I don't normally report, but last weekend the fishing was HOT in Ninilchik/Deep/Homer Hole. Anchor on Sat/Sunday AM was one of those days that fly out trips can only hope to replicate. Herring, Eggs, Vibrax, Flies, pick your poison. If it is anything close to that this week(end) you experienced fisherman will be in Salmon Heaven.
Two Gripes:
1) "Name removed" walking bank tours really is an affront to any decent fisherman in that he charges a fairly hefty fee to unsuspecting out of staters to "guide" them on a walking tour of these fishing holes. While understanding the motivation of a person to hire a guide to learn the local way and holes, the mere fact that he can and will bring up to 10+ people at a time to these typically crowded streams (esp. over Memorial day) causes some serious heartburn, especially on a small creek like Ninilchik. From some of the conversations/confrontations overheard, he's lucky so far that nobody has taken it to the next level. once again, just because it's legal doesn't make it right, and more to that point, exemplifies the very worst in a guide abusing a public resource. Shame on him. F & G ought to be thinking about a 2 person or similar limit on clients for such "walking guides" at the very least!
2) The virtual legaized snagging at the Homer Fishing hole has really gotten out of hand. Between the "proxy" fishing Old Believers from "ruuska" to the young local kids abusing and learning the same methods of fishing, we need to find a way to put the "sport" back into sport fishing here-and elsewhere. If you really think you need a proxy to give king salmon ro someone in need (yeah, right) you need to look hard into the mirror in the morning and see if you believe yourself. This is yet another blatingly abused law that has no place on crowded, "sport fishing" waters-certainly for King Salmon. And yes, I personally know folks that use this to the hilt, how sad.
A lifelong 43 year bank angling fishing fool..............
Two Gripes:
1) "Name removed" walking bank tours really is an affront to any decent fisherman in that he charges a fairly hefty fee to unsuspecting out of staters to "guide" them on a walking tour of these fishing holes. While understanding the motivation of a person to hire a guide to learn the local way and holes, the mere fact that he can and will bring up to 10+ people at a time to these typically crowded streams (esp. over Memorial day) causes some serious heartburn, especially on a small creek like Ninilchik. From some of the conversations/confrontations overheard, he's lucky so far that nobody has taken it to the next level. once again, just because it's legal doesn't make it right, and more to that point, exemplifies the very worst in a guide abusing a public resource. Shame on him. F & G ought to be thinking about a 2 person or similar limit on clients for such "walking guides" at the very least!
2) The virtual legaized snagging at the Homer Fishing hole has really gotten out of hand. Between the "proxy" fishing Old Believers from "ruuska" to the young local kids abusing and learning the same methods of fishing, we need to find a way to put the "sport" back into sport fishing here-and elsewhere. If you really think you need a proxy to give king salmon ro someone in need (yeah, right) you need to look hard into the mirror in the morning and see if you believe yourself. This is yet another blatingly abused law that has no place on crowded, "sport fishing" waters-certainly for King Salmon. And yes, I personally know folks that use this to the hilt, how sad.
A lifelong 43 year bank angling fishing fool..............
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