Chinook salmon, painting
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Chinook salmon

Chinook salmon in Great Lakes tributaries, Alaska and British Columbia.

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Destinations for Chinook salmon

4 destinations list Chinook salmon, in the Great Lakes, the Pacific NW & Alaska and Canada. A guided day for two anglers runs $550 to $1,500; the middle price is $600. The months named most often are September, October and November. 2 are good for fishing on your own and 2 have good public access.

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Original watercolor painting of Alagnak River, Bristol Bay, Alaska
Trout

Bristol Bay

Naknek, Alagnak, Iliamna, Alaska · USA

Fly into ANC

Guide, per angler
Lodge only
Public access
Limited
Crowding
Low
Original watercolor painting of Pere Marquette River, Baldwin, Michigan
Steelhead

Pere Marquette

Baldwin, Michigan · USA

Fly into GRR, 1.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$300–350
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Painting of a steelhead angler on New York’s Salmon River in late autumn
Steelhead

Salmon River

Pulaski, New York · USA

Fly into SYR, 45 min

Guide, per angler
$2756-hour day
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
Original watercolor painting of Bulkley River, Skeena system, British Columbia
Steelhead

Skeena System

Bulkley, Kispiox, Skeena, British Columbia · Canada

Fly into YYD

Guide, per angler
$750
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Medium
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