First Silver of the Year

7/31 Campbell Creek 1.5 hours
1 silver 12 pounds, 7 pounds filleted



Went and fished Campbell Creek, which runs through south Anchorage. Went to the spot off Arctic and Diamond where I fished last week (and caught a bunch of trout) and worked my way upstream. There was a large school (15+) of spawned out kings at one point. Some decent sized fish in the 25-30 pound range but just dark red all over and really beat up. Went up some more and found a nice undercut bank with deep water in it. Threw a #5 orange vibrex in and got him on the second cast. Man, the silvers can really fight. This fish made 3 good runs of about 30 feet before I managed to walk upstream to where there is a little kidney shaped island and beach him. Nice fish.