Kenai, Alaska: Fishing the Kenai River and Russian River

hatever you do while you're in Kenai, get out and fish! You'll never see fishing like this again in your life. You'll find that there are two king salmon runs on the Kenai River. The early run starts in mid-May, and peaks in mid-June. The late king salmon run enters the Kenai in early July, with best fishing in late July. There are also two red salmon runs. The first run, headed to the Russian River, starts in late May or early June. The second red salmon run is a July run. Silver salmon are an August fishery because most people don't fish for them until the king season closes. And if you're here in late fall, you're in luck, because there's a second silver salmon run in September. Pink salmon run in late July on even-numbered years. Rainbow trout live in the Kenai year-round. (Watch out, though: some parts of the river are catch-and-release only.)