Today the plan was to just hang out around Soldotna. When it was time for lunch we picked The Flats Bistro nearby. The Flats was super nice and our food was really good. After lunch we continued down the road to Kalifornsky Beach. We had hoped to access the Cook Inlet beach but it was all private property. We followed the road until it looped back to the Kasilof River Public Access Area. This is where the Kasilof River we fished meets the Cook Inlet. There was a huge number of fishermen on the beach and camping. This group is Dip Net fishing. You have to be an Alaskan Native to Dip Net and apparently they catch huge amounts of Sockeye with no limit. The fishing is simply sticking a large hoop fish net into the river and waiting for the Sockeye to swim in.
We let Maverick run the beach off-leash and he had a great time. Too good of time. Next thing we know he is rolling on something. Maverick found a dead fish and was rolling on it. Maverick was now all wet and incredibly smelly. That finished our running around for the day and we headed back to the coach. Once back it was dog wash time. Donna washed Maverick outside from the faucet. It helped tremendously but using only very cold water limited the thoroughness. He still smells a little fishy.