By: Dustin Slinker Whether you are curing eggs to fish in the Anchorage Bowl or looking to target late season silvers in other Alaska tributaries this egg curing process will help you catch more fish. I use Fire Cure to cure my eggs. The reason I do is when applying it you’ll end up with […]
By: Chris Shaffer It took a mere 15 seconds to catch our first silver salmon out of Valdez and the bite didn’t slow down after. It was reminiscent of several years ago when Tim Bouchard of Valdez Outfitters used our Fire Brine herring to nab easy limits in a few short hours while filming Pautzke […]
By: Chris Shaffer Last year at this time thousands of local anglers and us were frustrated beyond belief as walks along most creeks in the Anchorage Bowl and Turnagain Arm produced few encounters with silvers. This August has been the opposite. The greater Anchorage area is flooded with silvers, which brings up the unthinkable question. […]
By: Dustin Slinker It’s been a bounce back year for silver salmon on Ship Creek. We are coming off the heels of last year where silver salmon were poor in South Central Alaska. Not only is the run size larger than previous years, but the fish are greater in size. It’s been impressive. I think […]
By: Todd Daniels For the last year we’ve been hearing about expected historical low returns of coho in Puget Sound. However, the forecast was wrong and we’re seeing fishable numbers of these feisty silvers in many of our Puget Sound rivers. Fortunately for us living in the Central Puget Sound the decision was made yesterday […]
By: Chris Shaffer August normally brings epic silver fishing in South Central Alaska. We planned a trip months ago in hopes of filming several episodes of Pautzke Outdoors to showcase the state’s phenomenal late season silver salmon runs. However, salmon fishing within two hours of Anchorage is frustrating at best right now. Our guided trip […]
Fishing has been consistent on the Kenai River, but I wouldn’t call it normal. It should be full on second run right now and instead we are seeing a mixture of everything: our first run of silvers is still here, our second run is coming in and there’s still sockeye in the system. The water […]
By: Andy Couch Gary’s bobber disappeared under the water, so he set the hook, and a chrome silver salmon thrashed to the surface. He battled the fish for several minutes, then led it to the net, and our first fish of the day was on the boat. We had already fished 5 prime spots without […]
By: Tim Bouchard Fishing for silvers was terrible out of Valdez last year. However, this season things are back to normal. One of the best silver runs in Alaska is back on track. We’re nearing the peak of our silver run and things are looking good. Meanwhile, it’s been a weird run. The silvers came […]
By: Brian Kelly Silvers are a favorite target of mine during annual trips to Alaska. These wonderful salmon will hit just about any presentation, just not the same one day in and day out. During a trip to the greater Anchorage area, my fishing partner and I hit the silver run at its peak, but […]
