Sockeye salmon, painting
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Sockeye salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

Summer sockeye runs in Alaska, from Bristol Bay to the Kenai.

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Destinations for sockeye salmon

2 destinations list sockeye salmon, in the Pacific NW & Alaska. A guided day for two anglers costs about $610. The months named most often are June, July, August and September. 1 has good public access.

Bristol Bay lists “all five salmon”; the species is included from that collective description, rather than a separately named record.

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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 Kenai River, Alaska
Trout

Kenai River

Cooper Landing, Alaska · USA

Fly into ANC, 2 hr

Guide, per angler
$330
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
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