1. FISHING SOUTHEAST ALASKA Salmon
Crew
Adm Nan
Capt Cal
Adm Reid
Capt Barkley

2. Run Timing Alaska DFG Website
KINGS: May-June-July
COHO: July-Aug-Sept
PINKS: June-July-Aug

3. Current and Tide Tables Sunrise and Sunset
Currents: Flood and Ebb
Salmon avoid high current
Fish 2 hours before High Slack (Flood)
1 hour before Low Slack (Ebb)
Sunrise Best
1 Hour before Sunset
Salmon move deeper as
sun rises
NETWORKING

4. Ledges-Points-Back Eddies

5. Foods of King, Coho, Pink Salmon
Anchovy 4-7 inches, appear as dark balls on sonar in upper water column
Herring 2-5 inches, mid to upper water column.
Sand Lance 2-10 inches
(Needlefish) Haystack look near bottom sandy bottom

6. SABIKI Herring Jigs Live Herring Bait Jigs Light wt rod and Line
2 oz wt

7. Salmon Fishing Methods
TROLLING –Searching Horizontal
Downriggers
Alternate weight systems -- w/o Downrigger
Divers
Slider weights ON main line
Fixed weights IN LINE on main line
MOOCHING --Vertical
DRIFT JIGGING -- Vertical

8. Trolling W/O Downrigger (Terminal Gear same as D/R)
Divers: Luhr Jenson-Deep Six
Alternate weight system 1) Slider Weights on main Line
Alternate weight system 2) Fixed Crescent Weights in main Line

9. Flashers 11”and 8”

10. Lurh Jenson Deep Six Fish Flash and Apex Lure

11. TERMINAL GEAR (Except Drift Jigging)
Typical Terminal Gear: Bait, Hootchie, Spoon, Flasher, and Leader.
Note: Hootchies need Flashers

12. Other Terminal Gear SPOONS and APEX LURES
SPOONS- Leader tied directly to split ring-swivel on main line
APEX LURES- Note: Bead chain swivel tied directly to main line

13. Fly Rod and Reel or Conventional Rod and Reel
MOOCHING Drifting-Anchored-Motor(slowly) Herring, Cut Plug, Strip, Whole
Fly Rod and Reel or Conventional Rod and Reel

14. Cut Plug Herring

15. DRIFT FISHING Jigging Lures
Drift fishing for Salmon is a Basic and Family oriented method with light weight tackle.

16. DRIFT FISHING Buzz Bombs

17. Drift Jigs Buzz Bomb Size and Action: Most Important
Color: Match the Hatch or
White and Silver
Size:
May/June:2.5-3” 25-30g 1oz
July/Aug: 3-3.5” 40g oz
Sept. : ” 60g oz

18. Additional Gear: Landing Net-Large Bonker Measuring Device Pliers
Filet Knife(for Bait and bleeding out catch)
License, AK Fishing Regs.
SAFETY GEAR

19. TIGHT LINES AND HAVE FUN
Let’s go Fishing
Captain Barkley
Admiral Reid
TIGHT LINES AND HAVE FUN
Thank You