Fishing For Those Exciting Alaska Red Salmon
When the Alaska sockeye or red salmon hit the Kenai River in mid-July, fishing fever hits the Kenai Peninsula. These ocean-fresh Alaska salmon are great eating and provide great bank fishing and after-hours fun at our Alaska fishing lodge. Sockeye have been in the Kenai as early as the 4^th of July and as late as the 5^th of August. We are never sure just when they will hit the river but you are you lucky enough to be here when they come you will enjoy trying your hand with the Sockeye fishing. Sockeye do not bite, so you have to catch them in the mouth with a hook by feel.  Red salmon are found in the water about 3 to 10 feet from the bank, depending on the water speed and depth.  There is no need for you to cast, and no need to be in past your ankles.  Simply pull out some line and flip your hook up stream, let it drift, and set the hook.