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BEST AFTER-WORK KAYAK FISHING SPOTS
A L A S K A
1 > ANCHORAGE Ship Creek in downtown An-
chorage has been called “the most accessible salmon stream in the world.” King salmon can be caught from June to mid- July while smaller—but equally spry—silver salmon run from late-July to late-October. While the creek’s fishable section below the Chugach Dam is less than a mile long, casting from a kayak gets you away from the crowds on shore. Use larger Vibrax or Mepps spinners or salmon eggs beneath a bobber. Fish the incoming tide for kings or a changing tide for silvers.
www.alaskanoutfitting.com
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with steelhead trout. Paddle the 10-mile section between Sunrise Boulevard and Watt Avenue and cast spinners and Little Cleos, or back bounce roe beneath a bob- ber. Striped bass fishing is also good on the American for much of the year. Topwater lures and live bait like anchovies work well.
www.fishsniffer.com
C O L O R A D O
5 > DENVER Close to Denver, the Gross
Reservoir is cradled between snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Besides scenic, quiet paddling—motorized boats are prohibited—the Gross Reservoir is home to thriving lake trout and muskie populations. Troll with spoons for lakers in open water or cast crankbaits for muskies in the shallows. Gross Reservoir is only open to paddle- craft May through September.
www.denverwater.org
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2 > OAKLAND San Francisco Bay is a good
San Diego
Kayak fishing is hot minutes from down- town San Diego. Fishing San Diego Bay is different from the California norm in that you don’t have to brave surf. When he isn’t fishing at nearby La Jolla, local outfitter Jim Sammons catches “ev- erything from bass and halibut to bonefish” in San Diego Bay. Sammons says it’s possible to score 100-fish days year round. Use light tackle to up the excitement factor.
www.kayak4fish.com
choice anytime of the year for Silicon Valley kayak anglers, but the real action takes place in the fall when Jurassic-sized white sturgeon congregate in the brackish estuary just off the launch at Newark in the south end of the bay. Drift fish with a nightcrawler under a bobber. Be aware of special slot-size regu- lations for sturgeon, a sensitive, long-living species.
www.kfaca.org
3 > SACRAMENTO There’s hardly a time of year
when the fishing isn’t good in Sacramento. From January to mid-April, the American River on the east side of town is alive
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6 > SEATTLE The East Waterway (Duwamish
River) of Seattle’s Elliott Bay is bumper-to-bumper with migrating pink, chum and Chinook salmon July through September. Avoid the boat traf- fic of the Don Armeni Ramp and get closer to the action by putting in from one of the many beaches along Harbor Avenue. Locals say less is more when it comes to luring trophy salmon: Fish an anchovy under a bobber and wait for a hit.
www.northwestkayakanglers.com
PHOTO: STEPHEN WATSON
PHOTO: GRANT KLOTZ/ANCHORAGE CONSERVATION & VISITORS BUREAU
PHOTO: JOCK BRADLEY
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