A most gorgeous fish the dollies. Those red colours and pink spots are pure bliss to gaze. The solitude of the pristine scenery, the light of the rainy day…knowing that there are bears and moose around….pure joy of life indeed. How fotunate you guys are to live such a dream. A wonderful video.
Beautiful fish! I've been blessed with being able to fish Alaska my entire life and the biggest dollies that I ever came across were in the kanektok river in Bristol bay. Some beasts in there! ✌️🎣🐻👍
Awesome fish! Nice job! There seems to be a little confusion with the species you were catching. All of the fish that I saw caught were either Artic char or salmon (the last fish). I did not actually see any dolly varden caught.
Seth, thanks for the comment, I appreciate the support. The last fish is a silver salmon but the rest are dollies. Arctic char are lake spawners and dollies are river spawners, all of these fish are moving into the river on their spawning migration and there are no lakes in this part of the system. Additionally the tails, gill rakers, fins, mouths and spotting are all different between the 2 species. For example, arctic char have a forked tail and dollies are more squared. Dollies have a larger mouth with the maxilla extending further behind the eye and typically have a much more pronounced kype. There is a lot of confusion surrounding these 2 species as they are both char and both live in the arctic and people interchange the names frequently. A big part of the confusion comes because dolly varden were once considered trash fish and had a bounty on their heads. Arctic char however have been widely considered prized table fare and so anglers and lodges like to refer to dolly varden as arctic char because it once was considered a more sought after game fish. The famous Tree River has seen this same confusion, the fish have been called arctic char for decades, however a scientific study shows they are actually a hybrid being more than 74% genetically dolly varden, which is why they spawn in the river. If you check out the Film "Seriously North" on the Blue Halo channel you will see the difference between the char in that film versus the dollies in this vlog. I hope this helps clear up any of the confusion. Thanks again for watching and commenting.
Couple of questions. What time of year did y’all go? Was this in Canada or Alaska? And did this trip break the bank or was it pretty doable $$$ wise?? Awesome vid and beautiful fish!
This is in Ak, flights and charter planes make this fairly expensive so I guess it depends on what you consider "doable"? I guide in the area so if you are interested let me know.
Thanks for the response. The fish are dollies, you can tell by the tail, position of the eye compared to the maxilla, shape/size of mouth and the fact that they are moving into the river to spawn. Arctic char spawn in lakes, where dollies spawn in rivers. Thanks for watching, have a great day.
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This fish is officially my dream fish to catch thank you for this amazing video and beautiful experience!!!
Thank you for watching, they really are special fish. If you need helping planning a trip let me know. I also guide trips up there as well.
That painting in the background is nice.
A most gorgeous fish the dollies. Those red colours and pink spots are pure bliss to gaze. The solitude of the pristine scenery, the light of the rainy day…knowing that there are bears and moose around….pure joy of life indeed. How fotunate you guys are to live such a dream. A wonderful video.
Thank you, it was an amazing trip.
This one is my favorite thus far. Especially the sauna part!!! Nicely done!
It was an amazing experience!!!
Beautiful fish! I've been blessed with being able to fish Alaska my entire life and the biggest dollies that I ever came across were in the kanektok river in Bristol bay. Some beasts in there! ✌️🎣🐻👍
Thank you. Bristol Bay area is really special. I love exploring the area. Hopefully you get to spend a lot more time in Alaska!
@@troutacademy The plan is Juneau in July and Kodiak September. If those fish only knew! 🎣👍
Best of luck, have an amazing trip!
Such a beautiful fish one of my dream fishes to catch
Hope you catch one some day!
So glad you started making RUclips content.
Thanks, glad you're enjoying it!
Glad I found this channel! Awesome content! I live in AK and need to get on some beautiful Dollys!
Those are monster dolly. I got to hit those rivers up next year.
I am running guide trips on these rivers if you are interested.
@blackfinflyfishing7789 yes I'm interested. How can I find out more about rates and everything?
@@reeloutdoorscanada shoot me a DM on instagram @derekolthuis or an email, derekolthuis@gmail.com Thanks!
Incredible fishing video.
Thank you!
Awesome fish! Nice job! There seems to be a little confusion with the species you were catching. All of the fish that I saw caught were either Artic char or salmon (the last fish). I did not actually see any dolly varden caught.
Seth, thanks for the comment, I appreciate the support. The last fish is a silver salmon but the rest are dollies. Arctic char are lake spawners and dollies are river spawners, all of these fish are moving into the river on their spawning migration and there are no lakes in this part of the system. Additionally the tails, gill rakers, fins, mouths and spotting are all different between the 2 species. For example, arctic char have a forked tail and dollies are more squared. Dollies have a larger mouth with the maxilla extending further behind the eye and typically have a much more pronounced kype. There is a lot of confusion surrounding these 2 species as they are both char and both live in the arctic and people interchange the names frequently. A big part of the confusion comes because dolly varden were once considered trash fish and had a bounty on their heads. Arctic char however have been widely considered prized table fare and so anglers and lodges like to refer to dolly varden as arctic char because it once was considered a more sought after game fish. The famous Tree River has seen this same confusion, the fish have been called arctic char for decades, however a scientific study shows they are actually a hybrid being more than 74% genetically dolly varden, which is why they spawn in the river. If you check out the Film "Seriously North" on the Blue Halo channel you will see the difference between the char in that film versus the dollies in this vlog. I hope this helps clear up any of the confusion. Thanks again for watching and commenting.
Those are for sure char & not dolly’s
Oh man that looks like an epic trip. One for the books, eh? though... it's fact that noise attracts bears... just sayin'
Hey Can you Tell us please where it Was ? Looks all so beautiful there. This Arctic Char amazing
Thanks for the comment. This was in AK
Awesome video
perfection.
awesome video
Thank you
Couple of questions. What time of year did y’all go? Was this in Canada or Alaska? And did this trip break the bank or was it pretty doable $$$ wise?? Awesome vid and beautiful fish!
They say about three times it’s Alaska
Wonder if this is a wulik river tributary or wulik river or which river?
This is in Ak, flights and charter planes make this fairly expensive so I guess it depends on what you consider "doable"? I guide in the area so if you are interested let me know.
Nice video dude! What did you take that northern light time lapse with.
Thank you, the time-lapse was sone with a canon 6d.
Would have been nice to see what fly you were using....
Just trout streamers for the most part and a few salmon flies in bright colors. Thanks, something to consider in the future.
so ready
Go get it done!
Is that wuluk? The kelly? Or kuug? I know it’s unit 23
Just day here in Alaska! Simple!
This was a good one
Much appreciated homie!
Those are Arctic char not Dolly garden trout
Thanks for the response. The fish are dollies, you can tell by the tail, position of the eye compared to the maxilla, shape/size of mouth and the fact that they are moving into the river to spawn. Arctic char spawn in lakes, where dollies spawn in rivers. Thanks for watching, have a great day.
Where was this?
Looks like unit 23 noatak out of kotzebue looks like they flew upper kelly river
More fishing, less goofing off. Please.
Прикольно. Но только - в туда потусовать пойдя, нужно брать - актомат, нормальный нож, тАпорик, жрачки и воды - хуеву кучу (чтобы - если не наловишь ...) и медикаментов, средства связи, ... = на... - оно надо, Чем - не все успокояцца!!!!
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