Cook Inlet is located in Ninilchik which is on the Kenai Peninsula. It is an excellent place for the anglers who want to try their hands at fishing. The inlet is at a distance of 1215 miles from Vancouver and 1220 miles from Burnaby in Canada.
Cook Inlet is known for its outstanding water body that is perfect for anyone to fish here. The fishable water is approximately 100000 miles, and this makes it an excellent place for the salmon, pacific halibut and the steelhead to a stag.
The Cook Inlet stretches from the Gulf of Alaska to the anchorage, and here it gets spilt into two arms. These are the Turnagain and the Knik arm and this then confluences to the Matanuska and the Susitna River.
The common fishes that are found at Cook Inlet are the halibut and salmon. You can fish for all the five species of the pacific salmon here. Pacific herring and the smelt are also harvested here. There are many groundfish species which includes the sablefish, Pacific cod, pelagic shelf rockfish, and the lingcod. The other fishes include the walleye, skate, Pollock and many rockfish species. The shellfish species that are harvested here for commercial use are an octopus and the razor clams. Earlier you could even find littleneck clam, crab and shrimp here.<br><br>
The northern district has the fish traps, seines, and the gillnets.
The king salmon can be fished here all through the year, but it peaks from May to August. The sockeye peak is in June and July. The silver salmon peak is in July and August and the pink salmon to are in plenty in July and August. Steelhead can be found in August and October, and the Pacific Halibut is located in the months through May to October. The rockfish are found in May to August, and the seagoing dolly varden can be found in July and August.
The anglers can try out various fishing techniques in the Cook Inlet. Fly fishing, spin fishing, subsistence fishing, trolling, and jigging are the conventional fishing techniques that are practiced here. Fly fishing is a fun, and an adventurous way to fish, and this can be done even by the beginners. Spin fishing is easy, and it lets you get hooked on to this game. Subsistence fishing is when you want to fish for food.
For trolling, you need to have a boat so make sure that you get these permits ready beforehand. In jigging, the angler has to make use of a unique kind of hook and get into motion to catch the fish. Using a fish finder around this area will help you locate bait fish, and where there is bait there is usually bigger fish!
To fish in the Cook Inlet, you need to have the required license and the required permits. The residents older than 18 years need to have a license. The non-residents who are over 16 years of age also need a mandatory license to fish in the Cook Inlet. If you plan to fish for the king salmon, then make sure that you get the king salmon stamp.
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The best season for fishing in the Cook Inlet is from mid-May to mid-July.
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