Silver Salmon Fishing in Seward, Alaska | Stocking the Freezer [S1-E23] 

🎉POLL TIME!🎉 What are your thoughts on snag fishing? Some think it shouldn't be considered "sport" fishing, because it's akin to catching with a net. What do you think?

I have been doing this for over 20 years, I love Seward Alaska.

AWTY has very quickly become my favorite RU-vid channel. The content, videography, narration is all really nice👌. Thanks guys, keep up the good work.

My wife and I have been watching your adventures since you were North of Lake Superior. We live in Michigan. Took a seven week RV trip to Alaska in 2022. We were there too early for the Salmon runs but had an amazing time. Years ago we could snag Salmon at a couple spots in Michigan, which is now illegal. I don’t see any difference in whether the fish is hooked in the mouth or the tail, same ending either way. Most of us 30 years ago had dedicated snagging rods. I think most people were using 50 or 60 pound test line! That might be why your line kept breaking… Keep up the Great work. Be safe

I enjoy the laid-back feel of of these recent videos. Maybe not as a replacement for future chapters, but it makes for a relaxing break. Very well done!! 👏👏(now I'm hungry)

The Lord’s bountiful harvest.

I've just discovered your channel, I have to tell you how much I enjoy them! You should be making movies! 🎉 Awesome stuff, thank you! 😀

Another great video

Canning the salmon would be another option!

How fun to watch the fishing and the great scenery! Amazing video quality!

l've fished all over the world for more than 50 years so here are my thoughts about possible causes of line breakage: 1) Cheap, poor quality line 2) Old, quality line that has been sun damaged 3) Line breaking at poorly tied knots 4) reel drag is too tight

Excellent video! Love you guys! You’ve given me so much useful info for my trip to Alaska this summer. Thank you so much. Jose went from rookie to professional salmon catcher in no time at all 🏆. Some wonderful salmon for you two this winter. Cora your narration/voiceover is absolutely superb. Are there other ways to donate besides patreon?

Nice catch 🪝 🐟 guys 😁✌️

looks like fun!

What a fun fishing 🎣 day can’t believe the size and abundance of those salmon! and I enjoy watching Jose Luis cook, makes me hungry 😋😉bless you both 🙏🏼

Another wonderful presentation. Thank you so much for taking us along!

Buy a small freezer. Just have to run it once a-day. It will all stay frozen with Ice blocks bagged.

Another great video. As for your line breaking, maybe the hook is snagging on the rocks because of the way Jose is pulling them in, low rather than holding it up. Great views of Resurrection Bay. That salmon looks delicious.

Ahhh I missed the premiere!

A steel leader would probably help prevent so many line breaks and sometimes with snagging you have to go up in line weight.

Great video! Brings back wonderful memories. We went to Alaska June 2021 and spent most of our time in Seward. So nice to see it again tru your videos! Congrats on your catch ❤

Either need to increase your line weight, when the fish roll when hooked, can cause nicks in the line from their gill plates and fins, weakening your line. I would use no lighter than 30lb mono or 50lb braid. Also, check the ceramic inserts in your guides on the pole. If those have a crack/chip in them, that will cut your line. Use a Q-tip to check them.

You will be well fed for some time! Enjoy. Thanks for another great video!

Great video. You guys have been Alaska a long time now?

Not sure what weight line you were using but I personally use 30lb weight for snagging. It never breaks. You don't need light weight line in these circumstances because you are not trying to get the fish to bite. I have fished this spot many times. My first time going to Seward was probably the late 50's with my parents. My family went to Seward every summer weekend for most of the 60's. We left a small trailer there in a campground all summer. Bonus fish for that spot is you can get an occasional King. A couple of summers ago I got 2 in one day.

Great video! Perhaps drag is too tight and put a bend on the rod, it absorbs the sudden forces. Pointing right at fish can work if you got real heavy line but parabolic rod action is meant to help you with this. If fish is not ready to come take your time. I grew up fishing there and miss it!

You might have given out tgebest part of the salmons you caught. At least so I think. 😂

Your fishing line was probably “rotten” or dry rotted. When snagging you want fresh fishing line. Not last years and not earlier in the seasons line. Snagging is hard on fishing line and should be checked often by pulling on it to see if it breaks easily, also by running finger tips down it to feel for any issues - if any are found cut that section out and retie or you will keep breaking off. Snagging is legal there and a great way to fill the freezer

@ArtWeThereYet. How is your cabin watching going?

So they don’t grind up the waste from the fish they take it out to deeper water and just dump it and the other fish then eat it off the bottom and if your going to go back this summer can help with a lot of tips on the fishing and show you how to fillet the fish

Forgot….campground suggestions?

Use 50 lb BRAIDED LINE

Do these fish not bite? I'm from BC and the Coho are very aggressive biters, especially in the ocean. It seems unnecessary and unethical to snag them like that but I don't know the circumstances there

do you have a sister named Celeste?

In the Comments a Canadian angler basically wondered if these Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch), are different from the rest that are quite aggressive and can easily be caught in a legitimate manner (Not Snagging), as I wondered!! As an American retired Fish Pathologist Outdoor and Science Writer, Salmon/Steelhead Guide, I find this Practice unhealthy for the resources, not to mention Ugly!! And one person in response said, something like, "These are mostly Hatchery Fish, so we can do with them as we like"!! I just called an Alaskan Fisheries Biologists friend of mine, and he verified that No More than 48% of Alaskan Salmon are from Hatchery origin!! So just because you've paid for a license and tag, you want to do this to your Resource? I know as a fact that 1 (One) returned adult Hatchery Salmon Costs $250.00 to $650.00 USD (1 Salmon)!!

Should be legal for indigenous subsistence folks but not for ordinary fishermen.

Snagging is Not Fishing, not to mention, unsportsmanlike!! In Idaho, Washington and Oregon, where Game Wardens are State Police Officers, they arrest those who Snag anadromous Salmon and Steelhead, and also provide a free one way Trip to the local County Jail (after the 1st offense)!! Moreover, any of these Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) that come off the hook (imbedded in the body), will indeed become diseased and won't Spawn!! Catching Coho with a Spinner or a diving Plug or a Fly (legitimately in the mouth), is Extremely easy, and all 7 of my grandchildren have done it. As an Outdoor & Science writer, and a guide, I've been doing it Since 1973!! I remember when daily limit in Oregon and Washington was 3 adults + 5 to 10 Jacks per day. I also remember telling one of our Biologists (D. Swartz) that, 3 adult Salmon per day was too many to keep and beyond what any family could consume, as he said "Oh you have No idea how large our Chinook and Silver runs are"?! Well guess what, after 15 years, some rivers were Closed for Wild and Native runs of Coho. But what the Heck do I know??! I'm only a retired award-winning Fish Pathologist 😊 The chief article in the Science Page of the science page of the Oregonian newspaper, on June 2, 1988 was about my discovery of a Previously Unknown fish pathogen. Actually the aforementioned article was a Nationally Syndicated. Even many European newspapers published it. And as a result a prominent German Physician and Fish Geneticist, invited me to then, West Germany to share the details of my discovery with. You can find my name in the table of contents of his book entitled "Schmidt-Focke's Discus Book" as well. After the national newspaper article, I submitted the scholarly details in the largest Fish Culture Magazine in the world, and was asked by the publisher, to become a Columnist and Contributing Science editor for the magazine. Please forgive any errors, as I'm typing this on a Cheap phone without my glasses and in Unbearable chronic pain.