As clarification for those outside of Alaska, this is NOT “sport fishing”. This is “snagging”. This guy is using the snagging technique known as “flossing” - the line gets stuck in the fish’ mouth and a weight pulls the hook to the fish. We legally use this technique to harvest sockeye salmon which do not feed once they enter freshwater. It is not legal to use this technique on any other salmon species, but because so few do it F&G doesn’t spend time enforcing it.
@@travisalexphoto spoken like a true flosser,cept it is because they arent biting,snagging is an attempt to hook the fish without a true bite,u thread the line into the fishes mouth and pull
