![]() Expect fewer locations to choose from that have these early runs of fish. Each high tide brings fish in and the run counts continue to climb. The fishing only gets better as the month of June progresses. Although run of king salmon have declined in today’s fisheries, there are still a few hidden gems to explore, both on the road system, and from the float plane. Kings and early sockeye are the first species to enter our rivers. Summer’s first full month marks the beginning of the salmon migration. Although run times still vary from river to river, we can pin down a few general patterns that will help you maximize your fishing adventures. In order to make sense of this complex web of fin and tail, lets focus our efforts on the epicenter of most salmon fishing in Alaska, the famous Kenai Peninsula. ![]() To make this all the more complicated, each river is unique in when this orchestra begins. Once in freshwater, they spread out and begin to locate the place of their birth. Each species has its own time to leave the ocean’s depths and “run” into our many rivers. ![]() The migration of salmon during the Alaskan summer, is a masterful symphony of nature. Regardless of species, all Pacific salmon live their lives in the ocean and then come into the freshwater rivers of Alaska to spawn and then die. Some rivers may have only one of the five that swim up it each summer to spawn. Even though they all grow up and use Alaskan rivers to spawn, not every river has all 5 species. The Sockeye (Red salmon), the Silver Salmon (Coho), the King Salmon (Chinook), the Pink (humpy salmon), and the Chum (Dog salmon). There are 5 species of pacific salmon, and they all live here in Alaska.
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