First Catch of the Season!

Dolly Varden

First update on fishing to report!  I caught 6 Dolly Varden last week while on my lunch breaks.  They love to follow the salmon in from the open waters.  Dolly will often bite on spoons or anything shiny.  The largest Dolly I caught was 6 pounds with an average of 5 pounds.  I was using my small trout rod with a 5 pound test line and a Krokadile lure pictured on the right.  On average I would spend about 30-40 minutes per day before I would catch my limit of Dolly that I would want to keep.

King Salmon

This past weekend I spent a few hours fishing for king salmon.  My friend and I came away empty handed but a gentleman not more than 10 feet away from me caught a 35 pound king on a pink flying-C.  He claims to have spent around 150-170 hours of rod time before he finally caught his king.  I don't have enough time to spend 170 hours in the amount of time we have to catch the run.  I will however be going back to Sitka this summer to catch kings there.

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