08/31/2026
While our 2026 fishing season started out promising, fishing did not go well for us Cook Inlet drift boat fishermen this season. While some of the salmon we catch are Kasilof River sockeye (red) salmon, the majority of reds we typically catch are the Kenai River reds. The projected numbers for the reds heading to the Kenai River initially looked great, like last year. Then, the fleet was restricted to fishing in smaller corridor areas or sections of the Cook Inlet. Our number of fishing days were also greatly reduced. Unfortunately, we were not able to catch enough extra salmon for our direct marketing purposes, and do not have any reds to sell this year. We are so very sorry!! We plan to do things a little differently next year so that we can have red salmon available once again to our customers. We really appreciate your business and support over the past year. And we look forward to bringing you top quality Cook Inlet red salmon next year!!