Kanektok River Fishing Reports 2006
Rainbow on the mouse
Weather:
Though the summer months are Alaska's most temperate, the weather
is still volatile and moody. A balmy sun-filled day can change quickly
as the wind blows in the clouds and rain. Proper clothing can ensure
everyone's comfort and enjoyment.
7
day weather forcast for Quinhagak,
UPPER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 12 TO AUGUST 19
WATER TEMP AND CLARITY
Water temperatures have been from 48 to 53 degrees. The river came
up over six inches this week. Visibility is still good.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
We had rainy cold weather on Sunday and Monday and the rest of the
week it has been overcast with intermittent sunshine. Friday night
it was clear and cold and we woke up this morning to cold clear skies.
HOT FLY OF THE WEEK
The peachy king egg is still hard to beat if you want to catch a lot
of fish! Painted beads are also working well. Flesh flies and mouse
patterns are also working well. The Silvers are showing up in big
numbers and are taking just about everything. Pink bunny leeches,
tinsel flash flies, and purple egg sucking leeches are three of our
favorites.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
We had a lot of incredible things happen this week but one of the
highlights has to be when 11 year old Ellis Lagrone landed 65 Sivers,
Rainbows and Dollies in one day! Not bad for a first time fly fisher!!
QUOTE OF TH E WEEK
"This was the most enjoyable week of my life! Including my honeymoon!!"
Leonard Sciukus, Maryland
WILDLI FE SPOTTED
We are still seeing an incredible number of bear. Seeing bear has
become a daily occurrence. Lots of birds along the river including
Bald Eagles, Mallards, Pintail, Widgeon, Green wing Teal, Canadian
Geese, Tundra Swans, Mergansers, Common Loons, Sandhill Cranes, Arctic
Terns, Long tail Jaegers Glaucous winged Gulls, Bald Eagles, Ruffed
Legged Hawks, Kestrels, Harlequin ducks, Osprey, Peregrine falcons,
Golden crowned Sparrows, Swallows, Common snipe, Greater yellow leg,
Ptarmigan, Ravens, and Crows.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
Another great group of guests! Some of these guys have been coming
withus for ten years and they are already booked for next year. The
Silvers are in in good numbers now and they are biting very well.
LOWER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 12 TO 19
WATER TEMPERATURE AND CLARITY
The river temperature has been anywhere from 48 to 51 degrees this
week. The river camp up around 12 to 14 inches this week, and colored
up. It has already started to clear up nicely but we are starting
to get some more rains.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
Rain, rain and more rain early in the week. On Wednesday the weather
cleared up and we actually had a couple nice dry, warm days. Thursday
night it started raining again and rained all night. According to
our weather channel we are going to get rains for two more days and
then possibly get a break. The highs have been in the 60’s with
lows in the low 40’s.
HOT FLY OF THE WEEK
Again all bright streamers flies are working well for the Silver Salmon.
Most of the Rainbows have moved back against the root wads and banks
so flesh flies are working great! The Dollies are still taking the
Peachy King Egg Pattern and beads.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
The rains have brought in a lot of bright chrome fresh Silvers!!?
The other highlight for the week is we had a new group of fathers
and sons from Arkansas. It is always nice to have a father-son week
especially when they are really good people.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"The Duncan’s run the greatest fishing show on earth!!
The perfect place to take your kids."
WILDLIFE SPOTTED
We are still seeing Bears everyday that we go out fishing and occasionally
in the evenings from camp.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
26 1/2 inch 'Bow ---- WOW
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
This fishing this week was great. We got a lot of rain and when the
river started coming up in came the bight Silvers!! The Rainbow fishing
this week was good once the river cleared up. The Dolly fishing has
been really good with a lot of fish that are all ready starting to
turn into their spawning colors. We all had a great week of angling
with our new friends from Arkansas. It was a really fun week for everyone.
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UPPER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 5 TO AUGUST
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WATER TEMP AND CLARITY
Water temperatures have been from 48 to 52 degrees. We
have had about twelve feet of visibility at camp and the upper river
was gin clear until Friday, when the river came up about two inches
and took on a little color.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
We had one nice sunny day on Sunday and the rest of the week it has
been overcast with intermittent light drizzly type rain. On Thursday
night the rain got a little more serious and it rained most of Friday.
HOT FLY OF THE WEEK
The peachy king egg is still hard to beat if you want to catch a lot
of fish! Painted beads are also working well. The Silvers are taking
just about everything. Pink bunny leeches, tinsel flash flies, and
purple egg sucking leeches are three of our favorites.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
My favorite day was walking and wading the “Bow hole”
with my good friends Larry and Rankin McDaniels. I loaded up the back
pack and away we went. These guys can really fish!! We spent all day
sight casting to rainbows. With over twenty trips under their belt
they can spot fish as well as I can. With three sets of good eyes
searching for bows I don’t think we missed many bows. There
is nothing like sight casting to big bows in a small side channel
!!
QUOTE OF TH E WEEK
We had the time of our lives! My son and I could not have asked
for anything more. We will have perma-grin for a month!! Neil Hamilton,
Logan, UT
WILDLIFE SPOTTED
We are still seeing an incredible number of bear. It is getting to
the point where it is not even a topic of conversation around the
dinner table. Seeing bear has become a daily occurrence. Lots of
birds along the river including Bald Eagles, Mallards, Pintail, Widgeon,
Green wing Teal, Canadian Geese, Tundra Swans, Mergansers, Common
Loons, Sandhill Cranes, Arctic Terns, Long tail Jaegers Glaucous winged
Gulls, Bald Eagles, Ruffed Legged Hawks, Kestrels, Harlequin ducks,
Osprey, Peregrine falcons, Golden crowned Sparrows, Swallows, Common
snipe, Greater yellow leg, Ptarmigan, Ravens, and Crows.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
Another great group of guests! Larry and Rankin McDaniels have
been fishing with us since 1983! We were trying to figure out if this
is their 23rd or 24th trip with us! Most of the group had been with
us before so it was fun too fish together again. We had two new guests
from Maryland, it is always good to make new friends. The Silver fishing
still isn’t red hot yet, but it is getting better by the day.
Lots of bows and dollies. This recent rain should flush some more
Silvers up the river.
LOWER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 5 TO 12
WATER TEMPERATURE AND CLARITY
The water temperature has varied from 46 to 50 degrees this week.
The river is still very low and the clarity is great.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
We have had mostly cloudy weather this week with some isolated rain
showers. Lows in the mid 40’s with highs in the 60’s.
The river came up a little bit on Thursday due to the rains. They
are calling for rains and cloudy weather for at least another four
days so this should bring more bright Silvers in the river
HOT FLY OF THE WEEK
The Rainbows are really starting to move back into the banks and root
wads so Flesh Flies are working really good but we are still getting
them behind the Kings and Chums with Egg Patterns. The Dollies
are in thick and taking the Peachy King Egg Pattern. Silvers are taking
all flies well.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
Highlight of the week is having our grandfather, grandson and daughter
week again. It is always a lot of fun to have kids in camp that enjoy
the fishing and outdoors. This is also a great week for my son Cutler
to have his buddies back in camp. The other highlight this week would
be that on Wednesday we had a Bear up river that was fishing around
us for 4 hours so we were able to get some great still pictures and
video. We have seen him a lot this summer and he seems to be a really
smart-good Bear to have around.
WILDLIFE SPOTTED
We are still seeing the occasional Bear wandering up and down the
river. Also seeing Minks, Beaver and lots of Geese and Ducks flying
around in big flocks, this is very early for the waterfowl to be flying
in large flocks but we have had some really overcast and cold days.
Maybe an early Fall??
PHOTO(s) OF THE WEEK
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
Silver fishing is a little slow as we still haven’t seen a lot
of rain and the river is very low. Some days we are doing really well
catching them but they seem to be marching and not holding well as
most of the backwaters where they hold are dried up. The Rainbow and
Dolly fishing is excellent!! We have been catching lots of Big Bows
this summer!!
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UPPER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 29 TO AUGUST 5
WATER TEMP AND CLARITY
Water temperatures have been from 49 to 53 degrees. The river came
up two inches on Sunday and then it slowly dropped and on Friday we
are back to last Fridays level. We have about twelve feet of visibility
at camp and the upper river is Gin clear!
WEATHER CONDITIONS
We had cold drizzle type rain all day Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
The rest of the week it was cold in the mornings with overcast and
partly sunny skies with highs reaching 65 degrees.
HOT FLY OF THE WEEK
The peachy king egg is still hard to beat if you want to catch a lot
of fish! This time of year the Rainbows and Dollies are really in
a feeding frenzy! The Kings and Chums are in full spawn and its time
for the rainbows and dollies to chow down! All the other flies we
normally use for rainbows are also working.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
I tend to write about my highlight of the week and if you asked any
one of my guides they would have a different and just as deserving
highlight of their week. There were many great rainbows caught this
week but my story is about the one that got away. I was fishing with
Dan Tomsche and his son Myles. We were walking and wading the “bow
hole” which is a side channel that takes all day to fish. I
spotted a big bow that was at least 27 or 28 inches and Myles made
several good presentations and then the bow just swam under some structure
and disappeared. He wasn’t buyin what we were sellin. We continued
to fish down but I couldn’t get the big bow out of my head.
Finally, I walked back up to where he had been and he was right back
in the same spot that Myles had thrown to him. As I watched him I
saw him slide over and take a nymph and slide back to his spot. O.K.
Time to get serious. This time it was Dans’s turn. I tried to
point the big bow out to him but he had a hard time seeing him at
first because he was looking for something smaller. He could see the
big bow the problem was that it was so big he had assumed it was a
Chum! Now I had his full attention! I rigged him up with a natural
pheasant tail bead head flashback in size 12. Just before he took
his first cast a king made a move at the big bow and he darted back
under the structure. To be honest I thought the jig was up but Dan
made a great cast right next to the structure. I could see he was
getting a drag free drift and all of a sudden the big bow was on his
fly and in the air!! I think my heart stopped for a second there.
We had him on for several minutes and then he came unbuttoned. Dan
did a fantastic job of hooking and fighting the big bow, the only
thing he did wrong was he mentioned the camera before I had him in
my hands!?
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
WILDLIFE SPOTTED
We saw a lot of bear this week. Lots of birds along the river including
Mallards, Pintail, Widgeon, Green wing Teal, Canadian Geese, Tundra
Swans, Mergansers, Common Loons, Sandhill Cranes, Arctic Terns, Long
tail Jaegers Glaucous winged Gulls, Bald Eagles, Ruffed Legged Hawks,
Kestrels, Harlequin ducks, Osprey, Peregrine falcons, Golden crowned
Sparrows, Swallows, Common snipe, Greater yellow leg, Ptarmigan, Ravens,
and Crows.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
This was our first group where we did not know any of our guests prior
to the trip. It is always great to make new friends. They started
out as novice fly fisherman but by the end of the week they were fishing
like pros! They went from barely being able to see fish - to spotting,
sight casting and catching big bows! They also caught Silvers on dries
and more dollies than you can imagine. THIS WAS A REALLY FUN WEEK!!
LOWER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 29 TO AUGUST 5
WATER TEMPERATURE AND CLARITY
The temperature of the river has varied from 48 to 52 degrees in the
lower river due to the weather changes. The clarity of the river is
still great but with all the rain this week it had a little color
for a couple days. It is up about 3 inches, which should bring in
a lot of Silvers!!
WEATHER CONDITIONS
We have had a lot of cloudy rainy weather this week with lows in the
45’s and highs in the 60’s. This is the first time in
about seven to eight years that we have actually had rain, cold weather
and a rising river the first week of August. This will be a great
thing for bringing in the Silvers.
HOT FLY OF THE WEEK
The Peachy King Egg Pattern is still working great for Rainbows and
Dolly Varden. The Rainbows are also taking Flesh Flies and the Mouse
great. Silvers are hitting all the bright streamers, Purple and Black
Egg Sucking Leeches.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
Deciding what the highlight of this week was really hard as we just
spent a great week with our really good friends from Ohio ripping
lots of fish, having shore lunches and having a great time by all.
Probably the highlight of the week is that we landed four Rainbows
that were over 26 inches and around four other Rainbows that were
24 to 26 inches!!
WILDLIFE SPOTTED
We have had a lot of Bears in the lower river now for about two weeks.
Almost everyday we are seeing them on the gravel bars. They don’t
hang around for long, but this is good with us. With all the cloudy
rainy days we are starting to see a lot of big flocks of Geese flying
around in the mornings and evenings.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
This is always one of our favorite weeks of our season fishing with
our good friends and long time guests from Ohio. The fishing has been
very good for Dollies, Rainbows, Pinks and Silvers. The Silvers are
starting to show up in great numbers. The Rainbows are starting to
move back into the banks and root wads eating Salmon flesh. This has
been one of the best weeks in years for Big Bows!!!
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UPPER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 22 TO JULY 29
WATER TEMP AND CLARITY
Water temperatures have been from 49 to 53 degrees. The river
is still dropping. We have about twelve feet of visibility at camp
and the upper river is Gin clear!
WEATHER CONDITIONS
For the most part we have had overcast weather with very little rain.
It has been colder this week, with a couple of days that felt like
late August instead of late July. We also had some strong wind on
Friday with gusts as high as twenty five knots.
HOT FLY OF THE WEEK
The hot fly of the week has to be the peachy king egg pattern. Between
the rainbows and the dollies it was non stop action! Anyone that doesn’t
enjoy catching dollies is really missing the boat. After rainbows
they are my favorite species. The only problem with Dolly Varden is
that they are too quick and aggressive. When we are sight casting
to rainbows the dollies are always beating the rainbows to the fly.
Sculpins and leeches are also working well for the bows
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
We had a lot of fun with our guests this week. This was Justin and
Jacob Roach’s third trip with us. Their first trip was in 1986!
The highlight has to be when our accountant Mike McDermott was fishing
with Guide Nate Estes. Mike hooked a Silver on a dry fly and while
he was fighting it he looked up and about 150 yards away there was
a bear. The bear was looking over his shoulder as he began to swim
across the river, it wasn’t long before they figured out why.
A big cow moose was hot on his tail and she was not happy! She chased
him into the river and to the other side! Cow moose are extremely
protective of their calves. This is the only explanation that we could
come up with that makes any sense!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
5 STARS!! Big rainbows, great guides, a week in paradise! Steve Bardot,
Harahan, LA
WILDLIFE SPOTTED
We saw more bear this week than any week that I can recall. We had
guests that saw at least one bear every day! We also saw a porcupine
and lots of beaver. Lots of birds along the river including
Mallards, Pintail, Widgeon, Green wing Teal, Canadian Geese, Tundra
Swans, Mergansers, Common Loons, Sandhill Cranes, Arctic Terns, Long
tail Jaegers Glaucous winged Gulls, Bald Eagles, Ruffed Legged Hawks,
Kestrels, Harlequin ducks, Osprey, Peregrine falcons, Golden crowned
Sparrows, Swallows, Common snipe, Greater yellow leg, Ptarmigan, Ravens,
and Crows.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Ron Beayon and Clint with a nice bow.
They sight cast to this fish and Ron made a perfect presentation.
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
Fishing was wide open this week!! The silvers are starting to show
up so by the end of next week it should be very good.
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UPPER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 15 TO JULY 22
WATER TEMP AND CLARITY
Water temperatures have been from 49 to 55 degrees. The river is still
dropping and getting clearer daily. We have about ten to twelve feet
of visibility at camp and the upper river is Gin clear. Perfect for
swimming?!
WEATHER CONDITIONS
For the most part we have had great weather with several sunny days
that reached highs of 75 degrees. We also had some high winds on Monday
and Tuesday with gusts as high as twenty five knots.
HOT FLY OF THE WEEK
We have spent most of our time fishing for rainbows. The peachy king
egg has been working extremely well although as the week progressed
we started catching more and more Dollies. Leeches and sculpins are
working great for the bows and they catch fewer Dollies.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
This has been a really fun week because we have had some guests that
have been fishing with us for years! John Dunagan and Kevin Stewart
did their first trip with us in 1986! Ron Bonnet did his first trip
with us in 1984! The highlight of my week was walking the “Bowhole”
with Ron Bonnet and Chris Easterly. We spent the whole day sight casting
to big bows. We caught almost every bow that we spotted! It doesn’t
get any better than sight casting to big bows.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
The best of everything! Great fishing, guides, food, scenery, and
other guests. My best time ever – rainbows were the best in
twenty years. Nothing can be improved. Kevin Stewart Frisco, TX
WILDLIFE SPOTTED
We saw a lot of bear this week. Bob and Chris Lee had seven separate
bear sightings this week. We also saw a porcupine and lots of beaver.
Lots of birds along the river including Mallards, Pintail, Widgeon,
Green wing Teal, Canadian Geese, Tundra Swans, Mergansers, Common
Loons, Sandhill Cranes, Arctic Terns, Long tail Jaegers Glaucous winged
Gulls, Bald Eagles, Ruffed Legged Hawks, Kestrels, Harlequin ducks,
Osprey, Peregrine falcons, Golden crowned Sparrows, Swallows, Common
snipe, Greater yellow leg, Ptarmigan, Ravens, and Crows.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
The rainbow fishing was great this week. The Chums are starting to
spawn in big numbers and the Kings are staging and will really get
going any day now. The river is full of salmon that are spawning or
will be any day. We caught our first Silver this week!
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LOWER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 15 TO JULY 22
WATER TEMPERATURE AND CLARITY
The river is very clear and low with temperatures this week in the
lower river as high as 55 degrees.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
We have had it all this week. At the start of the week it was cold
with some light rains and low clouds. On Tuesday it cleared up and
we now are getting lots of sun and warm weather in the 70’s
to 80’s.
HOT FLY OF THE WEEK
The hot fly for this week for Salmon is anything you throw at them
as long as it is Pink.? The Egg Pattern is working great for Rainbows
and Dollies.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
Silvers are already starting to show up in the lower river!! The Pinks
have arrived in great numbers and are a lot of fun with light fly
rods and dry flies on the surface!! For those of you who know Cutler,
he arrived on the 15th and has already started ripping lips and making
puzzle rocks to sell to everyone?
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
One of our English guests on his first trip with us said after the
first day of angling,
“ I don’t know whether to laugh, cry or wet myself”,
Trevor Coxon, Surrey-England
WILDLIFE SPOTTED
We have seen several different Bears this week. The first night that
the English arrived on Saturday we had a Brown Bear stroll up river
and by camp. We also saw a Bear in the lower river and a big Bear
up river. We still have a few Eagles around in the lower river but
most of them have flown up river. Lots of Ducks and Geese around and
a pair of Tundra Swans that have a nest in a back slough below camp.
We have also been seeing a few Foxes around.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
This weeks fishing has been great for all species of Salmon. We still
have fresh Kings coming in and the Chums, Sockeye and Pinks are in
great numbers. It is quite a sight to stand on a gravel bar and watch
them march by all day. All you have to do is stop on just about any
gravel bar with a Teeny 5ft mini-tip with a Pink fly and you are hooked
up all day long with Pinks, Chums and Sockeyes. The Silvers have already
started showing up and stacking in a few of the backwaters. The Rainbow
and Dolly Varden fishing is great this week with Egg Patterns off
the gravel bars as the Salmon are really spawning and making their
beds. This is always one of my FAVORITE weeks for fishing!!
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LOWER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 8 TO JULY 15
WATER TEMPERATURE AND CLARITY
The river temperature has been from 51 to 54 degrees. The river clarity
is around 8 to 9 feet and clearing up daily. The river is still dropping
rapidly every day and is excellent shape for Rainbows in the lower
river.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
The weather has been very nice with highs around 75 plus. On Thursday
we got some winds and blew in some cold weather with lows around 48
degrees with mild rain and low cloud cover.
HOT FLY OF THE WEEK
Hot fly of the week is a hard one to pick as everything has been working
great. For the Salmon we are still using all the Teeny’s in
all colors and sizes. Purple Egg Sucking Leeches have also been working
well for the Kings. The Rainbow fishing has been on fire again this
week. They are very aggressive right now and taking Mice, Flesh and
Egg Patterns.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
The Kings are still coming in very STRONG! Lots of big chrome bright
fish!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Great camp, great guides, excellent food and awesome fishing. Improvements
-You cannot improve something that is perfect! I came to the camp
in 1997 for the trip of a lifetime and have been back every year since.
Shane Hamilton – United Kingdom
WILDLIFE SPOTTED
We are still seeing a lot of Eagles but the majority of them have
headed up river. We spotted a land Otter in the lower river this week
while fishing for Kings. We are seeing a few foxes around. No Bear
sightings this week.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Albert with Kevin's nice 'Bow
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
The fishing this week has been AWESOME!! All day non-stop marching
of Sockeyes, Chums and Pink Salmon. The Kings are still coming in
very strong and fishing for Kings is still GREAT! The Rainbow fishing
is as good as it has ever been. Lots of fish from 22 to 24 inches
and we are catching all ages of Rainbows that are very healthy and
in the best of shape. For those of you who have been here before Bucketmouth,
Goldie the Big Buck are back in the marina again and they are in great
shape!!!! It is good to see our old friends again. The Arctic Char
are marching in with the Salmon in good numbers.
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UPPER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 8 TO JULY 15
WATER TEMP AND CLARITY
Water temperatures have been from 48 to 52 degrees. The river is still
dropping and getting clearer daily. We have about ten feet of visibility
at camp and the upper river is Gin clear.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
We have had a little bit of everything this week. We had several days
of sun with temps reaching 75 degrees. It began raining on Thursday
night and drizzled all Friday with temps in the 50’s.
HOT FLY OF THE WEEK
Rainbows have been all over the peachy egg patterns and Leeches and
Sculpins are also working very well. Our best colors have been White,
Black, and Olive. Kings and Chums are biting well on pink teeny nymphs
and pink bunny leeches.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
As I look back on the week several things jump out at me. I was with
my good friend and guest Mark Yeats while he was fighting a big King.
Marc had a lot of pressure on the King and it jumped and spit the
fly. The fly came back and stuck Marc through his ear!! We had to
make a few comments about his “ear ring”, have a few laughs,
and take a few pictures before we removed it. What are friends for?
Thank god he had his glasses on and the barb pinched.
Our friends Willard and Mary Church from Quinhagak came up for Prime
rib dinner on Thursday night and we all enjoyed hearing Willard’s
stories of hunting Caribou, Moose, and Bear during the winter. Willard
is a great story teller.
I also have to mention that Clay Williams and Tom Roberts had a incredible
day fishing for Rainbows. They decided to spend most of the day fishing
for trout and at the end of the day they were all smiles!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Our second year, and I still can’t comprehend the raw beauty
of this place.If you have any qualming about doing a trip like this,
stop! This is the place to be. You guys are simply the best!! Thank
you for everything, we will be back! Tom Roberts, New Orleans, LA
WILDLIFE SPOTTED
We saw three bear this week and we also saw two otters. We see beaver
on a daily basis. Lots of birds along the river including Mallards,
Pintail, Widgeon, Green wing Teal, Canadian Geese, Tundra Swans, Mergansers,
Common Loons, Sandhill Cranes, Arctic Terns, Long tail Jaegers Glaucous
winged Gulls, Bald Eagles, Ruffed Legged Hawks, Kestrels, Harlequin
ducks, Osprey, Peregrine falcons, Golden crowned Sparrows, Swallows,
Common snipe, Greater yellow leg, Ptarmigan, Ravens, and Crows.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
The Rainbows are really turning on to the egg pattern even though
most of the salmon will not spawn for awhile. There are always some
early spawners and the bows are ready. We have lots of kings, chums,
and Sockeye in the river and they are still coming in, in big numbers
in the lower river!! It is looking like it is going be an HUGE salmon
year!!
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LOWER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 24 TO JULY
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WATER TEMPERATURE AND CLARITY
The river has dropped several more inches this week and has really
cleared up. The temp has been ranging from 43 to 46 degrees this week.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
Early in the week we had several nice sunny hot days but lots of
wind. The last part of the week it has been cold with strong winds
and light rains on Thursday.
HOT FLY OF THE WEEK
As always the pink #2 Teeny has been working the best!! Ginger and
Chile have also been great producers.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
The highlight of the week is that this was Jim Teeny’s 25th
year of fishing with us on the Kanektok River for 56 weeks total!!!
WILDLIFE SPOTTED
We still have lots of Eagles in the lower river. We have been here
now for a month and still haven’t spotted a Bear or Caribou
but expect to see them soon. Fly fishing on the gravel bars we usually
see lots of Bear tracks but they don’t seem to be out and moving
around a lot as of yet.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
Jim Teeny with a nice King
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
The Kings are in thick and coming in strong everyday. Chums and Sockeyes
are starting to really march up the river; this look like it will
be a real banner of a year for Chum Salmon. The Pinks are even starting
to show up in good numbers. All of our guests have been targeting
Salmon so we really haven’t started Rainbow fishing yet.
All in all it was a great week of angling with long time guests that
have fished with us for over twenty years.
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LOWER BASE CAMP FISHING REPORT
REPORTING
FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 17 TO JUNE 24
WATER TEMPERATURE AND CLARITY
The river was very high when we arrived on June 1st and colored up.
It has dropped around 12 inches and cleared up and is in great shape
for fishing.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
The weather so far this year has been great. Very cold when we arrived
with lows in the high 20’s. All this week we have had beautiful
weather with high clouds and only rained one day. The lows are in
the 40’s at night and mid 60’s during the day. We’ve
had several foggy mornings but clears up by 11:00 AM.
HOT FLY FOR THE WEEK
Purple egg sucking leech has been very good for Kings!!
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
Catching Kings in the slack water stripping flies with a Teeny mini-tip.
WILDLIFE SPOTTED
We have a lot of Eagles in the lower river as always waiting to follow
the migrating Salmon going up the river. We have also seen lots of
Mallards, Pintails and Teal. Several Ospreys have been spotted in
the lower river.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK
The Kings seem to be about a week late but we are still catching
lots of fish. On Tuesday we started getting lots of Kings from the
25lb to 40lb class. The Chums and Sockeyes are starting to show in
good numbers and are very aggressive. The Rainbow’s seem to
have wintered well and are in very good shape. Several Bows have been
caught around 24 inches and we haven’t even targeted them yet.
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Now booking for 2007 -
call 509-962-1060 to check availability.
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June 18, 2006
Fishing reports will be coming in on a weekly basis starting around
late June, 2006. Clint, Brad and crew are up on the Kanektok getting
the Lower and Upper Base camps ready for the start of the season.
The first guests will arrive shortly and reports will start coming
in.
Brad and Clint have laptop computers and all kinds of fancy equipment
to ensure we will get weekly fishing reports throughout the summer.
It's hard to communicate when you are out in the wilderness - many
miles from civiliazation, but they are determined to make it happen
again this year. As soon as I get the reports, I will be posting them
on the web site.
If all goes according to plan, the only weeks the report will be
late will be when my brother and I make a trip up to the Kanketok.
We will be at the lower camp from July 8-15 and at the upper camp
from July 15-22. We will be documenting our adventure and will post
another virtual trip(s). (see
last years trip to the Upper Base Camp ) - This year there will
be a Lower Camp Virtual Trip too) You can then - hopefully - see what
a trip with the Duncans is realy like. I can gurantee any trip with
the Duncans on the Kanektok will be a trip of a lifetime. The purpose
of a Virtual Trip is not to sell you on going up and spending a week
with the Duncans. The real purpose is to show those of you that are
already going - what to expect. It's also a fun reminder to those
that have been in the past. While every trip is a little different,
I tried to capture the essence of a trip and include tips from other
guests that will help make your stay more pleasurable. If any past
guests have any suggestions they would like to pass on - feel free
to drop me an email at ( sandy@magicwebsolutions.com
) and I will include them.
Sandy Lockleer, (Web Guy)
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Now booking for 2007 -
call 509-962-1060 to check availability.
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Weather:
Though the summer months are Alaska's most temperate, the weather
is still volatile and moody. A balmy sun-filled day can change quickly
as the wind blows in the clouds and rain. Proper clothing can ensure
everyone's comfort and enjoyment.
7
day weather forcast for Quinhagak,
