Introduction Anglers often ask whether a tide has a reliable “sweet spot” for catching salmon and whether the adage about the best hour being the hour before or after tide change holds true. This post summarizes a 2025 field test that tracked catches...
New Salmon Lures The good news is that Scent Striker is preparing to release new salmon lures for the 2025 season! Their debut will be at the Winter Market on December 13-14, 2024, in Juneau, Alaska. We are particularly excited about one of the new Vortaks options....
The Mendenhall River during inspirational times. The Beginning Fishing and life are not always upward – success upon success. Sometimes, your favorite salmon river attempts a knockdown for the ten count. The question becomes, what do we do when we are on the mat? This...
Fish behavior and understanding how fish think and act, is a common question among Alaska fishing enthusiasts. We often ask ourselves why salmon, halibut, or whatever fish species we are after behave as they do. Many questions occupy our thinking while in pursuit of...
No Bites An occasional fish arch at forty feet prompted one line with a herring and two green Scent Strikers loaded with fish attractant at that depth. Another line was at ninety feet looking for a king salmon. It was trolling a herring with a single black Scent...
The action was slow, no hook-ups yet. Looking across Lynn Canal, the thought of a school of Silvers lurking somewhere close seemed likely. After all, millions of salmon must come through this major Inside Passage artery to connect to their native stream in northern...
