornings usually leaving around 6:30-7:00AM. The ride out to the fishing grounds takes between 45 minutes and 2 hours depending upon the weather and the type of halibut fishing trip you're interested in.

We will always target filling the limits of halibut first. Once we get to our fishing grounds for the day we'll look to anchor the boat, drop down a chumbag full of herring, salmon and other fish oils and scents and then it won't be long before the bite is on! It's not uncommon to have several rods going off all at one time. Once we've finished halibut fishing we'll move on to the lingcod/rockfish areas. Finally, after those fish have been caught we'll troll for Kings and Silvers depending upon the time of year.

At the end of the day, once we've motored back to Homer and the crazy epic pictures have been taken, your fish will be filleted and provided to you in bags which we'll then vacuum seal, label and freeze in preparation for your trip home. We always like to say the fishing trip isn't over until you've stopped by the world famous Salty Dawg Saloon for a cold one and some equally world famous merchandise.

Kasilof River Salmon Fishing

The Kasilof River is one of the most underrated rivers and fisheries in Alaska. It’s located just 12 miles south of the Kenai River and this river would be a lot more famous if it weren’t sitting so close to the mighty Kenai River. While the fish aren’t quite as large as the Kenai River genetics it has an amazing king salmon, sockeye salmon, and silver salmon run. What’s also really great about this river is that it’s fish start arrive a couple weeks or so before they do on the Kenai. While the techniques and salmon runs of the Kasilof River are very similar to the Kenai River salmon the day on the water could not be more different.

The Kasilof River is fed by the 8th largest lake in Alaska – Tustamena lake. 26 miles long, 6 miles wide, and 1000 feet deep. We fish this river a lot – because we love it. On the Kasilof River we leave the zooming, wake creating power boats behind as this is a drift boat only river. With no motors, no wakes, we fish all 18 miles of this river.

Trip duration will be around 6-7 hours in length with departure times at various times throughout the day. Generally we can do morning, mid morning, noon, and early afternoon.

Bear Viewing & Fly In Fishing

Without a doubt this is one of our guests favorite trips of all time. Trip duration will be around 6 hours in length with departure times at various times throughout the day. Generally we can do morning, mid morning, noon, and early afternoon. Many of our days begin with early fishing so this trip is a chance to get a few more hours sleep before the short 15 minute drive to the float plane base. Being able to see the geography of the Kenai Peninsula, Lake Clark National Park, and views that extend hundreds of miles in each direction is breath taking. Departing Soldotna we’ll head across Cook Inlet and head straight at the active volcano Mt. Redoubt with Mt. Iliamna just to the south.

Beautiful Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is one of the nations newest national parks and about a 35-40 minute from from the float plane base.

Being such a remote wilderness area, accessible only by plane, where unspoiled wilderness Alaska is just a 40 minute flight from our location. Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is one of America's newest national parks and one of the least visited leaving its wilderness pristine and largely untouched. It also supports an incredibly healthy sport fishery for lake trout, dolly varden, sockeye salmon, and silver salmon. The sockeye salmon rune averages 80,000 fish in July alone and the silver salmon run is non-stop from mid-August through September. We provide all the gear you need and a three fish limit usually lets you return with a lot more than just memories.

Once we depart from the float plane base, we'll fly west-bound directly over the glaciers and land at one of our several lakes and rivers that include Crescent lake, Big River Lake, Kustatan River, Wolverine Creek, and even Brooks Falls range on some of our longer bear viewing trips. Once we've landed we'll transfer to a river boat where you guide will show you around the area. It's not uncommon to see as many as 20-30 bears with cubs just learning to fish the rivers and streams for salmon. Like the bears, we'll fish the same waters for sockeye and silver salmon depending upon the time of year. As mentioned before, the limit is 3 sockeye salmon and 3 silver salmon per person per day and limits usually come pretty easy on these trips making it a spectacular day for pictures with the bears and pictures with your catch.

Once it's time to depart we'll load back into the float plane taking off from the mountain lake and usually flying within just a few feet of the nearby glaciers for a spectacular view. The flight back will take about 35 minutes.

Ninilchik & Anchor Point Halibut Fishing

Lesser known than Homer, Ninilchik is nearby to some of the best halibut and salmon fishing around. Ninilchik is 50 miles south of Soldotna towards Homer and 37 miles before Homer. Ninilchik is incredibly close to very productive halibut fishing grounds.

Ninilchik and Anchor Point do not have a traditional harbor and marina. The methodology for launching boats there is called a tractor launch and is well known and reasonably famous. The boat and trailer are attached to a large beach tractor with huge tires capable of running on the soft sand. The tractor operator backs the boat into the ocean and literally “dumps you into the ocean!”

Returning after a great day of fishing the captain radios the tractor operators and lets them know when they are about 5 minutes away and what their trailer number is. The tractor attaches the trailer and back into the ocean as the boat balances waves, currents, and tides to precisely land the boat on the trailer with the same skill as a pilot landing an airplane. It's very impressive add not uncommon for people to stop by just to watch the scene for an hour or two.