Spearfishing Alaska salmon

Dan I agree with you almost entirely. I wasn't condoning it I was just saying it would kill one. If you drive a shaft with the force a speargun has especially out of water in to any animals organs be it lungs,hart, liver even guts that animal will die. If it takes 30 seconds or 30minutes i wont argue about and that's where the ruin your day comes in:) I only brought up my bow kills to kinda poke at my experience with bears not to compare bows and fish spears.
I believe people today think it takes a lot to kill an animal like a bear, but I'd say people have killed much larger with much less.

Back to the fish..

His first 3 fish with a speargun:thumbsup2::thumbsup2:

We have five species of salmon and they all have two commonly used names
Chinook/ king
Chum/ dog
Coho/ silver
Humpy/ pink
Sockeye/ red
kings are the largest of them. The ones in the photo are average size guessing around 20lbs. Trophy is considered over 50lbs and and the state record on rod and reel it over 90lbs. It's late in the year for kings with and most all are in full spawning colors. June and early July is best.
There are a hand full of people here that do this and one of them made a video of it, search " king salmon spearfishing" on you tube. I'm not sure how to post a link:( I don't personally know the guy but the video gives you an idea of conditions.

Thanks for posting that Dan!
The video was shot a high tide and its usually a little better viability(no fresh water/silt from creek). I prefer the viz to be bad for hunting salmon so that by the time the fish notice me they are well with in shooting range. Even more so when chasing them in deep water where you can't hug the bottom like on Sunday.

After work yesterday I went out and messed with some pink salmon. They are the easiest of the salmon to get and the most abundant, but still fun to shoot. To make it a little more fun I try to pick the brightest fish out of the school so that's why you'll see me wait so long to shoot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGPjvw3lt8g

Quote from Oscar

Great video. Was cold watching.

What are those Spotted fish? Rockfish? Bet they are good eating.

Haha! I had to watch the video to see what you were talking about. They are kelp perch! Very common, averaging 3-5" I have never eaten one.

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Hey TreeBilly3 can out of state fisherman spearfish salmon in Alaska? I remember reading that only natives could live net them and wasn't sure if that also covered spearfishing? Love seeing your videos and pictures. A buddy of mine is in Seward working at the cannery and I have been thinking about going out there for a trip.

Alaskan natives here get special substance privileges (I don't get either) like halibut long lines or shooting seals and such, but spear fishing is covered by sport fishing regs. So yes out of staters can spearfish you just need a sport fish license and fallow seasons and bag limits.

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Nice captures! congrat's:thumbsup2:

My main problem is to protect the hands in icy water under 45F temp...

do you suggest a specific gear? not to thick...

If 5mm isn't to thick:) I'm using deep see thermocline Kevlar gloves right now and iv been in 38f water with them. They have held up better than some others. Cooler of hot water on the boat to dip them in helps. The only time my hands get cold in most any 5mm gloves is if they are to tight or to many holes.

I don't like mitts out of the water so iv never tried them in the water. Only on scuba in January have i had problems with cold hands.