Kenai River Fishing Guide
Welcome to Jason’s
Guide Service
Jason’s Guide Service provides professionally guided fishing trips on the Kenai River for trophy rainbow trout, dolly varden, and sockeye and silver salmon.
We fish the Upper Kenai River and Middle Kenai River down to Soldotna. Jason’s Guide Service is permitted through Alaska State Parks and Kenai National Wildlife Refuge to guide on their lands and waters.
Kenai River Fishing Guide
Jason’s Guide Service is one of a handful of guides permitted to guide in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on the Upper Kenai River.
The Upper Kenai River consists of 18 river miles of drift-only fishing, this means no motor use in the river, which makes for a magical and quiet fishing trip with no noise pollution from motors. The top 8 miles of the Upper Kenai are managed by Alaska State Parks, and Chugach National Forest, the next 10 miles of river are managed by the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and has a limited guide entry.
The Kenai River is a complex system, and the fishery can take many years to comprehend. If you’re looking for the top Kenai River fishing guides, Jason Lesmeister, owner of Jason’s Guide Service, is an excellent choice for your fishing experience.
The Kenai River in Alaska is the BEST in the world for fly fishing for rainbow trout, and Kenai River fly fishing is best done with a Kenai River guide. Salmon fishing on the Kenai River is also amazing because the salmon runs start in June and run through the end of October.
There are many options when it comes to Alaskan fishing adventures, but there are none better than a rainbow trout or salmon guided fishing trip with Jason’s Guide Service, where the fish don’t start biting until you get there.
Jason’s Guide Service’s headquarters are located in Cooper Landing, AK but we fish the entire Kenai River resource from Kenai, Soldotna, Sterling, Skilak Lake, Kenai Lake, and the Cooper Landing area. If you’re looking for the best fly fishing guide, our team is a call away!
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Meet Your Guide
Jason believes his Anglers deserve the best of everything period, that is why he outfits his guests with the Gloomis Rods, Lamson, and Shimano Reels and provides Gore Tex breathable waders for everyone who books a trip. You won’t find another guide on the river with Lesmeister’s passion for fishing and love and respect for the resources.
It’s not good enough to be a great fishermen, you have to be able to pass on your knowledge and have the ability to teach others to catch fish. With over 29 years of guiding experience Lesmeister does this with ease and passion, making learning fun and making you want to come back for more.
Kenai River Fishing Guide
Jason Lesmeister
Jason Lesmeister moved to Alaska at the age of 21 to be a fishing and hunting guide. 30 years later he’s still there and is one of the busiest guides on the Kenai Peninsula.
Red (sockeye) salmon, silver (coho) salmon, and other salmon species are all migrating up the Kenai River in Alaska at certain periods during the season. Find out when the “run” is on for salmon fishing or when the Kenai rainbow trout are biting and book an Alaskan fishing trip with Jason’s Guide Service. All gear is provided for anglers to catch some of the hardest fighting and best eating fish that live in Alaska. While many fish make the run up the river to spawn, it takes a certain skill to locate the perfect spot and use the right technique to ensure success.
Cooper Landing Fishing Guide
Your exceptional Cooper Landing fishing guide, Jason Lesmeister, has had a love for fishing and hunting for as long as he can remember. He brought his passion and experience for these exhilarating activities to Alaska to become a premier fishing and hunting guide when he was 21. 20+ years later he is one of the busiest guides in Cooper Landing and he is living his best life by getting to share the wonders of Alaskan fishing and hunting with others.
Jason calls Cooper Landing his home and the Kenai Peninsula his “office” where he runs his “business”. When Jason is not sharing his beautiful home and office and their bounties with others as a guide, he calls the peninsula his playground. Living, working, and playing year-round in this beautiful place gives him a distinct understanding of fish and wildlife behavior and habits that other guides in the area do not have.
Jason’s belief and commitment to protecting Alaska’s beautiful, natural resources is two-fold, it is his livelihood and his love. He runs an eco-friendly guide service and strives to make as small a footprint as possible when he takes fellow fishermen and hunters out. He wants people now and for generations to come to be able to continue to enjoy the majestic scenery and wildlife that he now can’t imagine living without.
With Jason’s Guide Service, char and salmon can be caught for retention or sport, and we practice catch and release for rainbow trout and Dolly Varden.
One of Jason’s philosophies about fishing and guiding is to control the controllable. This means that he knows that being comfortable and set up for success while on a guided trip, means the difference between a fantastic and a horrible trip. To help ensure a fantastic trip, he provides his customers with Gore-Tex breathable waders, G-Loomis fly and spinning rods, and the best lines money can buy. He only gives his customers the top-notch gear that he wants and uses himself.
