How to LEGALLY Snag Salmon in Seward, Alaska 

Finally a video that gives a visual on what snagging is without folks being triggered. Thanks for sharing I learned a lot here. As a fisherman I learn something new everyday.

Glad to see you back. Can't wait to keep following you on the next leg of your new adventure. Safe travels!

The way you hit them is hilarious

Snagging Sockeye with a Barbie Princess reel -- I am deeply impressed. Seriously - how cool is that! LOL

Thanks for making this video! We will be sharing with our fishing pole renters in hopes your tips can help them catch a salmon or two!

To the people who do not know anything about fishing, or fishing for sockeye. 1. In certain watersheds in Alaska it is legal to snag for some salmon species. As is dipnetting. Just like it is still legal for First Nations to sein/gill net. 2. Fishing for sockeye is virtually impossible to do in salt and fresh water, when they are preparing to spawn, 90% of fishermen who target sockeye/Kokanee floss for them. These people are also doing it for food and not sport. I will also point out that if these were Native Americans/First Nations doing this, wich they also do, you would NOT Dare to say anything. Thumbs up for providing for yourself.

Very cool ... glad to see Barbie was able to help you fill the freezer. LOL :)

Thanks for sharing this with us. It was exciting watching you guys catch those Salmon like that. Love watching the way you guys live the Alaskan Life. Please share more....

My pleasure Ben. Warmed my heart to see you using the reel and I'm sure my dad is glad it's not sitting in a box anymore. Loved the Barbie set up as well. I'm excited about you're new upcoming adventures. P. S. Picked up our new TT today and hitting the Rockies this summer. Say Hello to Rebecca and Shelby for me.

Hey fellow Alaskans this video rocks!!!! We will be back in our hometown Wasilla in a few weeks and will be coming down to Seward to go fishing. :)

The Disney Princess reel was epic!

Hey Ben Allen Stever here I met you last year on Jim's boat. I was in Anchorage a few weeks ago and had lunch with Jim

Great video. Thanks!

There's a saltwater kayak fishing tournament here in northern CA that has a prize for the biggest fish caught on a Barbie pole. Usually about a 20 pound lingcod wins.

Good eats for sure. Is the run just starting?

Love it!! Following now!

They're starting to trickle in, caught three last night

HAHAHA My daughter had one of those Barbie fishing poles when she was little. She caught many fish with it, before she decided fishing was gross.

That Barbie reel just goes to show you don’t need fancy bulky setups to catch Salmon.

Great scenery, good salmon, job well done 👍👍.

Will do, look for it.

Those punches, sock em in the eye Salmon

I’ll be in Seward next weekend snagging reds

AWESOME VIDEO! I might be going tomorrow. Did you bring a cooler with Ice already? Or did you buy it near there? We're in Anchorage so its a 2 and a half hour drive. Trying to see what I need to bring. Im a newbie here.

Delightful.

What are the best weather conditions?

What size snag hook are you using (maybe #6)? And how long of a steel leader? We were in Seward during the run of 2018, but weren't prepared to fish for Reds. We went up to the hatchery and will be ready next time we get there (hopefully 2020).

Haha that was fun!!!

I seen one of my buddies catch a 17 lb silver coho on the toodle River in Washington with the exact same type of rod

Seen you on thealaskalift...sweet

lol...barbie it is...nice catch..

THank you for this video.. I look forward to go in Seward.. I will go visit Seward on july 29, 2019. Do you think that will be good for sockeye ? There is a second run there ? or maybe better for coho at this time ? Thank you in advance and best regards from Canada !

Nice video!!

No salmon up here in the interior lol. Great Video

Very Nice.

Where exactly is this location from Seward? Also I am planning on not bringing my own gears. Any place where I can rent poles and tacks?

Really nice video !!! Do you fish sockeye only in high tide ? or we can go anytime in the day ?

Getting ready this year to go snag some reds!

So we went last year around the end of May to this spot and had a really good time! I believe we were still a little early though and would like to hit up the prime time for the snagging in this area.. any suggestions on a good time to go? We are headed back to Seward regardless next year because it basically stole my heart. Well, the city did and Halibut fishing lol

I’m new down here lived my hole life in Fairbanks what time of year is Best for snagging red and for the silvers and do the silvers in Seward bite like the silvers in Valdez thank you for any information

Thanks for the video tips. I am looking to do a once in a lifetime trip to Alaska and was wondering if any salmon could be caught like this the first week of August. I am traveling by plane which means I will need to purchase a telescopic pole for the suitcase. Your thoughts on a telescoping pole? I'm a small mouth bass fisherman, never fished for salmon, but looks fun and my wife loves salmon.

Snagging looks fun. I wish we had a fill your freezer fishery out here. Its more.like fill your waders with cold ass water for no fish 😆

Took me 2 days to get three Silver's in Valdez over Labor Day. Either their running or not....

All day adrenaline rush!!

I'm fine with snagging up there but anglers learn how and then snag down here in the lower 48.

Very cool and that's why I want to go to Alaska just to fish. Great video. Robin in FL

im jealous of your fishery

I just moved to Seward from AZ. Big on fishing! Hoping to get out and try some of this snagging!

What do you mean by getting your hook fouled on your line, why you use a steal leader?

Is this down Nash Road? How do you get their?

do yall have a date yet for picking up the new rv

I came to Seward, and traveled all of Kenai Peninsula and fell in love. I hope to come back but it would be tough. Is it possible you could tell me where parking might be where I can walk and hike around bear creek such as yourself. What I wouldn’t give to be tromping there 24/7.

Those two guys that showed you where the fish were at were my buddy and I... You’re welcome! 😜

love to see you try this with a 35 pound chinook. It would rip that rod of your snaggin hands lol

Asome and crazy we live in California we have a limit for 2 salmons make more plz

Alaska is so much different than WA. Might just retire on the last frontier lol. $1000 fine for snagging down here and it’s fuckin illegal down here. Sport fisherman may say otherwise but if you catch a good fish you should be able to keep it, period.

I use a barrel loc swivel, it's way better than steel leader and use mono, no need for braid

Fishing in a barrel.....lol....are they wild or farm raised?

small 6 foot ugly stick and a old reel wow i used to use ABU Uptide boat rod 8 feet one piece and ABU /Zebco Cardinal 66 OR X SERIES 77 77x 70 60 7 6 x sizes the hook size a little smaller something like, 2/0 but that was for one local river the ESK yorkshire north east england where snagging or snatching is highly ilegal ........on another local river the tactics change as its all freshwater not tidal like the esk-same size rods used to be used small sea rods but size 2 VMC round bend treblles with 4-6 swan/ssg above tight above.....armed with polcaroids esk was blind targets as they come in off the tide through shallow water when its on the up-later in the same on river wear we went from short rods to 9 foot 2 oz weight spin rods Abu Atlantic zoom models (3) types...that was the blend in among legal anglers....my records are as follows...27 sea trout [salmon trutta] in 27 casts....33 salmon from 12pm - 6am and lost as many all Atlantic largest 27 lbs rest were shiners silver chrome fish all about 4-9lbs sea liced.....most fish was 700 odd salmon and sea trout dip netting in some tunnel mill culvert ancient corn mill from the 1700s converted for local ice rink hydro style one way in only for the fish unless it flooded then they came out...i think i hold the [UK] record for being caught the most snagging..funny cos my local river the Tees on the upper reaches has a Lord with a castle and he more or less own the town now salmon fishing is banend the story goes in the 1800s a local poacher hammered it and in the end was hung so they banned salmon fishing on that stretch now his name weirdly enough is exact same as mine.....i live on the same river but tidal section.........ive been caught about 250 times in 42 years last time caught 2006.....stocks aint down they well up ive never seen as many salmon in all rivers since i started and back then lots were polluted in the lower reaches and didnt have any fish let alone salmon now they all fixed and recovering super fast...............its a art snagging fish not everyone can do it we dont have runs like that condensed in tiny places so close to sea ..... well ok one of them new unpolluted rivers does but thats it.....tidal sections are nearly always too deep or never that shallow....middle sections and upper reaches yeah...im fortunate i have th best two salmon rivers in england and wales and the tweed which flows out thes sea in england but most is scottish is world famous....so im stuck for choices i have salmon aea trout spawning only a few miles in a sea stream and then in a river upper reaches then all streams down the south of local highway to york...durham area well from here to scots borders is jammed with fish...had a pink this season first cast one day in july our small runs of pinks come july august time....they considered rare in engalnd uk but we been catching them ever since i started in one of my locals...i had another pacific fish a few years ago poss a king salmon i dunno wasnt atlantic and no way a pink but thin girthed like pink slight hump back dark on the top flanks weirdy greeny black cclour bottom flanks one or two uk rivers have steelheads....but the south of england wich to me is like a foriegn country ;-)

Some of those are small socheyes

I hope you know if you snag one somewhere else then the mouth ypu have to throw them back

So y do u punch them

Lol, I can't sport fish, on the hook and its dead.

You don't want to flop your hook on the water so hard, splashing. You scare fish.

Gosh hate what you need to those fish

Snagging salmon... next stop ...shooting pheasants still in the cage...

Imagine snagging🤡

Why are you snagging salmon

snagging is bad form