# Alaska Top Salmon Fishing Guide - Jason's Guide Service > Experience the best salmon and steelhead fishing in Alaska with Jason's Guide Service. Book your guided fishing adventure today for a memorable catch! > 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! ## Pages - [Kenai Fishing Charter](https://jasonsguideservice.com/kenai-fishing-charter/) - [Kenai Fishing Guide](https://jasonsguideservice.com/kenai-fishing-guide/) - [Cooper Landing Sockeye Salmon Fishing Guide](https://jasonsguideservice.com/cooper-landing-sockeye-salmon-fishing-guide/) - [Anchorage Fishing Charter](https://jasonsguideservice.com/anchorage-fishing-charter/) - [Seward Fishing Charter](https://jasonsguideservice.com/seward-fishing-charter/) - [Kenai River Fishing](https://jasonsguideservice.com/kenai-river-fishing/) - [Kenai River Trout Fishing](https://jasonsguideservice.com/kenai-river-trout-fishing/) - [Kenai River Silver Salmon Fishing](https://jasonsguideservice.com/kenai-river-silver-salmon-fishing/) - [Kenai River Sockeye Fishing](https://jasonsguideservice.com/kenai-river-sockeye-fishing/) - [Seward Silver Salmon Fishing Guide](https://jasonsguideservice.com/seward-silver-salmon-fishing-guide/) - 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