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Alaska Salmon – Fishing On The Chena River

Introduction

When I retired in 2003, my wife and I bought a log home on the Chena River in North Pole, Alaska, which is about 15 miles south of Fairbanks, Alaska. I did not realize it, but once a year, from about July 10th to the end of the month, King Salmon migrate up the river to their spawning grounds.

Migration Route

The salmon enter the Yukon River during the month of May. They swim up the Yukon and make a sharp right turn on the Tanana River. They swim up this river till they get to the Chena River, which they will swim up till they get to their spawning grounds.

Total length of the journey is over 1000 miles. During this journey they eat nothing but live off their stored fat.

By the time they get to my home, they weigh an average of 30 to 35 pounds.

I have no proof of this, but I was told that the King Salmon swim on one side of the river, while the Silver Salmon swim on the other side, on their journey to the Salcha River.

Catching Salmon

Since the salmon do not eat on their journey to their spawning grounds, catching them is a little difficult. There were two methods that I learned how to get these babies to bite.

Salmon Eggs- My neighbor taught me to take salmon eggs from the females I caught and “cook them”. This hardens the eggs allowing them to be able to be placed on a hook. The salmon will bite on these eggs because, I was told, they are not their eggs and they only want their eggs to survive.
Jitter Bugs- Another method used is an artificial lure called a “Jitter Bug”. You can use this by either casting and reeling back in, or if you are in a boat, place the lure downstream of your boat and let the lure float in the river near the river bottom. The reason the salmon bite at this lure is that it makes them made to see this jittering around near them.

The limit on how many you can catch varies but it starts off at two per day. When the required amount of salmon get past the weir, entrance to the spawning ground, then the limit could be raised to more. The highest I ever saw it was seven per day.

Eating Your Catch

After swimming for over a thousand miles, and being just miles away from their spawning grounds, these fish are pretty well beat up. Some people will grill the steaks, but I that found they are best eaten when smoked.

Wonderful Fishing Tips in brazil river

Are you sick of leaving the lake empty handed? There’s nothing more frustrating than fishing all day and not even catching a cold.

I know what it’s like. When I first started fishing in 2007, I didn’t catch anything for the first few months.

I shouldn’t say I didn’t catch anything. I caught a few small sunfish here and there and even landed a sickly looking catfish once!

I almost gave up. The only thing that stopped me was the fact that I found it so relaxing and it was really one of the few chances I had to be alone and think.

I desperately wanted to catch fish. Specifically, I wanted to catch largemouth bass. These fish can get so big and wild that catching them is extremely fun.

Then something happened! I met an older gentleman at one of the local fishing holes and we hit it off.

Before I knew it, he was spilling his guts and teaching me tons of secrets he learned in his 40+ years of fishing.

Do you want to know a couple of the best tips he gave me? Good, because I’m about to share them with you.

Here are two great tips that will definitely help you to catch some huge largemouth bass:

1.

Fish Plastic Worms Extremely Slow – This is something I never would have learned on my own. Lots of people think that the only way to catch big bass is to wiggle and jerk their plastic baits and make noise in the water. The truth is that the real big bass often feed deeper and move slower. Reeling in a plastic worm very slow and close to the bottom can produce some monster bass!

2. Don’t Try To Fool The Fish With Flashy Lures – Every time I shop for tackle, I see all of these bright yellow and orange lures. Guess what? It’s nothing more than a marketing tactic. The lures are actually made to catch the eye of the shopper, not the fish! For best results, fish with silver, gray, and darker colored lures. Lures that resemble small baitfish and insects work best. Huge bass have lived long enough to get that big because they are smart. You aren’t going to fool them with a multi-colored lure.

Sometimes the best fishing advice doesn’t come from books, it comes from those with experience.