Bartlett River

August 16, 2006 on 12:57 pm | In General Information, Fish Stories |

Last summer I took my family and friends up the Bartlett River fishing for silver salmon.  For those of you who have never fished the Bartlett River, you have leave Gustavus, Alaska and then drive to Glacier Bay National Park.  Then hike two miles down the trail to the river.  Once you get to the river you need to hike up stream for about another mile until you get to the breading grounds.

The week that we went up the Bartlett River the fish were just about to start breeding.  The fish were swarming on the surface; it was just like the Discovery Channel with Salmon all over the surface of the water.  It was a great day of fishing!  It was not more than 20minutes before we all had caught at least one fish.  Within a couple of hours we had all limited out on Silver Salmon.

That was a good thing to because as soon as we limited out, a Momma Black Bear and her cub came down to the river. The Momma bear began showing the cub how to catch salmon.  It did not take long for Mom to catch her first Salmon, but it was the cub that was entertaining to watch.  I am not sure if he was more interested in playing with the salmon or eating them.

Finally, the Mom and her cub had eaten enough and moved on to take a nap.  So we moved on, went home and had a great meal of Fresh Salmon.

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