Alaska Trip #17... Day 1,2,3, + abridged 4,5...

[Steve-O]

Only a couple of pics....full report much later.

Day one due to my late arrival and two hours of daylight to fish....only 5 were landed. 15 jacks were  caught and released. Lost a bunch of decent ones from their acrobatics.

Day two...limited in a couple hours. Going shore fishing on the saltwater for Sole and Rockfish. A big blow is keeping me off the kayak over the next day or so. Plan B. Land fishing.

[alantani]

nice looking fish! 

[Tightlines667]

Nice!  Now you are getting me excited.

[Dominick]

nice looking fish! 

A little respect here.  Nice looking SalmonThe king of fishes.  Dominick

[thorhammer]

Good job, Steve! Plank em and smoke em!!!!!!!!!!!!


J

[Shark Hunter]

Looking Good Steve-O!

[Keta]

nice looking fish! 

A little respect here.  Nice looking SalmonThe king of fishes.  Dominick

That would be Atlantic salmon, these fish are fish, and nice.

[steelfish]

Salmon... its whats for dinner



Guys that have fished on Alaska, have you ever caught or heard about a white salmon?
I have a friend that fishes Alaska each year for the last 20 years and on winter stays on this city (baja) for 6 months, last time he told me about those while salmon and told me that he never eat them, but this time he will bring me some of those if he catch one, he normally fish on augusto or early sept.
his name is Howard Bronson, maybe you have meet him, hes 70 years old.

[Keta]

Guys that have fished on Alaska, have you ever caught or heard about a white salmon?

Yes, they are white king salmon, about 1 in 20 kings are white.  It's caused by a genetic defect that does not let them absorb the color from krill that gives "normal" kings their color.  White Chinook (a king by another name) also show up in the Columbia River.   We did a blind taste test and the results were that there is not much difference, both eat good.

[thorhammer]

At risk of personal evisceration, having eaten fresh Alaskan salmon, though while VERY tasty, is to be used for cut bait if Hognose Snapper are eating it. There I said it....

[Keta]

At risk of personal evisceration, having eaten fresh Alaskan salmon, though while VERY tasty, is to be used for cut bait if Hognose Snapper are eating it. There I said it....

What kind of Pacific salmon and was it from a short or long system?   A long system sockeye or springer (a spring run Chinook) are far better than a short system fish.  Sea slugs (pink salmon) don't eat that good.

[steelfish]

Guys that have fished on Alaska, have you ever caught or heard about a white salmon?

Yes, they are white king salmon, about 1 in 20 kings are white.  It's caused by a genetic defect that does not let them absorb the color from krill that gives "normal" kings their color.  White Chinook (a king by another name) also show up in the Columbia River.   We did a blind taste test and the results were that there is not much difference, both eat good.

thanks Keta

[thorhammer]

At risk of personal evisceration, having eaten fresh Alaskan salmon, though while VERY tasty, is to be used for cut bait if Hognose Snapper are eating it. There I said it....

What kind of Pacific salmon and was it from a short or long system?   A long system sockeye or springer (a spring run Chinook) are far better than a short system fish.  Sea slugs (pink salmon) don't eat that good.

Silver from Alaska. Though may be different level from Sockeye or Chinook, cant say I've had that. But I can tell you, down here we sell the grouper and keep the hognose...

I'm just busting on Steve cause he used to live 20 miles from me 

John

[Alto Mare]

Looking good, Steve ...

[Keta]

Silver from Alaska. Though may be different level from Sockeye or Chinook, cant say I've had that. But I can tell you, down here we sell the grouper and keep the hognose...

I'm just busting on Steve cause he used to live 20 miles from me  

John

Silver is coho, not bad for salmon but it's no sockeye.  Salmon should be consumed as soon as they are killed as possible.