Drill Team Six Fishing Excursions, LLC

Drill Team Six Fishing Excursions, LLC Veteran owned & operated. Alaska Fishing Excursions. GUIDED Year-round trips for King/Coho Salmon to lake fishing (20 May-5 Oct). Located in Wasilla.
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Ice Fishing & Snowmobile Pike (15 Dec-5 Apr) outings. MILITARY & 1ST RESPONDER discounts.

🔥New Social Media Post Format🔥 Give us a 👍 if you like it!Hello DT6 family!As promised, here is your weekly photo dump! ...
08/30/2026

🔥New Social Media Post Format🔥

Give us a 👍 if you like it!

Hello DT6 family!

As promised, here is your weekly photo dump! 📸🐟 Be sure to read the captions on all the photos! As part of our new social media interaction, I'm going to give some of my seat-of-the-pants // hands on fishing report(s) on our current local lake(s).....the rest of this fall will be Big Lake! Everything I type will be factual and (Sonia said) will contain no opinion (darn it). I'm not going to divulge secrets that we have worked relentlessly for over a decade now to learn, but I'm going to share my experiences on the water so people can get a vibe on "what's going on out there" and maybe help you figure something out with your fishing game.

I have typed a lot. If you want some good information, read the whole thing.

I promise.

If not and you check out..... Thank you again for tuning in and we look forward to seeing you in the future!

Here we go.....

Pike - July is generally our warmest month concerning water temps. In the month of July this year we received an unheard of 6" of rain. Water temps which usually peak on Big Lake in July at about 72° and ignite the 70° bite never got above 68° this summer. In the end there never was a summer Pike bite that was reliable. The good news is the pike also responds to the water temperatures dropping, which as of this morning reached 60° and take a look at what is coming around. I've been watching these fish for 3 weeks not take lures or bait. I've invited plenty of you to come bowfishing... every one of you could have stuck these fish. From here on to ice-up pike fishing is going to get better everyday. Get out there and figure it out!!

Char - gggrrrrrhhhh. One day it is predictable as it can possibly be and hot as an oven and the next day you perfectly roll over 35 mating pairs staggered exactly like they should be in the thermocline and not a single bite after six passes. For those of you that have been on the boat, our "Swedish Secret 😉" is still paying dividends, but that switch just flips off for no reason. I know a lot but I still do not the answer to this one. This keeps me humble. I have a feeling it's sockeye interaction while they're in the early stages of the spawn. Once again, this is first hand information. But in the end we've already caught some gorgeous fish, and as with the Pike fishing folks it's only going to get better as we move further into the fall and that water temp keeps dropping!!!

Rainbow Trout - generally, in this period of the fall, I'm not specifically targeting these fish with customers. There are massive amounts of juvenile sockeye moving out of the lake right now and the trout are hanging in 17 ft of water. 2' above them is as much food as they can possibly eat..... AND they've probably already been following the school for half a mile. Once the sockeyes start dropping eggs the gloves are off so more to follow............

GAME ON.

Still going to work hard for that first 30" plus ADFG verified Arctic Char out of Big Lake in the last 2 decades. We have reached 29.5 once and numerous 29s & below. Some of you have put up those numbers so congratulations once again!!

I know this was long-winded. I'll find ways to condense it, but I tried to keep it entertaining. I let loose some pretty good information in there so grab hold of that.

For those of you that have fished with us on Big Lake or are an avid fisherman.... some of this babbling mumbo jumbo I just let loose will make sense 😂 😭 😂

OR if you are trying to figure out a fishing scenario like a CSI detective on a manhunt

OR you fish THE VALLEY (REPRESENT!!!)..... some of this stuff is going to hit home 💜

Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts to everybody who joined us this past week. As much as we want our butts to be at our new cabin becoming Lake Trout masters & looking for that new state record bourbot (we were so close SPENCER!!!), it's been a blast down here entertaining all of you & making new friends ❤️

Talk to you soon,

Sonia & Dan ⚓

P.S. - I taught a HERO (US Army) how to properly fillet a damn Pike the right way so you don't waste a ton of meat .............

That's opinion. Sonia said I can't do that.

I'm out.

(Dan)

P.S.S. We finalllyyyy got to see Mr. Dave Mustaine and MEGADETH at OUR Alaska State Fair! 🖤

P.S.S.S.S.S.- for those of you that read the whole thing I told you it was going to be worth it 😉 😜 ✌️

Sonia & Dan
702-465-4747
https://dt6fishingexcursions.com/

5️⃣⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ testimonies!! 🤔 Are Google reviews important? Absolutely! That is the main reason our customers book with us. 💥...
08/27/2026

5️⃣⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ testimonies!!

🤔 Are Google reviews important? Absolutely! That is the main reason our customers book with us. 💥

A huge thank you 👏 to our DT6 FAMILY for taking the time to leave us such wonderful reviews! Your feedback means the world to us!

Thank you for supporting our dreams and letting us help you create unforgettable memories. 🫶🐟

Sonia & Dan
702-465-4747
https://dt6fishingexcursions.com/

👋 Hello everybody.....we wanted to take a minute to check in and just let everybody know we are doing well! Since the pu...
08/22/2026

👋 Hello everybody.....we wanted to take a minute to check in and just let everybody know we are doing well! Since the purchase of our new 🛖 cabin, we have been burning the candle at both ends! 🫩🥱🤯 We are still on the water with customers 4 or 5 days a week and on our off days we are doing our best to get our cabin up and running. 💪 So that explains the lack of social media presence! With the closing of our coho salmon, we had to juggle a lot of trips to try and fulfill customer wishes and did our best with what we had to work with.

🎣 Here is a photo dump from some of our recent trips and photos of the few silver salmon trips we were able to conduct prior to the closures.

🔥 We had our first ever double donkey Arctic Char hookup. A 24.5" + a 26" at the same time. Great moment! 🧡🐟

We finally tagged our first stud pike yesterday, a beautiful big male with gorgeous red fins. 🐊 Look at the colors, markings and those teeth. 😲

Hope you all are doing well, we will do our best to share our customer photos and stay in touch. Once we get our cabin up and running, we will gladly share some photos when the time is right.

Have a great weekend and be safe out there. ❤️

Sonia & Dan
702-465-4747
https://dt6fishingexcursions.com/

✨ These long time Military buddies have recently retired from the service from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson - JBER an...
08/12/2026

✨ These long time Military buddies have recently retired from the service from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson - JBER and wanted to get out on one last adventure in Alaska before heading into their next chapters in life. Look at these beautiful they reeled in. 😍

Best wishes & thank you for your service! 🫡🇺🇸 Don't forget we offer Military and 1st Responder discounts.

Sonia & Dan
702-465-4747
https://dt6fishingexcursions.com/

We are finally catching up with our customer photos and wanted to showcase our new friends from Texas. ⚓ We had a wonder...
08/11/2026

We are finally catching up with our customer photos and wanted to showcase our new friends from Texas. ⚓ We had a wonderful morning on the water prior the recent coho salmon restrictions. They escaped the 🥵 heat to travel to beautiful Alaska and reeled in some gorgeous fish. 🐟

Sonia & Dan
702-465-4747
https://dt6fishingexcursions.com/

Let's start planning your winter activity in Alaska! 🏔️🧊🐟💚 Beautiful sunrises ✅, catch fish ✅, fish kisses ✅, snow angel...
08/09/2026

Let's start planning your winter activity in Alaska! 🏔️🧊🐟💚 Beautiful sunrises ✅, catch fish ✅, fish kisses ✅, snow angels ✅, breathtaking views ✅, small group gatherings ✅, Northern lights ✅, snowmachine backcountry outings ✅, and create ever lasting memories ✅!

🇺🇸 Don't forget we offer Military and 1st Responder discounts.

Sonia & Dan
702-465-4747
https://dt6fishingexcursions.com/

ADF&G - Sport Fishing Southcentral Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has released an emergency order restricting our remaini...
08/05/2026

ADF&G - Sport Fishing Southcentral Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has released an emergency order restricting our remaining fishing trips on the Deshka River // Susitna Drainage for Coho "silver" Salmon for the remainder of this season. This includes a bag limit reduction from three silvers to one silver and restricts the use of bait.

This has become a trend in their management as well as federal waters management. It seems like they rob Peter to pay Paul. Commercial nets were out yesterday and those nets pulled in the total lower Coho escapement for the Deshka river in one day. Keep in mind fish and game knew this emergency order was coming out, but yet the commercial fleet was turned loose to go get theirs before they release the emergency order restricting sport fishing (us). This happens all the time. Our fisheries management and biologists are so out of touch with what is actually going on real time on our lakes & rivers it's pathetic. I, we, have lost total faith in them. In my time this year down on the river I have not once seen anybody from Alaska Department of Fish and Game showing a presence to actually know what's going on. This isn't just on this body of water, I have not seen an Alaska Department of Fish and Game presence on any of our bodies of water for years outside of (seasonal non-biologist) weir workers on the Deshka in years past.

Political pressure and greed has become more important than the resource. And every year it's the same ineffective management plan. Don't get me started on the Northern Pike excuse which has lost all credibility.

You want to hear the kicker in all this.....fishing for Coho has been pretty darn good for being this early in the run & the fish counting wier has been washed out for some time due to high water so they truly have no idea how many fish have gone through. This is a knee-jerk reaction with no data....literally. In my time out on the river this year I have not seen any representation from Fish and Game on the water a single time. That's not saying they weren't down there after my 8 hours every morning but I kind of doubt it. And the place I launch from would be the same place they would launch from no matter where they're going on the lower Susitna river.

If you have an upcoming silver salmon trip with us this year we will be in contact with you as we come up with alternate plans to honor your trip, especially for those of you traveling great distances to come fish with us. This is absolutely unfair. We apologize in advance and we'll do everything within our power to give you a great experience.

In the meantime if you want to express to the powers that be how displeased you are as well, here is the phone number for the Commissioner and the Director who coincidentally left their phone numbers off the emergency order (maybe so they don't have to listen to us). Also included is the local SCAK offices directors number.

All three of them need to hear our voice, including our governor who appointed this director and has had nothing but a losing track record on salmon returns (among other natural resources statewide) in Southcentral Alaska since their time in office.

AK GOVERNOR MIKE DUNLEAVY - https://gov.alaska.gov/contact/email-the-governor/
ADFG COMMISSIONER DOUG VINCENT LANG - (907)465-2814
ADFG SPORT FISHING DIRECTOR ISRAEL PEYTON - (907)267-2814
ADFG SOUTHCENTRAL OFFICE LEAD BIOLOGIST SAM OSLAND - (907)746-6300

TELL THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO HEAR.

I could keep going with first-hand examples that I've experienced but I think everybody gets the drift.

When salmon don't return from the salt water, salmon don't reproduce.

There's the biology fact they can't get through their head.

It absolutely crushed our hearts last year to see Trident Seafoods sponsoring our Alaska State Fair who is the biggest perpetrator out of the group concerning our salmon stocks. Indoctrination at its finest to give out stuffed animals to the children from their booth at the fair. Meanwhile their trawl nets are destroying our oceans as the kids smile because they got a toy.

Performance speaks volumes.

Thank you for you time concerning this matter,

Sonia & Dan

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