Fly Fishing - Alaska Pink Salmon Fishing Trip And One Bear

KodiakCommando · Location: Kodiak, Alaska

Man oh man it was good to get out fishing today because i have not been out for a week and a half! Any way i went fishing for pinks salmon at the buskin river which is a 8 mile long river that comes out of a big lake, the river is about 20 feet wide on average and gets about 80, 000 pinks a year and last year it got 120,000 pinks. It's quite a site to see a river that small clogged with 10,00 4 to 8 pounds salmon per mile Shocked

I went to my favorite hole and one of the few river spots i enjoy because most of the pinks are still chrome and because buskin fish are big, about 4 pound average with plenty of 5 to 8 pounders. The river was real low so i had to be sneaky and i just dead drifted a clauser and watch 12 fish in an hour come and hit it. I was setting the hook purely on sight, no feel involved. Because the fish were still chrome they had plenty of power for my 5 weight especially 3 fish that took me into my backing which is vere impressive since they don't have much water to work with.

After the last fish a guy with a camer notified a bear was coming. So i left the river but took some pictures of the bear that i have seen a lot. Unfortunately for the bear it's getting way to used to people so it may be a dead bear soon.

All the Grayish blue spots on the far side of the river are pink salmon

A nice chrome female that took me into my backing

The bear fishing

The bear with a fish he caught

jeremy · Location: Portland, Maine

wow...i would certainly give up my run to him every time...if he wants to fish there....i will gladly reel up...put my fly on the cork and RUN!!!!....(i know your not supposed to run...but i would still RUN!)