Commercial has snubbed out pretty much the other 2, sport fishing and subsistence fishing. Commercial fishing has 12 / 13 members on the fish and game board that calls the shots for commercial fisheries to get there’s before anyone else. Most commercial fisherman are from the lower 48 and most of the community’s around that area really rely on sport fishing and oil to keep them afloat. Commercial fisheries have pretty much made the Kenai King salmon extinct. Commercial fisheries on the Kenai need to be cut in half at least, this video doesn’t say what is really happening.
@HowtoAlaska4 жыл бұрын
What you are saying is you would like more of the resource allocated to you. Don’t demonize your neighbor in the process. Most commercial fishermen are from Alaska in this specific fishery. They are our friends and neighbors.
@4x4outdoorsak354 жыл бұрын
Guides have wiped out the king salmon
@billcraig15404 жыл бұрын
This area has been sustainably commercial fished for over 100 years. Most commercial salmon fishermen in AK are resident. You are misinformed or lying to advocate for easier fishing for yourself.
@4x4outdoorsak354 жыл бұрын
Maby don't shove well over a million fish up a tiny river ???!!
@HowtoAlaska4 жыл бұрын
@Randy Bienia maybe if you count trawlers, Bristol Bay, and the Bering Sea fisheries. There are some out of state people one the Kenai...but a large part of them live and work year round. This is a specific fishery we are talking about here. Also thats an easy thing to say about commercial fisherman being from out of state. Where are you finding your statistics? Craig Medred or the actual State of Alaska? Craig clearly has a bias against commercial fishing in general.
@kestrel57195 жыл бұрын
The Kenai peninsula and Cook Inlet are an awesome fishery, I just got back to Minnesota from there and filled my freezer with some great halibut,silvers and rockfish. We had a blast and everyone we met were great! Fished outa ninilchik. Keep up the informative videos👍
@shawnsnisarenko26574 жыл бұрын
I have a cabin in Soldotna and right by the river with a dock
@jeremykendall30032 жыл бұрын
What would be a good time of year to fish the Russian and kenai river confluence??
@HowtoAlaska2 жыл бұрын
I think it opens here in a week or two
@alaskanpatriot62285 жыл бұрын
One of your best. Great information!
@RusticByNature5 жыл бұрын
Great video, very informative.
@mariac53463 жыл бұрын
This is very informative. Great job!!
@360fishingadventures85 жыл бұрын
I will never fish the Kenai. To many people. I wanna fish a smaller stream off the beaten trail.
@jasonkeuma19864 жыл бұрын
Good.
@4x4outdoorsak354 жыл бұрын
I hate fishing on the kenai river too lol too many tourist and guides its no fun
@TheLooseyMoosey4 жыл бұрын
Gotta head up the parks highway and find the streams up there
@josephkerley3635 жыл бұрын
Well said and explained ... any day on the Kenai is a great day! Thanks for a really good explanation to those outside! Silvers are running soon if not already, maybe I’ll run into you!
@conradlowenstein92103 жыл бұрын
Too many salmon returning? What have you been smoking?
@conradlowenstein92103 жыл бұрын
I would also like to point out that I have been heavily involved in commercial fishing my whole life and I have seen rivers get fished out. People like you are the problem.
@HowtoAlaska3 жыл бұрын
It’s a biological cycle, rivers can only sustain a certain amount of healthy fish it’s not Limitless
@stevendelcarlo32944 жыл бұрын
Makes me home sick great video 👍
@jaredstark2313 жыл бұрын
I sure miss AK!
@EdRock4 жыл бұрын
Very nice 👌
@tiffneycarlson53415 жыл бұрын
I live in kenai
@littlegoobie5 жыл бұрын
were you affected by the fires at all?
@AkChiVibes5 жыл бұрын
Me too
@ryananey76264 жыл бұрын
Is there single ladies in the keni? I'm looking to marry and go fishing!🤓
@geoffbonin73374 жыл бұрын
In my eyes the most harmful activity is dip netting. I think it is much more harmful than commercial fishing. There has been a huge decline in the red runs that corolates with dip netting. I would like to see it stopped for good. If you can't get your fish with a rod and reel just stay at home. The amount of garbage and the influx of people is not wanted by the locals that I know.
@HowtoAlaska4 жыл бұрын
In the last few years the red runs have been very strong. Your second complaint is unfortunately valid, hence my advice to people participating in the fishery.
@geoffbonin73374 жыл бұрын
@@HowtoAlaska I have fished this river for over 35 years. The dip netting has had a negative impact. You can't take that many fish from the spawning grounds and expect them to continue to be as plentiful.
@HowtoAlaska4 жыл бұрын
Dip-netters harvest before the fish sonar. Red salmon have nearly reached or exceeded maximum escapement goals for the last few years. That is just a fact. Doesn’t mean you have to like dip netting, but the sockeye runs are healthy enough to sustain the fishery.
@paoutdoors94475 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@theeagle26104 жыл бұрын
Best episode in your channel👍👍👍
@HowtoAlaska4 жыл бұрын
definitely my best edit but we have some other episodes that are equally impressive.
@theeagle26104 жыл бұрын
@@HowtoAlaska I am just here from out door boys, Now starting to watch your whole videos.
@HowtoAlaska4 жыл бұрын
@@theeagle2610 thank you for watching, we're glad you found us
@chrisallen5613 жыл бұрын
You are painfully wrong. Commercial fishing basically wiped out the kings. And they decimate the population of reds, silvers, and kings at every fishery in the state.
@HowtoAlaska3 жыл бұрын
Commercial fishing is a broad label… what I have said is the theory the state biologists manage the fishery with
@jimmyjordan28712 жыл бұрын
lol bristol bay and area m seems to be doing alright ? do agree that setnetting has screwed the kings in cook inlet though
@lancealldrin84992 жыл бұрын
Complete BS. Who has fished over the spawning beds targeting the largest of the kings year after year, yep KRSA. And 300 +/- guides licensed to fish the river?
@dogfacesailor3 жыл бұрын
1am at Soldotna Park.
@tlpoutdoorsman4 жыл бұрын
Commercial fisherman help the the salmom runs in the river!!!!! That is by far the dumbest thing I've ever heard! Then 30 seconds later you say the salmon haven't been returning with the numbers that they normally have!!! ..... news flash! Commercial fishing does not help salmon runs in any River! Period!
@HowtoAlaska4 жыл бұрын
I explain why... it’s like anything else in biology populations fluctuate based on what the environment can sustain. If you limit wild swings in population you can get maximum environmental capacity over a long period of time.
@tlpoutdoorsman4 жыл бұрын
@@HowtoAlaska my experience is when man trys to manipulate the environment, it becomes the environment worst enemy... those salmon runs have been sustaining itself for many many years long before Commercial fishing was ever introduced. Commercial fishing has wiped out several fisheries in the world today, Alaska thought it never happen to them. Do your research a little better! Because it's happening now!
@HowtoAlaska4 жыл бұрын
I have done my research hence the video, but it doesn’t appear I can sway your opinion...you are clearly a non-interventionist and that’s not an option in this fishery.
@tlpoutdoorsman4 жыл бұрын
@@HowtoAlaska you certainly
@tlpoutdoorsman4 жыл бұрын
You definitely haven't done enough.... fisheries all over the world, including Alaska are failing .. due to intervention
@patriotpioneer5 жыл бұрын
What are the other requirements for Subsistence Fishing other than being a resident...? Is it based on income or need...? If you qualify for a subsistence License can you still have a sport-fish license?
@HowtoAlaska5 жыл бұрын
It’s actually managed under personal use fisheries on the adfg website
@littlegoobie5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you still need a sport fishing license, and you also need a permit picked up from their office. senior residents can get a free lifetime fishing license including the king stamp. I remember a story about a guy who caused a big stink after he shot and ate a swan because it's allowed under subsistence.
@HowtoAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Good point I neglected to mention
@patriotpioneer5 жыл бұрын
@@littlegoobie I asked my neighbor about it last week. He said he was denied a subsistence License because he is on Social Security & has a Pension, sorry tha's bullshit....
@mcchickenmcflurry36363 жыл бұрын
The first few minute looks like clam gultch
@edgarsmittenheighnjenkson92264 жыл бұрын
Is bow fishing salmon legal?
@danecrowley72675 жыл бұрын
Holy Cow--you are gonna need some mouthwash after that description of the "virtues of commercial fishing"
@HowtoAlaska5 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen virtuous people that do all three and also evil people that do all three. Fishing is just fishing and the commercial guys get demonized the most. Plus I got the best footage of that.
@redsea29425 жыл бұрын
Won’t be long till that fishery is longer sustainable. Look south for an example. If this is not properly regulated now you will lose these fish forever. We can’t even fish for sockeye where I’m from. Too much damage from over fishing to make a comeback in my lifetime
@HowtoAlaska5 жыл бұрын
Dams were probably a big factor in most failed sockeye runs. It’s the king salmon that are struggling not the sockeye.
@bg82244 жыл бұрын
@@HowtoAlaska Nah I think Redsea is right. Those dipnetters are straight up raping the river. Enjoy it while it lasts...
@HowtoAlaska4 жыл бұрын
@@bg8224 you obviously can think what you like, but you do not sound like you understand how salmon escapement and management happen in Alaska. These runs are managed for maximum returns.
@ikennaeckrich53324 жыл бұрын
Not really at all.
@pittmannn13 жыл бұрын
Dip netting is idiotic.
@brianfleury59352 жыл бұрын
Lol. Commercial fishing helping the resource???? Lol
@HowtoAlaska2 жыл бұрын
With returning salmon well managed commercial fishing levels out the peaks and valleys in natural salmon returns allowing for consistent healthy runs annually
@NuttyNu4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!
@mcchickenmcflurry36363 жыл бұрын
Doesn’t the first few minute of the video look like it was video at clam gultch