Today the bite just stopped. We had overcast skies, and rain, but no help at all. I think these fish are just wanting to go home and rest up. The females will usually bite real good, but not today. We were able to get into some nice Sockeye, on the lower end, in the same hole they have been in. There are fewer now!!  (I wonder who's fault that is) Ha Ha. Slaying them. Anyway, we got nice Steelie today, and three sockeye, so the day was not to bad at all. Also including a  pic of the Managers of Yakutat Lodge a Falcon that was feasting on a nice Rainbow trout, he obviously plucked from the river.

Good luck out there

Flymstr;

Today the bite was on pretty good. I had just one client of Yakutat Lodge today, and he did great. We started out a bit slow, but picked up the second hole we fished. Hooked up with five in the second spot, and then one good hookup every hole until just a little above the weir, where we hit another 3. So he got into 11 fish, but only two to the boat. One good release video. I am thinking the Steelhead season is over. The fish left in the system now are either, spawning, or leaving the river. Allot of fall back fish are being caught now. The Sockeye are just below the weir, but they are not heading up river yet. They have been in the same hole now for about a week. I don't think they will move until another push comes in behind them. Hopefully the season on Salmon will be a good one, and we will get plenty of fish to cast at. Here are the pics from today. By the way, he also got a limit of Sockeye in the same hole where they have been.

Good luck out there.

Flysmtr;

I had to go down and deliver some gear to Yakutat Lodge the tent camp yesterday. After the job I fished a little bit. Although I did not take pics of all the fish, because some were out of the boat, and I was by myself, so I just released them. I did have a great day though, and I got a limit of Sockeye at the bottom end. I don't know why, but I did not take pics of the Sockeye, probably because they are Salmon, and not STEELHEAD!!. So here are some pics and a vid.

Good luck out there

Flymstr;

The weather is still the enemy this week. I had two clients, that I have fished with for the last few years, and they are great guys to have in the boat. Although the fishing was not that great, they still hooked a bunch of fish, and landed a few along the way. The big news though, is that Paul got the first Sockeye of the year at the Yakutat Lodge. It was a bit of a challenge landing the first one, but after hooking about 20 between the two of them, Paul got one to the boat. Clancy also lost a big Sockeye at the last minute of the day. These Sockeye are very aggressive right now, and very strong, being out of the ocean for just few hours. We got tore up by a few nice fish. We were using a jig that consists of hollow lead,(painted pink), with a bead, then a hook. If you move this up and down in the water real fast, it gets the Sockeye going, and they will attack it with ferocity. We do get the Sockeye to bite, and this is evident when you can watch them chase the jig, and then attack it. Here are the pics from the Steelhead, and the First Sockeye of the season.

Good luck out there

Flymstr;

Well I am sure you have noticed no entries the last couple of days. My Photographer (Brian Woobank) is back at Yakutat Lodge for the next couple days, and we have been hitting it hard. The first night out, we took my boat out in the bay, and got a nice 75 LBS Halibut. The next day we headed up to the lake, and although it was slower than last year, we still got some great shots. Today we floated the Situk, and it was a pretty good day. We got some great shots, above and below water. Also some real good HD video. Hope you all like what you see. Here's your fish porn.

The first big halibut in boat!

The Lake!

The River Float!

Brian's Ocean day!

Good luck out there.

Flymstr;