So Much To Do on the Kenai Peninsula! (Work Camper Adventures at the Diamond M Ranch Resort)

Helping to run the Diamond M Ranch Resort campground is not a job for the faint of heart. Somewhat similar to juggling plates, a good work camper has to be able to multi-task. Here at the Diamond M Ranch, that means the ability to go on dog sled rides with Ididaride Sled Dog Tours...

 

Raft glacier-fed rivers with the Alaska Rivers Company...

Haul in a big catch with Chihuly Charters...

Or go flying with High Adventure Air (awesome!), and even enjoy a glacier cruise with Major Marine Tours, and so much more!

A big thank you to all of the above companies, for offering our work campers these opportunities to experience Alaska. As they say, the best advertisement is a happy customer, and our work campers certainly had a ball with all of you!

We have the most amazing Work Campers, year after year, and words can't express how much we appreciate them. Each one always has a unique skill, whether it's in answering phones, organizing office areas, helping with new construction, landscaping and gardening, building fences, working security, helping with ranch animals, having a friendly smile to greet guests, hosting fish fry socials---and even making beautiful signs* placed all around the resort, named after each one of our family members!

Summer at the Diamond M Ranch Resort flies by quickly, always so much going on---so many things to see and do, as well as so many wonderful guests to help have a wonderful stay. We appreciate our Work Campers so much. Their energy, smiles, and helping hands truly enable us take our business to the next level!

*Thank you, Jim Diggs, for the beautiful signs and for the great pictures above that you shared with us!

Setting Up Your Alaskan Fishing Adventure on the Kenai

Fishing the world famous Kenai River is a highlight for most everyone's trip to the Kenai Peninsula. Rated as the #1 Fishing Hotspot in North America by Field & Stream Magazine in May of 2004, the Kenai River holds the world record for the largest Chinook (King) Salmon caught on a pole, weighing in at 97 pounds 4 ounces in 1988 by Les Anderson.

For best success at catching one of these record breaking King Salmon, we can outfit you with our favorite professional local fishing guides, who will take you on a 1/2 day King Salmon charter that will surely live long in your memory! Plan well ahead as the prime dates for the season will surely be booked well in advance.  

 

If you prefer to do-it-alone and catch salmon from the shore, we can point you in the direction of excellent local tackle shops and public access points on the Kenai River. 

There, you can have great success at catching the smaller, but also delicious and plentiful Sockeye (Red), Coho (Silver), and Pink Salmon which run throughout the summer and fall from June-September. Rainbow Trout and Dolly Varden are also caught in record sizes in the Kenai River, and the best fishing for them coincides with the salmon fishery, running from May-September.

Soldotna is a great place to launch your fly for fishing adventures too! Whether you prefer fishing the remote lakes of the Kenai Peninsula for trout or the bountiful streams across Cook Inlet for Salmon, we can help you arrange a fly out trip with a safe, reputable local air charter service.

Give us a call soon to help set up your Alaskan Fishing Adventure!