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"Coho Crush and Dollies Delight: Bristol Bay Fishing Report September 14th"
Published 7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Good morning from Bristol Bay—this is Artificial Lure with your September 14th fishing report, straight from the heart of Alaska’s salmon country. It's about 7:30 AM and the day is shaping up just right for folks who want to wet a line before the first cups of coffee are finished.
Let’s kick things off with today’s sunrise at 8:03 AM and sunset rolling in at 9:14 PM over Port Moller. Plenty of daylight to chase that bite. The weather this morning sits cool and crisp, hovering in the low 50s with light winds from the southeast. Expect some patchy fog along the shorelines early, burning off by midday. By afternoon, it’ll be mostly clear—perfect for spotting schools from the skiff.
On the tide schedule, anglers fishing near Port Moller will see a low tide around 6:09 AM at 2.45 feet and the first high at 12:20 PM booming up to 9.13 feet. A second low tides out around 6:20 PM at 2.56 feet. This big midday push should have salmon and char moving inshore and upriver, especially in tidal-influenced streams.
As for the fishing, the tail end of the silver salmon (coho) run remains strong in many of the rivers—Naknek, Kvichak, and Nushagak are giving up good numbers to persistent anglers. Expect sea-bright cohos fresh from the salt, averaging 8 to 12 pounds, with a few bruisers pushing 15. The Egegik and Wood Rivers have also reported chrome-bright silvers moving upstream. Most action’s been on swung pink and chartreuse streamers, with spinners and spoons like Blue Fox Vibrax and Mepps Aglia in sizes 3 or 4 drawing savage strikes on the high tide edges.
Fly folks are running pink and purple Clousers or Dolly Llamas on sink-tip lines. Bait-wise, freshly cured salmon roe under a float is deadly at river mouths and sloughs, especially just after the tide turns in. Don’t be afraid to tip your spinner with a bit of shrimp for extra scent—those silvers are feeding hard toward the end of their run.
Dolly Varden are stacking up in most tributaries feeding on salmon eggs, especially up by the Togiak and Wood River systems. Bead rigs pegged above a small single hook, fished dead-drift, are the ticket if you’re trying to catch numbers. Some big lake trout are still being taken in the deeper edges of Lake Iliamna and Becharof for those willing to troll deep-diving plugs.
On the saltwater front, halibut action remains steady out around Port Heiden and Ugashik Bay. The mid-day tide swing is driving baitfish into the bays, and flatfish to 70 pounds are still being caught on herring and octopus bait rigs.
If you’re looking for a couple of hot spots:
- Try the lower Kvichak River mouth on the morning tide for coho—those fish hang just outside the mud line before shooting upriver.
- Wood River lakes inlet, just above Dillingham, is absolutely loaded with Dollies and early-in-the-day silvers before boat traffic ramps up.
Crab aficionados, heads up—NOAA just announced the red king crab season for Bristol Bay will open October 15, with a total allowable catch of 2.1 million pounds, so commercial boats are tuning up, but for now, you’ll have to stick to finfish.
Thanks for tuning in to today’s Bristol Bay report! Be sure to subscribe for up-to-date river talk, tide tips, and the straight dope on what’s biting, where, and why.
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Let’s kick things off with today’s sunrise at 8:03 AM and sunset rolling in at 9:14 PM over Port Moller. Plenty of daylight to chase that bite. The weather this morning sits cool and crisp, hovering in the low 50s with light winds from the southeast. Expect some patchy fog along the shorelines early, burning off by midday. By afternoon, it’ll be mostly clear—perfect for spotting schools from the skiff.
On the tide schedule, anglers fishing near Port Moller will see a low tide around 6:09 AM at 2.45 feet and the first high at 12:20 PM booming up to 9.13 feet. A second low tides out around 6:20 PM at 2.56 feet. This big midday push should have salmon and char moving inshore and upriver, especially in tidal-influenced streams.
As for the fishing, the tail end of the silver salmon (coho) run remains strong in many of the rivers—Naknek, Kvichak, and Nushagak are giving up good numbers to persistent anglers. Expect sea-bright cohos fresh from the salt, averaging 8 to 12 pounds, with a few bruisers pushing 15. The Egegik and Wood Rivers have also reported chrome-bright silvers moving upstream. Most action’s been on swung pink and chartreuse streamers, with spinners and spoons like Blue Fox Vibrax and Mepps Aglia in sizes 3 or 4 drawing savage strikes on the high tide edges.
Fly folks are running pink and purple Clousers or Dolly Llamas on sink-tip lines. Bait-wise, freshly cured salmon roe under a float is deadly at river mouths and sloughs, especially just after the tide turns in. Don’t be afraid to tip your spinner with a bit of shrimp for extra scent—those silvers are feeding hard toward the end of their run.
Dolly Varden are stacking up in most tributaries feeding on salmon eggs, especially up by the Togiak and Wood River systems. Bead rigs pegged above a small single hook, fished dead-drift, are the ticket if you’re trying to catch numbers. Some big lake trout are still being taken in the deeper edges of Lake Iliamna and Becharof for those willing to troll deep-diving plugs.
On the saltwater front, halibut action remains steady out around Port Heiden and Ugashik Bay. The mid-day tide swing is driving baitfish into the bays, and flatfish to 70 pounds are still being caught on herring and octopus bait rigs.
If you’re looking for a couple of hot spots:
- Try the lower Kvichak River mouth on the morning tide for coho—those fish hang just outside the mud line before shooting upriver.
- Wood River lakes inlet, just above Dillingham, is absolutely loaded with Dollies and early-in-the-day silvers before boat traffic ramps up.
Crab aficionados, heads up—NOAA just announced the red king crab season for Bristol Bay will open October 15, with a total allowable catch of 2.1 million pounds, so commercial boats are tuning up, but for now, you’ll have to stick to finfish.
Thanks for tuning in to today’s Bristol Bay report! Be sure to subscribe for up-to-date river talk, tide tips, and the straight dope on what’s biting, where, and why.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI