How to catch a king salmon at Ship Creek in downtown Anchorage, Alaska

It's the first salmon run of the season at Ship Creek in downtown Anchorage and it's time to get out your rod and land a fish. Here's what you'll need to slay your first king.
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[@keithlovett6209]

Thank you. Best video I’ve seen yet !

[@annreplogle7401]

Thanks for sharing this. My son and I are up here right now with family friends and plan to fish either Ship, or Bird Creek tomorrow and the next day! Caught a nice 16 pounder in Whittier yesterday. Silver, that is.

[@TheKentuckyWoodsman]

Great info! I would love to do this one day.

[@damienbell3155]

Hey ended up with 1. Nice. Great video

[@serafimfilms2412]

Nice video! Hope to stop and do some fishing in early June. You think they might come early this year?

[@bigpardner]

This is my idea of fishing, the guiet, the solitude, being at one with nature.

[@beebop9808]

Wow 1 fish. Hope your populations come back however they need to. Commercial fishing I imagine? I've had a blast going up to Michigan in the fall and hitting the King run out of the lake. I don't know what their limits are there but it's more than one. Maybe 3 or so? I've never kept any of them. I'm a picky fish eater and salmon isn't on my list. They are definitely on my fun catch list though!

[@SaneAsylum]

if you tie that fishermen's knot on a bight (line doubled over itself) it will dramatically increase the breaking strength of the knot on lines over 12lbs or so. Doing so, my line never breaks at the knot.

[@unaverage_6669]

I Hooked up a huge one yesterday, but it snapped off where I tied my hook.

[@RaisedinAlaska]

Well done.

[@Kdawg101]

How are you supposed to measure potential jacks if you can't take fish out of the water? Strange rules.

[@Toolbox138]

lol my mom used to work across the street at hobbs

[@squamishfish]

Is it single Barbless Hooks in Alaska? it is in British Columbia for all rivers and Ocean

[@Stormvue]

Depends on where you're fishing. In ship creek you're allowed to use 2 hooks with barbs.

[@sdpy15]

BC has single barbless hooks in all rivers/creeks and if you are fishing for salmon.

[@EATSLEEPJD]

Do you need specific licence in Alaska? You cant come up from Texas with a licence here right.

[@michaelteague9230]

You are correct. You can go online and get a non-resident license and king stamp.

[@CalvinGill-s6d]

Can Immigrants fish in Alaska?

[@andyfam5613]

Don't be like me and lose fish. If you use the bobber method. Don't set the hook until it goes under. The fish will normally play with it first before taking a bite

[@stevet8121]

Be sure to buy a license or you could be up Ship Creek.

[@Flawlesssed]

Can you catch a unlimited amount of jacks

[@thereelalaska]

You can keep 10 Jacks but it’s very uncommon

[@adammiller4879]

Good video, but I never understand why people use such heavy line for salmon, I used medium action rods with 8 lb test for both kings and steelhead and iv never broke off a fish

[@BlackJackGSD]

+Adam Miller One of the reason is people density, you really don't have room play a fish at ship creek, you have to horse the fish in or your going to be in a tangled mess.

[@adammiller4879]

+BlackJackGSD that makes a lot more sense to me now

[@mikevrabel5349]

+Adam Miller 8 lb for Kings, LMAO!

[@adammiller4879]

+Chris Sharpe yeah, just about everyone I know doesn't go higher than 10lb test unless fishing chocolate milk water with fast current.

[@mikevrabel5349]

In Alaska, Ive never known anyone to not use at least 20 lb test for Kings. I sure as hell don't want no 8 lb if I hook a 30+lber.

[@pondybro]

please go back through your loop after the knot shown at 1.30-1.50. YOu will lose fish otherwise

[@tristannyman1318]

Not true. I've caught plenty of kings at ship creek using just a clinch knot; an improved clinch is not necessary.

[@Re3iRtH]

Tristan Nyman Do you know which part of ship creek is displayed in the video? I went end of May and it seemed like most of the creek was off limits.

[@bskr2096]

I need salomon bro, send ship to me

[@FennessyMusic]

This guys hands are shaking because everyone else is fishing and he literally exploding to cast out

[@richardwilliams8248]

That’s too much shit, just tie one a vibrax spinner.

[@leeleschper8263]

G

[@PatrickCha13]

Noobs