Silver Salmon Fishing in Alaska | Kingfisher Lodge

Silver Salmon Fishing in Alaska

Silver salmon fishing at Alaska’s fishing lodge, Kingfisher Lodge in Craig, Alaska is an ideal Alaska adventure trip for first-timers or experienced fisherman. At Kingfisher Lodge, your Alaskan fishing guide, will usually make salmon fishing the first order of the day, allowing members of his daily fishing expeditions to max out on their daily Silver salmon quota, before moving on to other species, like halibut, ling cod , red snapper, black bass or other rock fish.

Silver salmon here in Alaskan waters are in their prime and are the acrobats of the North Pacific Ocean. Showing up in early June at about 5 pounds they continue to grow in numbers and size until the first of August when they are reaching a 8 to 9 pound average with some up in the mid teens and the largest up around 20 pounds, and it is then you question weather or not you have a King salmon on. Many times we have been fooled thinking they were Kings by their strength and length of fight.

Silver salmon are caught with the same gear and technique that Alaska King Salmon are caught. Loomis rods, shimano reels, with 6’ leader and 3/0 hooks, cut plug herring with a nice roll will produce your limits of silver’s. Mooching is the preferred method used at Kingfisher Lodge with excellent results. Silvers can be caught as deep as 300’ to as shallow as the surface, so mooching makes the most sense and with the thrill of feeling the bite and having the ability to hook the fish when sometimes they are not on the bite makes a very satisfying experience. Guests who fish using the mooching method seldom want to go back to trolling.

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