alaska Salmon fishing
Sport
Fishing For Alaska King Salmon
There is nothing like the feeling of a giant Alaska
King salmon on the end of your line. Your adrenaline
starts pumping while your angry King strips out 100
yards of line in nothing flat. It takes both hands on
the rod to hold your tip up so he doesn't snap
the line.
Finally your experienced salmon fishing guide decides
this monster of a King is not stopping. So he puts
the boat in gear and starts chasing this mad Alaska King
down before you get spooled.
Now, you are finally able to use one of your hands to
start reeling in some of that line that he stripped out.
Kings don't give up easily, though, as they shake their
head back and forth trying to throw the hoo,k and this
one is going to make sure you earn every inch of line
you bring in.
Do you want a fishing experience like this one? Many
of our returning guests at Sitka Point Lodge have that
same experience year after year. We would like the same
for you.
Sitka
Alaska King Salmon
Sitka's King salmon fishery is #1. Just check
out the Alaska Department of Fish & Game website
and look up the amount of rod hours it takes to catch
a King. We have the lowest rod hours in the region. Sitka
is located on Baranof Island with Sitka Sound opening
up to the Pacific Ocean.
Sitka has a year round feeder King population that allows
for a winter commercial troll opening. Sitka also has
a King hatchery that has several thousand returning King
salmon in the early spring. The best time to come for
King salmon on your Alaska fishing vacation would be
the months of May and June.
Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha - Alaska King
Salmon Biology
The Alaska King salmon, also known as (Chinook Salmon)
is the largest fish of all the pacific salmon species.
Which makes it the most sought after salmon in Alaska.
The Alaska state record for a sport caught King salmon
is 97.25 lbs. The largest on record for a commercial
caught King salmon was 126 lbs. in 1949.
Alaska King salmon are described as chrome bright on
the sides with a purplish hue when first caught. They
have irregular spots on their back and usually on both
lobes of the tale and gums are very dark to black.
King salmon are anadromous like all other species of
pacific salmon. Their life begins in fresh water, after
they hatch they spend the majority of their life in the
ocean to feed and grow, and then return to spawn in the
stream system where their life began.
Chinook salmon may become sexually mature from their
second through seventh year of life, this makes the size
range of any spawning run of fish have a large size range.
A four- year-old will probably weigh less than 8 pounds,
while a seven-year-old may exceed 50 pounds. The fish
we catch in Sitka range from 15 to over 50 pounds. Salmon
grow rapidly in the saltwater and can gain up to a pound
a week during the summer season.
Sport Fishing For Alaska Silver Salmon
If you have never experienced the feeding frenzy of
a large school of Alaska silver salmon, then you are
really missing out on something special. Alaskan silvers
are voracious eaters...biting just about anything
you throw at them.
Though silvers are not as heavy and strong as the King
salmon, they can still hold their own. Silver salmon
are the masters at throwing the hook...they leap
several feet out of the water, constantly shaking their
head and darting in all directions.
They will even run straight at the boat faster than
you can reel in the slack, sometimes smacking the side
of the boat. You have to really be on your toes when
everyone on board has a hook up. Even though our professional
salmon fishing guide makes, keeping all your lines from
getting tangled and landing all the salmon seem effortless...it
really is quite a feat. Now it's time to get all
those hooks re-baited and back in the water as quick
as possible while the silvers are still biting. Now that's
how Alaska salmon fishing is suppose to be. So come to
Sitka Point Lodge where salmon fishing is our second
nature.
Oncorhynchus Kisutch - Alaska Silver Salmon Biology
Alaska silver salmon, also known as (Coho Salmon) are
absolutely silver bright while in the ocean and are distinguished
by black spots on the back and upper tail. They have
white to gray gums. Silver salmon usually travel and
feed in large schools which makes them easy to spot with
an electronic fish finder.
Silver salmon average a weight
of about 8 lbs. during the month of July while gaining
about a pound a week through the end of summer and into
the early fall. 12 to 15 lb. silvers are not uncommon
in late August.
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