Headed down to Seward, Alaska to fish for sockeye salmon in Resurrection River. I met up with a few friends and we were fortunate enough to find some fish.
Sockeye salmon (Reds) do not bite once that switch has flipped in their brain and they return to the fresh water. While there is always an exception to the rule, they don't bite with any regularity. The one caveat to that would be if you are plugging at one of their spawning sites. The only spot that I know where this is done frequently is where Skilak Lake empties into the middle Kenai. When they strike the lure (typically a kwikfish) it is done to protect their beds, not to feed. Since this is the case the color is irrelevant. If your comment was to imply that you can drift a yellow or orange fly down the river and the sockeye will bite it than that is factually not correct and you are leading people astray. I'll let you keep "fishing" for them. It's going to be a mighty lean winter with how many sockeye you will be able to put in the freezer 😂
I wouldn't say it is more challenging. You just have to remember the further upstream you go the more hooks from other fisherman the fish need to make it by. You also can only go upstream so far (there are signs saying you can't snag past a certain point).
besides fewer making through the gauntlet of flying hooks, sometimes areas upstream have less and less water which makes it not as productive. In Alaska, snagging is only legal in saltwater, too far inland and you'll be 100% fresh.
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Good video, nice catches!!
That is snagging not fishing. Even reds bite if you get a decent drift. They like yellow and orange in case you decide to fish for them next time.
Sockeye salmon (Reds) do not bite once that switch has flipped in their brain and they return to the fresh water. While there is always an exception to the rule, they don't bite with any regularity. The one caveat to that would be if you are plugging at one of their spawning sites. The only spot that I know where this is done frequently is where Skilak Lake empties into the middle Kenai. When they strike the lure (typically a kwikfish) it is done to protect their beds, not to feed. Since this is the case the color is irrelevant.
If your comment was to imply that you can drift a yellow or orange fly down the river and the sockeye will bite it than that is factually not correct and you are leading people astray.
I'll let you keep "fishing" for them. It's going to be a mighty lean winter with how many sockeye you will be able to put in the freezer 😂
11:07, there are quite a few people downstream but only a few upstream. Is it more challenging to catch one upstream?
I wouldn't say it is more challenging. You just have to remember the further upstream you go the more hooks from other fisherman the fish need to make it by. You also can only go upstream so far (there are signs saying you can't snag past a certain point).
besides fewer making through the gauntlet of flying hooks, sometimes areas upstream have less and less water which makes it not as productive.
In Alaska, snagging is only legal in saltwater, too far inland and you'll be 100% fresh.
that's not fishing; that's snagging.