salmon fishing in Ketchikan, Alaska (pics)

[jig fish]

spent 2 weeks in k-town visiting friend and had a great time. our friends that live up there have a bunch of boats and they let me take out a nice 17ft, lund skiff with down riggers and everything whenever i wanted so that was awesome. the silver (coho) salmon where running in full force and man, are those a fun fish to catch. they really put on a show. i didn't get any kings but it was WFO on cohos in the mornings and evenings. you could also catch all the pink salmon (humpys) you wanted casting a pixie spoon or a kastmaster. all cohos where caught either on a green hoochie with a strip of salted herring or a plug cut herring fished from 30-60 feet on the down rigger. i also did some trout fishing and caught tons of rainbows, dollys and cutthroats...went jigging for halibut a few times and caught fish up to 25 lbs, nothing special. no pics of the trout or halibut.

my biggest coho of the trip
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caught this one right at dark
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back of the skiff :Twisted::Twisted:
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typical morning
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the private dock on the left belongs to our friends. it was nice having our own cleaning station
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[pupfish]

Thanks for sharing, those pictures brought back great memories. It has been about 5 years since my last trip to southeast. Those silvers are a blast!

[cappo]

Nice going out there. Are you still workin in redondo? Havent been out there with the guys in a bit.

[Trout-Slayer77]

Jig Fish, looks like a awesome trip, way to go on the coho dude ! thanks for the report !

[jig fish]

Nice going out there. Are you still workin in redondo? Havent been out there with the guys in a bit.

yeah ive been hanging out with jimmy on the tradition. you should come out before the summer is over.

[Jackpot Jimmy]

Nice report John. I've always wanted to try the fishing up there, but the lodges are way too expensive. Did you try fly fishing for the trout?

[Sac au Lait]

Hey I've tied up to the dock your looking right at. Knudsen cove. Does your friend know Dick and Peggy Reid?? They also own Rose's caboose cafe on tongass hwy just north of the airport.

[DocSpotty]

Looks like a great fishing trip from my home here in Alaska.....nice pictures too. Besides the silvers and pinks in picture 4 and 6 there is also 1 chum salmon there (bottom of pic 4, top of pic 6). So if you're keeping count on species caught there is one more.