Alaskan Salmon Fishing Guide Tips and Tricks

November 18, 2010 Leave a comment

Alaskan Salmon Fishing Guide Tips and Tricks

By Jack Bendega

Many tips and tricks you need to know when fishing in Alaska. Check out local fisherman for up date information

Alaskan Salmon Fishing Guide mostly work for Alaska Department of Fishing and they will tell you exactly when the fish is run, abundant, what the seasons for different of salmon type.

Salmon fishing guide is recommend if you visit Alaska for the first time even though cost you bit more. They will show you the latest tricks, techniques, and tips for catching king salmon.

Fishing guide will giving crash lesson on board and hook the bait for you and will telling the specific species that run on the particular spot. You will ready to hook out on your own if you have familiar with spots area and mastered the techniques used.

Chinook guided fishing trip mainly is about $150 and up for river fishing and the entire rod set up will provide by guide. You will need to make reservation when you choose to fish in most popular fishing spot like the Kenai Peninsula.

Chinook also known as Tyee, springs, Tule is the largest salmon between the others species that run in Alaskan water, weighing is from 20 to 40 pounds. Moreover, the world largest record is 97.4 pound under les Anderson named.

Here is some salmon-fishing guide to improve your change to catch Chinook salmon.

1. the selection of bait or lures is largely depend on temperature, water conditions and clarity or cloudiness of water where you going to fish and king salmon usually move closer to the shore during spring time.

2. Before the dark or during the early hours of dawn is the ideal time for catching Chinook salmon and during the king salmon fishing season there is daylight throughout the twenty-four hours.

3. Herring attractors or herring as baits usually used for trolling in Deep Ocean. Trolling speed is depending on the tide of water. When high tide, trolling line should be longer as well as the speed will increase. Downriggers are typically used to discover which depths of the salmon are feeding.
4. Tactics for shore fishing is slightly different; to irritate and attract the salmon attention, use large spoon and heavier weight to “bounce” off the bottom.

The popular lures for Chinook include, Kwikfish, wiggle warts, flatfish, egg clusters, t-spoons, spinners and tadpoles. Again all lures are depends on water conditions, tides, and other factor that can influence of lures use.

If you are new or just, want to have the thrill of Chinook fishing experience, its advice to hire expert salmon fishing guide.

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