Kenai Outdoors Fishing & Hunting: Third day, same spot.

Thursday, 6/14, Day 2 same spot on the Kenai River. We decided that since we did so good early the day before we wanted to get an even earlier start on this day. We were on the river & set up by 6:00am anticipating & hoping for another great day. I guess everyone else had the same idea 'cause the river was already crowded and we immediately got tangled with a boat that got to close. Fishing was slow this day. We only saw a couple of boats land fish. Mark had a good take down but didn't get a hook up. We packed it up about 3:30pm just a little bit disappointed but not discouraged, yet! After all we would sometimes fish for weeks in Washington before landing anything. Still it was a great day to be on the water!

Friday 6/15, Day 3 same spot. We got there a little later this day but still in high spirits hoping for the BIG one! By now the guides were getting to know us and they were giving us plenty of room, so no tangles!! Some even stopped to say "howdy" The fish were a lot more active this day and almost all the boats were seeing action! Most of the fish being caught were right in front of us making us jealous and hopeful!

It wasn't long when I got the first hook up. I could tell right away that it was a much more respectable fish than the last one! It was awesome! Put a BIG bend in my pole. When it ran all I could do is hang on and enjoy the ride! About 12 minutes later I finally got it to the bank for Mark to net and got my first good look at it! Even though it would be considered small to average for the Kenai River, it was HUGE to me!! Absolutely the biggest fresh water fish I have ever hooked AND landed! It measured out to be 34 inches long. That really doesn't sound real big but you can tell from the picture that it was BIG to me!!