When it comes to Fishing Report, here is what you need to know. The wait is over. The first verifiable reports of chrome hatchery King Salmon being caught in the lower Kasilof are rolling in.
Water Temperatures are Key (Fishing Report)
Mastering Fishing Report
We've seen a slight bump in water temperatures over the last three days due to sunny afternoons. This has triggered the vanguard of the hatchery run to push out of the inlet and into the tidal stretches.
Tide Fishing
Right now, timing the tide is everything. The most productive bite windows have been the last two hours of the incoming tide and the first hour of the outgoing. We are running large, bright plugs—chartreuse and metallic pink—to trigger reaction strikes from these aggressive fresh arrivals.