Russian River Salmon Fishing in Cooper Landing, Alaska.

[@andrewneilson3214]

That looks awesome!!! thx for sharing!!

[@joshuagauthier6757]

U guys make good videos

[@AlaskaLivingToday]

Thanks Joshua! We are going to have a lot of videos this year. They should get even better.

[@ПавелМихайлов-в1л]

What area of ​​the campsite did you fish in? Thank you

[@AlaskaLivingToday]

I was parked in the “grayling” parking lot and then walked down river from the river access point there.

[@the_clueless_traveller]

Hey nice video! I’m heading over with my dad from australia next year, he’s got Parkinson’s so can’t go on any big treks - just wondering how far from the Grayling carpark down to the confluence? Thanks and great video!

[@AlaskaLivingToday]

It's a bit of a walk from the Grayling Carpark, about a half a mile (0.8km). You also have to go up/down a significant amount of stairs to get down to the water from that carpark. Here is a link to the Russian River Campground page. You will see a link to the map under the cost for entrance information. www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/chugach/recarea/?recid=6647 You might want to consider driving down to the Russian River Ferry and crossing there. It's just a little bit below the confluence, but the walking would be much less and more manageable. It is great fishing at that location as soon as you get across the river on the ferry. alaskarm.com/russian-river-ferry/

[@davidlacroix6769]

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. Why the low limit of three? Is it because of the time of year?

[@AlaskaLivingToday]

It always starts out at 3 on the Russian and Kenai rivers. Once they get a gauge of how strong the run is, and they get closer to their escapement goals, they will raise the limit accordingly. They ended up raising it to 6 about 4 days after we fished and yesterday they raised it to 9. Very strong first run this year.

[@davidlacroix6769]

@@AlaskaLivingToday Thanks

[@marmaduke0262]

What kind of fly or bead do you use?

[@AlaskaLivingToday]

I tie my own flies for this, but you can also buy ones that are made for the Russian River at most Alaskan sporting goods stores. You can see the fly that I tie and my overall setup in my tutorial video kzbin.info/www/bejne/npbKnaR_bcyGqLc

[@bryanmiears6768]

Making a trip from Texas from July 24th-29th and staying in Coopers Landing. Can you point me in the right direction where we can catch a few salmon that’s not to far from Coopers Landing?

[@AlaskaLivingToday]

The first sockeye salmon run in Cooper Landing will be over by then. The second run will be underway but considerably fewer fish make it / migrate to the Russian. I would head down to the Soldotna area (about a 45-60 min drive) and fish the Kenai. The second sockeye salmon run will be taking place during the time you are here. Quite a few public access areas in Soldotna to get in the river. Second run sockeyes are generally considerably larger than 1st run fish.

[@bakinak9091]

Totally agree with @AlaskaLivingToday but you can still get your limit at the confluence where they were fishing early in this video. Easiest way to do that is to take the ferry across at Sportsman’s Landing. Parking at Russian River campground is an option too but you’ll have to walk some and wade across the Russian (water level can change so difficulty can vary - low when they did it but I fished a few days later and it was much higher). Good luck!

[@georgepretnick4460]

Thank you for this video. I've dreamed about an Alaska wilderness fishing trip for almost six decades. Now that I see the reality of dozens of other fishermen up and down the river all killing fish, I no longer hold that fantasy.

[@AlaskaLivingToday]

No problem George! I wouldn’t exactly call the Russian River the “Alaskan Wilderness”, but if you haven’t made your dream a reality in almost six decades you likely never would have. One less fisherman on the river works for all the rest of us 😂

[@UandWMan]

​@AlaskaLivingToday you aren't fishing. You're snagging is what he is getting at. I understand spawning salmon don't bite and are coming there to die but most people that only fish for 10 inch stocked trout can't understand you're there for food.

[@vicckyyy2001]

@georgepretnick4460 there's literally a boardwalk there, that isn't Alaskan "Wilderness"

[@rudycornelius5119]

When is this?

[@AlaskaLivingToday]

June 2023

[@captainwillygrimm338]

Foul caught sockeyes are not legal to keep nor remove from the river while releasing .... oops.

[@AlaskaLivingToday]

That’s actually not correct. While you can’t keep foul hooked ones you can remove them from the water. Not removing fish from the water only applies to Kings and Silvers and only in some situations for the silvers.