Life in Alaska is a blast when the weather cooperates, and this summer it is.  Although this last week had a little rain, it was needed and by the middle of Sunday it had subsided.  this was good news for myself and my family.

We took out the boat this weekend and visited the Deshka River.  Fishing reports were pretty dismal, but we though we'd give it a try.  The weather was rainy all morning so we didn't get started until about 10:30.  We launched and headed down river.  It looked pretty slow so we stayed near the mouth.

We did have a coiuple strikes, probably trout messing with our rigs.  Weather was good so we just relaxed and let the lures do the work.  At one point I decided to change lures and put a big Kenai Quicksilver on.  My partners laughed and asked if I was going to try clubbing a fish. 

I tossed the lure out a couple times, not really paying attention when I felt a tug, so I tugged back and this fish tried to pull me overboard.  This fish was really nice, about 40 inches long.  Not sure of the weight, 35-45 lbs.