Alaska Fishing Guide Service | Kenai River, Alaska
Cooper Landing Fishing Guide, LLC - Cooper Landing, Alaska
Finding the right Alaska Fishing Guide Service and the best fishing guide service on the Kenai River for a fishing trip can be a confusing journey.
There are multiple Salmon Fishing Guides, Trout Fishing Guides and Fly Fishing Guides on the Kenai River and each has their own way of approaching the fishery. Some guides only target salmon, while others only target trout. Some Kenai River Guides only use spinning gear while some outfitters only use fly fishing gear. Some guides only use power boats and other guides only use drift boats (some with or without motors).
Finding a guide on the Kenai River that will listen to you and understand your goals is essential to a great day on the water. The last thing you want is a long day of fishing for a species of fish you don’t want to target and fishing with gear you don’t want to use.
Targeting King Salmon on a fly rod is challenging but extremely rewarding!
Learning about the various seasons and best times to fish in Alaska will go a long way towards finding the best Kenai River Outfitter. Check out our Fishing Reports and May, June, July, August, September and October Fishing in Alaska pages for more information.
During certain times of year, it is appropriate to target Rainbow Trout and Salmon on a fly rod, even if you have little or no experience. Having a guide with patience who will teach you how to use a fly rod and put you at ease will make your day successful and enjoyable.
Other times of the year, it can be appropriate to use spinning gear or conventional tackle when fly fishing won’t always get the job done. Using conventional fishing gear is also appropriate if you are simply not comfortable using a fly rod on a guided fishing trip on the Kenai River.
Head Fishing Guide Dave back trolling with conventional lures and bait casting equipment on a fishing trip.
Our guide business, Cooper Landing Fishing Guide, LLC has some of the best Kenai River fishing guides on staff.
What makes us stand out? Our willingness to listen to our guests and our commitment to doing what is best for our fishing clients, putting them first. Cooper Landing Fishing Guide, LLC is known as a Kenai River Guide service that will give you a no B.S. assessment of what the best fishing opportunities will be on your chosen date to fish. We won’t tell you that fish will be there when they won’t be.
We take our clients where we would fish if we had the day off. Wherever the fishing action is hot, that’s where we want to fish. Whether that’s right here in Cooper Landing or if it’s on the Kasilof River or another town along the Kenai River.
A fun afternoon spent fishing for Sockeye Salmon!
Sometimes, the guide service you want to fish with will be booked on the day(s) you want to fish. This can be a bit disappointing, but it’s not the end of the world. What do you do if your favorite guide is already booked?
The best thing to do is to contact the Kenai River Fishing Guide Service you wanted to fish with and get their recommendations for other guide services that may be available. This will cut down on the time it takes to research other guide services on the Kenai River so you can take a fishing trip.
You can tell a lot about a busy guide service by how much they are willing to help you when they are fully booked. Some guide services won’t even answer the phone if they are booked. We strive to help any and everyone who contacts us find the best fishing experience on the Kenai they can. Very often we will send them to one of our good friends in the guide business directly, or book them on a sub-contracted trip with a highly-reputable guide.
At Cooper Landing Fishing Guide, LLC, we only work with the most talented, professional and courteous guide services. Most of the guides we hire as sub-contractors are our friends off the river. There is a select, core group of highly-talented guides that seem to stick together.
A nice Dolly Varden caught while on a group trip with a contingency of Kenai River Fishing Guides.
Another consideration to make when choosing a fishing charter service in Alaska is where the guide service primarily operates. Several fishing guide businesses on the Kenai River only operate on a couple of sections all year long. This can be quite limiting if you have a specific goal for your fishing adventure on the Kenai or Kasilof River.
Although we are based in Cooper Landing, we often fish many other stretches of the Kenai River in Sterling, Soldotna and Kenai. We also specialize in fly fishing and conventional fishing for King Salmon on the Kasilof River.
One of William’s several trophy-class Rainbow Trout he caught in September on the Middle Kenai River during the Pink Salmon spawn of 2018.
If you found your way here, you’re a lot closer to finding the best fishing experience for YOU on the Kenai peninsula. As Kenai River Fishing Guides in Cooper Landing, our goal is to show off our little piece of paradise, often right here in Cooper Landing, or on one of the many prolific stretches of the Kenai River.
The first steps in booking a fishing trip with us on the Kenai River is to discuss the time of year you’ll be here (month and date) and what you ideally would like to fish for. Ideally, the two of those factors will align perfectly, other times, the species you’d like to target is not available that time of year. In that case, there are often species of fish that can be substituted (i.e. Sockeye Salmon for King Salmon or Coho Salmon for Sockeye Salmon, etc…).
Either way, we will customize your fishing trip to target the fish species you prefer on the Kenai River and what technique(s) you would like to use.
Once we’ve crafted your ideal fishing trip, we will come up with one or two contingency plans in case fishing conditions change or a salmon run is late, or even early. Having backup fishing plans ensures that there are other experiences that may be just as enjoyable if your ideal trip is not available when you arrive.
In rare cases, if we can not provide the experience you’re looking for, we can recommend a guide service that is more appropriate; however, we are often able to build a custom trip for YOU that is just what you’re looking for.
Jackie and Dave, co-owners of Cooper Landing Fishing Guide, LLC at a Trout Unlimited Show in Wisconsin talking all things fishing on the Kenai River in Alaska.
A lot of guides, guide services and outfitters in Alaska and on the Kenai River claim to be the best. We feel that there are a good number of highly-qualified and excellent guide services in this business.
In our opinion, the measure of an outstanding Kenai River Fishing Guide Service is if they are wiling to work with you from start to finish to craft the perfect trip for you, or even better yet, work with you even if they are fully booked when you want to fish.
Aside from crafting the perfect guided fishing trip for our guests, we also assist with places to stay, things to do and other travel and fishing tips that help our clients have the best Alaskan trip!
Call us today or email us any time with any questions you may have about fishing in Alaska. We are here to help whether or not you choose to book a fishing trip with us.
Tight Lines!