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"Salmon Surge and Trout Splashes: Bristol Bay Fishing Report for June 14, 2025"
Bristol Bay anglers, this is Artificial Lure with your fresh fishing report for June 14, 2025, straight from the banks of Alaska’s salmon capital.
Today’s shaping up beautifully. Sunrise hit at 5:55 AM and sunset won’t light out until a generous 11:30 PM—so you’ve got plenty of daylight to work every run and slough. Weather forecasts are calling for mild temps and generally pleasant conditions, which is perfect for the long hours you’ll want on the water. Tide-wise at Port Moller, you already missed the first high at 2:37 AM, but there’s a strong low right around 8:34 AM, a midday high at 11:43 AM, and evening low at 7:19 PM. Fish those tide swings; locals know salmon push in thick on those changes, especially near river mouths.
Fish activity is strong, but the season is showing some early signs of winding down in certain districts. The Naknek/Kvichak is still the hot spot for big daily sockeye harvests—recent numbers topped a million caught baywide on a good day, with half from that district alone. Overall, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game forecasts a total run of 49.8 million sockeye for the bay this year, just above the 20-year average. The Nushagak is seeing a forecast of over 20 million, with about 15 million expected to be harvested. If you’re looking for above-average fish size, the Nushagak and Togiak districts are your best bet this summer, according to the latest outlooks from local biologists.
On the sport side, rainbow trout, Arctic char, Arctic grayling, and northern pike are still biting great to excellent across tributaries and lakes. And with the big push of sockeye continuing, swinging flies or tossing spinners near the lower reaches of the Wood, Kvichak, and Nushagak Rivers will produce.
For gear, you can’t go wrong with the classics: For sockeye, flashy red or pink flies like the Sockeye Lantern, and for hardware, compact Vibrax or Pixee spoons in hot pink, green, or chartreuse are deadly. Bait fishers are rocking cured salmon roe or shrimp. Pike and char are nailing big streamers, topwater plugs, and bright spoons.
Two prime spots to try: the mouth of the Kvichak for that high tide push and the upper Wood River for resident trout and char. Don't forget, with the commercial fleets working hard, sometimes the best action is just up from their nets—find the seams and pockets just upriver from the main activity.
That’s the scoop from Bristol Bay, folks. Thanks for tuning in—remember to subscribe for the latest updates on the bite, and tight lines out there!
This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Today’s shaping up beautifully. Sunrise hit at 5:55 AM and sunset won’t light out until a generous 11:30 PM—so you’ve got plenty of daylight to work every run and slough. Weather forecasts are calling for mild temps and generally pleasant conditions, which is perfect for the long hours you’ll want on the water. Tide-wise at Port Moller, you already missed the first high at 2:37 AM, but there’s a strong low right around 8:34 AM, a midday high at 11:43 AM, and evening low at 7:19 PM. Fish those tide swings; locals know salmon push in thick on those changes, especially near river mouths.
Fish activity is strong, but the season is showing some early signs of winding down in certain districts. The Naknek/Kvichak is still the hot spot for big daily sockeye harvests—recent numbers topped a million caught baywide on a good day, with half from that district alone. Overall, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game forecasts a total run of 49.8 million sockeye for the bay this year, just above the 20-year average. The Nushagak is seeing a forecast of over 20 million, with about 15 million expected to be harvested. If you’re looking for above-average fish size, the Nushagak and Togiak districts are your best bet this summer, according to the latest outlooks from local biologists.
On the sport side, rainbow trout, Arctic char, Arctic grayling, and northern pike are still biting great to excellent across tributaries and lakes. And with the big push of sockeye continuing, swinging flies or tossing spinners near the lower reaches of the Wood, Kvichak, and Nushagak Rivers will produce.
For gear, you can’t go wrong with the classics: For sockeye, flashy red or pink flies like the Sockeye Lantern, and for hardware, compact Vibrax or Pixee spoons in hot pink, green, or chartreuse are deadly. Bait fishers are rocking cured salmon roe or shrimp. Pike and char are nailing big streamers, topwater plugs, and bright spoons.
Two prime spots to try: the mouth of the Kvichak for that high tide push and the upper Wood River for resident trout and char. Don't forget, with the commercial fleets working hard, sometimes the best action is just up from their nets—find the seams and pockets just upriver from the main activity.
That’s the scoop from Bristol Bay, folks. Thanks for tuning in—remember to subscribe for the latest updates on the bite, and tight lines out there!
This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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By Quiet. PleaseBristol Bay anglers, this is Artificial Lure with your fresh fishing report for June 14, 2025, straight from the banks of Alaska’s salmon capital.
Today’s shaping up beautifully. Sunrise hit at 5:55 AM and sunset won’t light out until a generous 11:30 PM—so you’ve got plenty of daylight to work every run and slough. Weather forecasts are calling for mild temps and generally pleasant conditions, which is perfect for the long hours you’ll want on the water. Tide-wise at Port Moller, you already missed the first high at 2:37 AM, but there’s a strong low right around 8:34 AM, a midday high at 11:43 AM, and evening low at 7:19 PM. Fish those tide swings; locals know salmon push in thick on those changes, especially near river mouths.
Fish activity is strong, but the season is showing some early signs of winding down in certain districts. The Naknek/Kvichak is still the hot spot for big daily sockeye harvests—recent numbers topped a million caught baywide on a good day, with half from that district alone. Overall, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game forecasts a total run of 49.8 million sockeye for the bay this year, just above the 20-year average. The Nushagak is seeing a forecast of over 20 million, with about 15 million expected to be harvested. If you’re looking for above-average fish size, the Nushagak and Togiak districts are your best bet this summer, according to the latest outlooks from local biologists.
On the sport side, rainbow trout, Arctic char, Arctic grayling, and northern pike are still biting great to excellent across tributaries and lakes. And with the big push of sockeye continuing, swinging flies or tossing spinners near the lower reaches of the Wood, Kvichak, and Nushagak Rivers will produce.
For gear, you can’t go wrong with the classics: For sockeye, flashy red or pink flies like the Sockeye Lantern, and for hardware, compact Vibrax or Pixee spoons in hot pink, green, or chartreuse are deadly. Bait fishers are rocking cured salmon roe or shrimp. Pike and char are nailing big streamers, topwater plugs, and bright spoons.
Two prime spots to try: the mouth of the Kvichak for that high tide push and the upper Wood River for resident trout and char. Don't forget, with the commercial fleets working hard, sometimes the best action is just up from their nets—find the seams and pockets just upriver from the main activity.
That’s the scoop from Bristol Bay, folks. Thanks for tuning in—remember to subscribe for the latest updates on the bite, and tight lines out there!
This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Today’s shaping up beautifully. Sunrise hit at 5:55 AM and sunset won’t light out until a generous 11:30 PM—so you’ve got plenty of daylight to work every run and slough. Weather forecasts are calling for mild temps and generally pleasant conditions, which is perfect for the long hours you’ll want on the water. Tide-wise at Port Moller, you already missed the first high at 2:37 AM, but there’s a strong low right around 8:34 AM, a midday high at 11:43 AM, and evening low at 7:19 PM. Fish those tide swings; locals know salmon push in thick on those changes, especially near river mouths.
Fish activity is strong, but the season is showing some early signs of winding down in certain districts. The Naknek/Kvichak is still the hot spot for big daily sockeye harvests—recent numbers topped a million caught baywide on a good day, with half from that district alone. Overall, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game forecasts a total run of 49.8 million sockeye for the bay this year, just above the 20-year average. The Nushagak is seeing a forecast of over 20 million, with about 15 million expected to be harvested. If you’re looking for above-average fish size, the Nushagak and Togiak districts are your best bet this summer, according to the latest outlooks from local biologists.
On the sport side, rainbow trout, Arctic char, Arctic grayling, and northern pike are still biting great to excellent across tributaries and lakes. And with the big push of sockeye continuing, swinging flies or tossing spinners near the lower reaches of the Wood, Kvichak, and Nushagak Rivers will produce.
For gear, you can’t go wrong with the classics: For sockeye, flashy red or pink flies like the Sockeye Lantern, and for hardware, compact Vibrax or Pixee spoons in hot pink, green, or chartreuse are deadly. Bait fishers are rocking cured salmon roe or shrimp. Pike and char are nailing big streamers, topwater plugs, and bright spoons.
Two prime spots to try: the mouth of the Kvichak for that high tide push and the upper Wood River for resident trout and char. Don't forget, with the commercial fleets working hard, sometimes the best action is just up from their nets—find the seams and pockets just upriver from the main activity.
That’s the scoop from Bristol Bay, folks. Thanks for tuning in—remember to subscribe for the latest updates on the bite, and tight lines out there!
This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.