Rod to table - Alaska Coho


 
Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

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We spent a couple of weeks in Alaska hiking and fishing - We fished off of Seward in the ocean for coho and rockfish and on the Lower Kenai River for Sockeye - We got lucky with our timing and caught a lot of fish - Here's Doris with a coho -

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...some of our Sockeye:

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We had an Airbnb in Cooper Landing that we used as our basecamp - The Weber Spirit available to cook on:

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Couple of filets ready to go on....

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cooking:

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dinner served! We went with 2 other couples - each couple came home with over 50 lbs of filets! Not too shabby in my book.....

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50 pounds is an insane score too.......did you specifically go to do the fishing to bring home fish or was it more touristy to see some of Alaska?
I am currently buying " wild caught " salmon and I go get some about once a month.....they had the copper river salmon but it only is available for about 2 months of the year.....apparently the best of the best....I still have a bit and it is indeed insanely good. It started priced at over $45 per pound but I picked it up later in the season for about $32 I think it was.....so it's pretty expensive.....but now I am getting wild caught British Columbia Sockeye I think it is......and that is coming in to me in fillets just like your picture and the price on that stuff is still $29 per pound.
Looks great and tastes great....we eat a healthy serving of that weekly.
 
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Darryl - swazies said:
.......did you specifically go to do the fishing to bring home fish or was it more touristy to see some of Alaska?
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We went primarily to fish and hike - Denali Park is amazing - we did do a couple of touristy things - Went to a sled dog camp - which was actually pretty cool and interesting in its own right.,... got to play with the dogs.

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Copper River salmon is good! They also do a fantastic job marketing it, which helps them with charging a premium for it - Traditionally the first catch of the season is marked up. I think the King this year was around 80 bucks a pound , but then dropped to the 50's - That's a little rich for my blood, but the Copper River Coho and Sockeye are good and little more affordable. We usually buy it a couple of times a year , but there is so much good NW salmon from other places including BC for sure! Even the farm raised stuff is beginning to catch up a bit in quality.
 
What an impressive holiday.
Fishing and hiking in Alaska is about as good as it gets.

That fish has a taste of all its own.
For me the taste of fresh wild caught salmon is similar to a good steak.

Were you happy with the accommodations up there?
Could you share any tips with us on how to plan a nice fishing trip like this up there like what months are better than others and such?
Thank you.
 
Beautiful views, fish and plate food.

BTW: we have the same phone cases as Doris. Just spent a week in the Exumas, and my youngest in particular took some great footage with his phone in it - even underwater.
 
AndyK said:
Were you happy with the accommodations up there?
Could you share any tips with us on how to plan a nice fishing trip like this up there like what months are better than others and such?
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our accommodations where a bit hit and miss. We had a nice AirbnB in Fairbanks and nice one in Cooper Landing. The other two in Healy and Talkeetna were so-so, but worked out fine. Our Airbnb pro-tip is try to view the property via Google Maps so you can can see it from street level - This way you can see how close the neighbors are and what's next to you.... Are far as fishing, I'm no pro and it depends what what you're going for, but from what I understand the last 2 weeks in July are typically a good time to go - also for guided stuff, plan in advance - we had booked most of our stuff early in the year.
 
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