This isn’t typically the type of fishing I prefer, working with bait and sinkers the size of my big toe, but then these are kings-and kings tend to make the rules. It’s my first king of the year, a 25-pound chrome hen that scratches more than one of the itches that develop over the course of an Alaska winter. Near the outlet of Crooked Creek, at the edge of the line between glacial and clear, the rig goes down and stays down. Drop.īack-bouncing through one hole, then another, then through a long riffle, we make our way down the Kasilof as the early-summer sun burns through and the day begins to take a bluebird shape. The labor is rhythmic-lift the weight, set it down. I had a 29 Chinook that fought far harder than the 39. 8' lemon/green crank working fine for me with 25lb fluoro.Set against a carrot-colored dawn, snappish morning air pulls fog from the river, punctuating an angler’s silence: less babble than burble, current breaking over boulders and gravel bars and lapping against the boat, oars at work. You want at least a Loki and associated suitable reel and line. Great fun, I highly recommend trying it for the few quid it costs for a 24 hour pass.īe warned though, your Jigwinner will not cut it. I have had Chinook to 39 despite not knowing anything about the place, doing what I do irl and having a cast per step working my way downstream. I didn't go there in search of the unique 70+ Chinook or to discover all its secrets just yet, just wanted to see what it was like having such a large variety of fish willing to take the same type of lure. So much fun just wandering the river with crankbaits catching different types of salmon. So out of curiousity I bought a 24 hour pass for Alaska because I'm only level 30.
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