Location # 1
The mouth of the Kenai River is not much of a sportfishing hole
as it begins with an average width of about a 1/4 mile.
This area of the river is basically home to a Cook Inlet commercial
gillnet drift boat fleet. The gillnet fleet uses this part of the
Kenai River to anchor their vessels during their summer fishing
season. There is also a personal use sockeye salmon dip net
fishery which takes place in this area during July each season.
Sportfishing is not recommended in this part of the river
because the river is very wide and slow thus NOT forming the hole
action necessary to focus migrating salmon into the organized
hole patterns which are found further up the Kenai River.

Location # 2
The Warren / Ames Bridge is the first bridge crossing the
Kenai River and is the beginning of listed fishing holes but it is not a

Great Fishing Hole. This hole does have some good silver fishing in

August and Sept. but much better holes are located up stream.
The river is still very wide at about 200 - 300 yard across.