| Where to fish for salmon or the Chinook or the king | | | | eagles and people on the run up to their spawning |
| salmon. The pacific salmon range from California to | | | | grounds. The decaying fish supply food for the river |
| Alaska. These anadromous species can be found in | | | | or stream organisms which provide food for the fry |
| most pacific coastal waters, streams and rivers that | | | | after the hatch. The fry will spend up to 18 months |
| have a good flow of water and temperature as well | | | | in the river and stream systems before heading out |
| as a suitable habitat for going up to spawn. You will | | | | to sea to repeat the process all over |
| find that they may be as many as three spawns per | | | | Before you fish for salmon you will need to check |
| year, spring ,summer, fall. | | | | the regulations in the area you are planning to fish in |
| The average size of the Chinook can be from 16 to | | | | every area will have different regulations. Time to |
| 20 lb. but you will see larger fish up to 55 lb. taken | | | | fish size limits and the number of the fish you may |
| from the remote areas along the pacific coast .From | | | | keep. State and Provincial Regulations must be |
| BC Alaska you can catch the largest or the Chinook. | | | | followed as the fines can be very large if you get |
| Fish up to 65 lb. which are common have been taken | | | | caught fishing with out the proper license or are out |
| from the coastal areas. | | | | of season. Always check with the regulatory body |
| The Chinook will return to the river in which they | | | | for the area you will be fishing in. Better to have |
| spawned from at the age of 2 to 7 years old. The | | | | what you need than to lose a boat or vehicle or go |
| salmon will travel over 7000 miles at sea to return to | | | | to jail. |
| its spawning grounds. One of the longest river | | | | If fishing in early spring or late summer or in the fall |
| spawns is the 2000 miles battle up the Yukon River | | | | be aware that you may see bears of all sizes after all |
| located in the state of Alaska. | | | | you are fishing in their favorite spot. Give them a |
| With the advancement of man a lot of the smaller | | | | wide berth they are hungry and will protect their |
| streams have been choked of with pollution and silt | | | | territory. Better to play safe than to have a bad |
| from local construction. Some of the streams have | | | | encounter you will lose if you come into contact with |
| been filled in for housing and commercial use. There | | | | a bear. |
| has been a increase of volunteers to clean up the | | | | Trolling from a boat will help you avoid the bears. The |
| streams and repair the gravel spawning grounds. With | | | | down rigger is very popular to get the bait down to |
| some success the salmon have slowly been returning | | | | the level to which the salmon are at. Trolling depth |
| to these devastated areas. | | | | will vary from 10 ft to 150 ft a lead cannon ball from |
| The salmon use solar navigation ,smell, day light and | | | | 2 to 10 lb. will be used .Hootches , and anchovies |
| rain fall to help guide them to the spawning grounds. | | | | work in most location best to check with the local |
| Most need a gravel bed of course gravel to spawn in. | | | | guides to find out what is working on the given days |
| The female will dig out a spot and lay her eggs and | | | | you are fishing. |
| the male will fertilize the eggs with jets of milt. Both | | | | No matter what you fish with or which method you |
| fish die with in days of spawning. | | | | use a Chinook salmon will give you a fight you will not |
| The spawning fish feed many bears ,bird like the | | | | soon forget. |