6-24-12
Had sourdough bread for breakfast –
and headed to Squirrel Creek around 8:00.
We stopped at the Klutina river to check on fishing and as we were
crossing the bridge, I saw someone catch a fish, so we thought that a good
sign… and stopped.
Several people were lined up
fishing, so we decided to join them.
There was a man there that had several bags of salmon, I would guess, 5
Wal-Mart bags full, and later we saw him catching a salmon about every 4 minutes! We all had on waders, and he had on shorts
and a t-shirt, so obviously a local. We
left to go find the campground and chatted with him for a bit about what he was
doing. He gave us some tips and said you
have to line the hook up in the salmon’s mouth and then snag them… which would
be easier if I could see them, but we will be back this afternoon to try his
techniques…
Squirrel creek is very pretty, not
many people here and we were able to get a spot right on the creek, which if
flowing pretty fast, and I think is high…
Went back and tried the dude’s
techniques, the fish do not currently have to worry about me, but it is surreal
casting out a large empty hook – just seems wrong is someway… but that is what
you do.. We fished till 9:00 p.m. and decided
to call it a day. I got a little bored and just started looking for last tackle
– found several sinkers, and hooks, and we needed them so that was cool ; )
We will head to Valdez tomorrow and
see if the river goes down a bit.
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