Justin Jackson, Alaska West guide extraordinaire, drops by our blog in video format today to walk us through the basics of silver salmon fishing on the Kanektok. Here’s the outline for Silver Fishing 101. Fish slow pockets of water. Use a floating line and a weighted fly to get a nice jigging action when you…
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Silver Salmon
Man and Silver
Send a bunch of cameras out every day with a bunch of guides on a river that’s loaded with fish, and you’re bound to get some pictures that are beautiful, some pictures that are heroic, some pictures that are artistic, and some pictures that are just, well, kind of strange. Garrett Sullivan and his friend…
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Mayhem Alert
Our home river at Alaska West gets a mighty strong run of silver salmon. Although the heat of the action takes place from the last week of July through the end of August, sometime right around the middle of July we’ll typically catch our first silver. We’re right on schedule. 5 days ago – July…
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Got One.
Come silver season at Alaska West, our nets get a lot of use. More Cool Pictures from Alaska West Wildlife Salmon Egg Landing One on the Arolik
Silver Salmon – 3 Reasons to Love Them
There’s billions of them. OK, not billions, but it’s putting it mildly to say that fishing for silver salmon at Alaska West is a ‘numbers-oriented’ fishery. We catch lots and lots of them. They eat poppers. And pollywogs. And wet flies and…well, in certain circumstances, pretty much anything. Yes, certain flies work better than others…
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Rodeo.
Just another bent-rod, cross-lined silver salmon rodeo at Alaska West. More on Silver Salmon at Alaska West Video on Silver Salmon Fly Selection 6 Ways to Catch More of ‘Em They Jump Lots
Silver Salmon Fly Selection
We’ve written in the past about some silver salmon flies that we like to use at Alaska West on the Kanektok River, but that was in boring old words-and-pictures blog format. Today we’ve got a video featuring George Cook, Northwest angling mainstay and Sage/Redington/Rio rep, telling us about his approach to selecting flies for silvers…
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It’s Not A Pollywog
…and it’s not really a popper either, but It’s pink. It floats. It has a hook. So fish it reasonably on the Lower Kanektok, and chances are you’ll catch some silvers. More On Silver Salmon at Alaska West Silver Salmon Like to Jump 6 Ways to Catch More Silvers Favorite Flies for Silver Salmon
Just Another Silver Salmon
…that decided to eat a popper in late August at Alaska West. More On Silver Salmon at Alaska West 5 Favorite Flies for Silver Salmon 6 Ways to Catch More Silver Salmon Silver Salmon Like to Jump
Pacific Salmon – They All Have Two Names
If you’ve ever been confused listening to people talk about the different species of Pacific Salmon, you’re not alone. No one knows why, but for some reason each of the five North American Pacific Salmon have two names. It’s really not that complicated! King Salmon = Chinook Salmon. No difference. Photo: Cameron Miller — Chum…
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