Originally posted by Klondike_Kid
Well fishbuck I guess I would have been spoiled by those numbers. Up here anglers are paying $185 to $250 per seat, four to a boat, for 5.5 to 9 hours
of Kenai fishing for a chance to catch one king salmon that may be as small as 15 pounds or up to a few in the 70's in the entire season with the
average between 30-40# in July. And the hours of fishing per fish? Based on the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game creel census and on-river surveys of
angler success, a Kenai guided angler this past week averaged 18 hours per guided caught fish. If you were on a six hour trip that would mean you
would have to pony up THREE trips worth of denaro for one fish....on average. Meaning 1 in 4 anglers in a boat will catch a fish.
And for non resident visitors they also pony up $20-145 for a non resident license and $10-100 for a king salmon stamp depending on how many days they
intend to fish them.
So that dorado trip would have put smiles on my face.
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