Home Forums Fishing Freshwater Camping, Kings, and no kids

My wife and I try to do an overnight camping/fishing trip without the kids at least once a year. Not easy to fit it in sometimes but we try our best. The weather turned out great and the mosquitos were nearly non-existent which was a bonus. My better half had her first experience getting spooled. It was kinda comical to watch. Once that king made it into the fast water he was gone and took all her line with him. We were fishing bait and I swung flies for a bit but bait was the ticket unsurprisingly. It was a good trip and we brought home a few fish as a bonus.

Bonked this one at 10:58, just before fishing closes at 11:00pm.



Midnight moon shot.



5am coffee and a fire.



My wife got things started with the first fish of the day.



I caught up about 20 min later after losing a couple.

Dinner last night after we got home. I love some fresh King salmon.

Congrats! Looks like a great getaway. That fresh salmon looks amazing.

Little Su?

It's hard to tell exactly since everything looks the same in the Mat-Su valley.

This was up on the Deshka. Fun river to fish, camp, and boat on.

Best trout fishing I ever had in Alaska was on the upper Deshka with Mel in his airboat.

I haven't seen Mel or Lynn in years. Not sure if they even make it out there anymore or if they still own cabins. Those fellas knew that river well.