salmon fishing
Catching pink swimmers
Salmon fishing is the activity of catching salmon, whether commercially, for sport, or for subsistence.
The term covers various methods—fly fishing in rivers, trolling in open water, or using nets.
Salmon fishing carries cultural significance for Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, where it has been practiced for thousands of years.
We went salmon fishing in Alaska last summer.
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- riversFlowing bodies of water
- wadersWaterproof fishing garment
- wading bootsWaterproof footwear for shallow water
- catch limitsMaximum allowable harvest amounts
grizzly · wild caught · spawning grounds · fish ladder · trolling · upstream migration · streams · steelhead · river guide · potlatch · traditional recipes · tackle box · oral history · trout · sockeye · fillet · cast · guide
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- Coastal AlaskaSitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, Glacier Bay, fjords
- salmon fisherieschinook, coho, sockeye, spawning, hatchery
- sporting arthunting scenes, wildlife art, fox hunting, deer hunting, duck hunting
- traditional fishingfish hooks, fish traps, spearfishing, gillnetting, netting
- Western CanadaAlberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Edmonton, Calgary
salmon fishingtuna fishing
Harvesting large ocean fish
bass fishing · trout fishing · marlin fishing · carp fishing · cod fishing
salmon fishingcatch and release
Angling without keeping prey
fish conservation · wildlife preservation · whale watching · wildlife photography · stream restoration
salmon fishingfish stocking
Releasing bred aquatic animals
habitat restoration · dam removal · fish farming · aquaculture