Our guide staff spends countless hours fishing the Kenai River and the various streams, rivers and lakes of Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula and beyond in search of trophy trout.

Not only are we on the water every day fishing for Rainbow Trout and Dolly Varden with our guests, often times we fish in the evenings and on our days off for fun. Fishing for trout around here is just that awesome!

Our home waters produce trout that average 10-15” and we catch lots of fish over 20 inches that would be considered trophies on any other river in the lower 48 or even around the globe.

The Trout Guides at Cooper Landing Fishing Guide, LLC are always on top of our game knowing what to use and what the latest conditions are. We fish obsessively for trout and it shows with the quality of our Kenai River Trout Fishing Trips.

*We practice catch and release for all trout fishing trips, no exceptions.

Our general policy is to fish wherever the best trout fishing is happening. If we had the day off, where would we fish?

Starting in mid-June, the Upper and Middle Kenai River opens up for trout fishing. Rainbow Trout are just coming off of their spawn and are aggressively feeding. This is a great time to fish as many trophy fish haven’t seen a fly or lure in over a month.

Throughout the summer months of June, July and early-August, Trout can be caught on dry flies, nymphs, streamers, egg patterns, lures, etc… We fly fish for trout as well as use conventional spinning gear on some trips.

During late August, September and through October, the fall fishing for trout on the Kenai is nothing short of world-class. Anglers can expect to catch double digits numbers of trout and have a realistic shot at several trophy trout of a lifetime. Our fish can reach 30 inches or more and this time of the year, more of them are caught than any other time of year!

Lots of habitat for our wild trout, including Kenai Lake and Skilak Lake means that our home waters are able to produce lots of fish and literally miles of trout fishing opportunities.

Some days, you might be fishing with us on a completely different stretch of water than we were on the day before.

Our guides spend hours every day on these different stretches of the Kenai in search of trout. With changing conditions and feeding patterns, we stay on top of what the hot fly is and where we are catching the most fish. This leads to outstanding experiences for our guests.

The Kenai River is an excellent place to learn how to fly fish, especially for Rainbow Trout. We encourage our guests to at least try fly fishing if they are comfortable. Our fly techniques are very easy to learn as we can usually get anglers up to speed in a few minutes.

Many folks that fish with us are new to the fly fishing, but find a new lifelong passion through their experiences with our guide business.

There are however, lots of opportunities to fish for trout with spinning gear. We use many techniques that require spinning rods like back trolling, throwing spinners, bottom bouncing, etc…

Spin anglers will find lots and lots of opportunities to test their skills against our trophy fish!

Many other trout fishing opportunities await on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. Local creeks like Quartz Creek and the Russian River product stellar rainbows and dollies. Hike-in trips are super fun on these creeks as you can often get away from the crowds.

The southern peninsula does have some “secret” Steelhead rivers in the fall and mountain lakes, remote rivers and streams are only a short float plane flight away for some world-class flyout fishing trips.