Recently returned to the Alaska Peninsula for the 28th straight year in search of monster silver salmon and arctic char. Pumice Creek Lodge is located about 100 miles south from the town of King Salmon. Here lies the best silver salmon fishery in the world, The Cinder River. I was joined by friends Dr. Cole Lundquist, Dr. Kevin Cleary, and Joe Bullock. Later in the week friend Jeff Wilcox would join us for perhaps my greatest silver salmon catch to date. Lodge owner, Gary LaRose, informed us of a new hotspot where the silvers were practically swimming on top of each other. The location was a small outlet in Mud Bay which is on the Cinder River. On the first day the fishing was practically insane! Silvers could be seen with their fins sticking out of the water making it fairly easy to land a silver on practically every cast.
Cole lead the way with over 130 silvers. I landed 115 which is not a good day but a fantastic day. The past few years on the Cinder are producing numerous days with 100+ silvers landed per person. The rest was of week was similar. I fished some of my old hotspots upriver and found them loaded with silvers. Wading the Cinder River is one of my fishing highlights each season. One day during the week we went over to Lava Creek for a 1/2 day of casting small spinners for arctic char.
The fishing was good, but not as good as normal because the creek was slightly high and the flow was extremely fast. Still, we all were able to land between 40 to 50 char many in their beautiful spawning coloration. Pumice Creek is remote as you will not see others during your stay. Less than 15 folks fish the Cinder and Lava each season. Make sure to get into these fisheries while an opportunity exists. For more information you can contact me and I will put you in touch with the lodge owner.
