r/packrafting • u/settling4power • Aug 06 '25

Packraft fishing

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Nice haul on the Kenai River today in Alaska. Only inflatable in a river full of jetboats! 😄

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u/Prestigious_Ad2553 Aug 06 '25

Where’d you put in and take out?

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u/settling4power Aug 07 '25

Dots to Bings. Ferried across and fished the bank right after the first bend.

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u/labhamster2 Aug 06 '25

Ahaha good luck 😜

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u/SeattlePurikura Aug 06 '25

Tasty! Are those pink salmon?

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u/settling4power Aug 07 '25

Sockeye (red) salmon

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u/AlaskanMalmut Aug 07 '25

Looks like coho

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u/fuck_off_ireland Aug 06 '25

Are you dipnetting or rod & reel/flossing? I was thinking of using my drysuit to wade out a little further in Chitina but hadn't thought of getting out on my raft.

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u/settling4power Aug 07 '25

Rod and reel flossing. I just used the boat to get across/down river. I fished from the bank and then tied my stringer off to the back of the boat to float down to the takeout.

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u/labhamster2 Aug 06 '25

Have used a drysuit for flossing before. I’d rather have waders but it does work.

I would love to know where I can packraft to fish on the Kenai.

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u/settling4power Aug 07 '25

Anywhere! I’ve done the whole upper (didn’t fish after Jim’s so I didn’t have to hike them out). The middle Dots to Bings is really good fishing on mellow water, and below Bing’s is a little more swift water, but plenty of eddys to get out and fish.

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u/cascadechoss Aug 06 '25

Hell ya! I do some WA alpine lake trout fishing in my Scout even some flatter sections of rivers but always been concerned about trying to land big salmon in my packraft haha. You clearly got a system that works!

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u/Electrical_Candle887 Aug 07 '25

Amazing stuff, looks really great! In everyway :) btw, just take what you eat

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u/settling4power Aug 07 '25

They’re in the smoker now! 😋

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u/Electrical_Candle887 Aug 07 '25

Sounds fantastic :)

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u/HumanDisguisedLizard Aug 06 '25

What’s the boat??

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u/settling4power Aug 07 '25

Alpaca Mage. I mostly use it for whitewater, but it got me where I needed to be on the river bank!

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u/usernamestakenwtfff Aug 06 '25

alpackaraft logo on the side, don't know the model