Alaska West guest, Gary Silverberg, putting the steam on a chrome bright chum salmon. Big, bright, aggressive fish that bend an 8-weight deep into the cork.. That’s why we love chum salmon. Other Posts Relevant to This Photo Fighting Fish From a Boat Fighting Big Fish – Put the Wood to ‘Em! A Lesson From…
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Chum Salmon
Happy Halloween
The idea of a ‘zombie apocalypse’ is all the rage these days. Its taken over movies, books, T.V. and so on. Some overly ambitious individuals have even gone as far as to prepare for the potential of a real-life zombie apocalypse. Well, we’re here to tell you DON’T WORRY, everything’s going to be okay! How do we…
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Chum Love
We haven’t thrown any love towards the underdogs (pun intended) of the Northwest in a while. So, today we’re coming at you with nothing more than a cool photo of our good friend, John Wilkin, releasing a swung up chum salmon from Alaska West. Thanks to Dr. Oncorhynchus keta for the aggression and willingness to eat that…
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A Beautiful Day in Alaska
It might not look like ideal weather to most, but when we’re chasing salmon in Western Alaska, we long for days like this.. Bright sunny days can make for epic trout fishing, but dark, gloomy, and down right miserable looking days means happy salmon, and we like that. More on Salmon Fishing The High Sun Game Plan…
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A Lesson from Ol’ Chumley
The chum salmon are in at Alaska West and that can only mean one thing – it’s rod breaking season! While we certainly witness our share of broken rods throughout the season, we tend to see more rods break while targeting chums than any other species. Why? Because chums are some of the scrappiest fish we’ve ever…
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Swinging for Chums
With a current closure on king salmon at Alaska West, we’ve been targeting more species on the swing than ever this season. We love fishing with a two handed rod and the opportunities available are endless on our river. We have a hefty run of strong, chrome bright, sea-lice toting chum salmon throughout the majority…
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Tie Your Own Flies!
Catching a fish on a fly you tied yourself is a special thing. It gives you a closer connection to the sport and the fish itself. If you have never experienced this, Alaska is the place to do it! Whether you’re a beginner or experienced fly tyer, here are a few patterns that we tie…
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Bring the Kids Along
If you have followed our blog much, you know we love having families with kids join us at Alaska West. The Kanektok River is a great place to get kids excited about fishing due to the fact that it’s so darn productive. Although typical of a younger beginning angler, “I’m bored” or “I wish there…
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Alaska West Guest Video
Magnus Jepson joined us at Alaska West last week with the Global Fishing group from Europe. They caught king salmon, chum salmon and rainbow trout – and they put together one of the better videos we’ve seen about the fishing. Hit play below to get in on the fun. Thanks, Magnus! NOTE: If you’re viewing…
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What We Catch at Alaska West
At Alaska West our fishery is not only incredibly productive – it’s got so much variety you couldn’t hope to sample it all in one trip. Here’s a handy guide to the species we catch at Alaska West, in very rough order of when you might catch them, except for the oddballs thrown in at…
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