Brent and I made it down to Chitina, Alaska for our second annual Copper River Red fishing - and we were able to net 26 red salmon and 1 king salmon. We actually caught 5 kings; but we are only allowed to keep one. Brent got the first one and the debate was do we keep it and know that we cannot get another one or try for a bigger one? We decided to keep the first one and the picture is of Brent and the king salmon. I ended up catching another one shortly after that and of course I have to say it was bigger, take a look at the picture and see for yourself. Of course we will have the ongoing battle of whose fish is bigger. But it will keep us going back each year. Overall we were very lucky to catch the fish that we did, in coming back on the boat we were told that some people were out all day and only caught 2! We chalked it up to the determination of keeping the nets in the water and the fact that Brent dropped his favorite pocket knife in the river just after he caught his king. We decided that it was an offering and it paid off.
There are some people who get permits and do their fishing with the fishwheels, it was neat being able to see them in action. Attached is a picture of the fishwheels in action.
3 comments:
great pics. yes, yours looks bigger - it does not even fit the picture.
I have been to Craig salmon fishing but this looks fun also. Is this the same Copper river salmon that they are asking $40 per pound for?
Yes it is - and we ended up with 26 of them, and one king. It is a lot of fun to fish there. But it is weird when you get dropped off on a rock (literally - a rock attached to the side of a mountain) to fish and the boat driver says, see you in a couple of hours. But I woldn't trade it for standing on the shore with 30 other people and casting out trying to catch them with a pole.
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