Fishin the Kasilof

Yesturday I went fishing again for king salmon this time on the kasilof river. It is about a 45 minute drive from the lodge. Im just starting to figure out some of the many regulations that there is here. On the kasilof river some days you can keep any fish native or hatchery, while some days you cannot keep native fish. We think the regs are strict in MN, they are much more strict here. While drifting the kenai there are certain sections that you cannot fish, so we would pulls up our lines and row past certain sections that are posted as closed to fishing. I guess these are areas were they are trying to protect some spawning fish from being harvested. Well anyway back to the trip down the kasilof. We had a slow day for kings and we didnt catch any. We had a few bites and saw a few landed in other boats. We were only a few miles from the cook inlet (ocean), so the area we were fishing was affected by tides. We would use plugs during the inflow and outflow of water, and we would bottom bounce eggs during times of slack water. Ive learned alot already when it comes to salmon fishing, and I can see how it will make me better at catching other types of fish. The big runs of other types of salmon are to come, and I might even get a chance to go claming for razor clams. They are big and and you can keep 60 of them. I hear they are pretty tasty too!