The Kasilof River is 17 miles of pure enjoyment! Slated as a “drift boat only river”, it hosts a lot of the same characteristics as the Kenai River, but a bit more serene and wild! The river itself is broken up into two sections; the lower section, which begins at the Kasilof State Recreation Area and ends in tidewater and the upper section which begins at Tustumena Lake and ends at the Kasilof State Recreation area.

The lower section is where you’ll find us from mid May until the end of June, chasing Kasilof King Salmon and early run Kasilof Sockeye Salmon. Around the second week of June, we will start shifting to the upper section to target Kasilof Sockeye Salmon and then later in the season, Kasilof Silver Salmon and late run Kasilof River Steelhead.

The Kenai River is what everyone comes here for! From the beautiful turquoise water to the numerous fish… and then of course, the bears!

There are three sections to the Kenai River, with all three of them hosting their own characteristics. The lower river is where you’ll find us at the beginning of the season, generally around the beginning of June (when the season is open for Kings) all the way up until the end of June and into July. As the fish start moving up river, we move with them! Somewhere around 4th of July, you’ll find us somewhere between the Lower Kenai River and the Middle Kenai River.

As the Salmon start moving into the Upper Kenai River and spawning, the big rainbows start showing up and that’s where you will find us until the end of the season! The Upper Kenai River is a great place for those late season Kenai River Silvers and Trophy Rainbows!

There isn’t anything quite like a quiet float through a rainforest filled with 1,000+ year old trees… while watching big herds of elk crossing the river right in front of you. If you’ve ever read or looked up Washington Steelhead Fishing, the Olympic Peninsula Steelhead are WORLD FAMOUS, and are quite obviously top of the list! Some of the biggest Steelhead have come out of the waters around Forks, Washington.

We generally start fishing Olympic Peninsula Rivers, such as the Hoh River, as early as Mid September and can fish it all the way into Spring. King Salmon can be found from June until about September and Steelhead can be caught nearly year round! If either of those aren’t enough for you, there are plenty of Silver Salmon roaming around that we can chase on any given fall morning!

We guide all over the waters of SW Washington, literally ALL OVER. One day you will find us fishing up on the Humptulips River out of Grays Harbor and the next you will find us fishing from a raft on the East Fork Lewis River down in Clark County. The State of Washington offers numerous different fishing locations, and the fisheries to support them.

As a general rule, we fish for King Salmon and Silver Salmon from mid-September until about the end of November/early December. After we’ve spent a couple of months back-bouncing through deep holes filled with big Chinook and tossing everything and anything at aggressive Silver Salmon, we switch over to lighter and smaller presentations to chase Trophy Steelhead in the dead of winter! There are opportunities throughout the state for some of the best Salmon & Steelhead fishing this planet has to offer!