What Next ?

That's yesterday's graph, today's looks the same and it's also taken a big jump in Cooper Landing telling us one thing...more water is on the way. Surprisingly enough the ole Kenai is keeping it's color and the high water has just made it extremely 'chalky' which wouldn't be a big deal if we didn't have this silly no bait restriction until august 15th. ADF+G politics dictates that because they are keeping the commercials from fishing anymore to help the last of the King Salmon arrive where they should  the dept has to do something to us....'share the burden of conservation' is what they say. So, no bait. We've actually held our own and scratched out some fish and when the water clears the spinner bite will be fine....but...it's disturbing to me how many of my peers are cheating and using bait . Even though I feel for them that the rules ain't right, rules are rules. How could any of these guys have pride in what they do if they cheat? How can you take something you love and cheat on it? Well, not just a few of our Kenai River guides are doing this but a lot of them are, a whole lot.

So for the next few days until the 15th here's what guide boat # 003 will be doing. We'll be looking into the slews and slow water area's where we know the silvers like to get out of this accelerated current. We'll have on our newest and flashiest lures. We'll fish longer and harder....what we won't do is cheat. I'm trying to have a good life and get all my ducks in a row.