Last weekend I went to the Copper River in Alaska and helped my friends work their fishing wheel and eat
salmon. Of course the wheel is legal for locals who have a reserved spot. We caught 84 fish! The basket on the wheel behind me scoops them up as they blindly run up the river and drops them into boxes on either side. All we have to do is scoop them out with a net.
The four and a half hour drive from Wasilla to the
Copper River is absolutely jaw dropping. Below is the Matanuska glacier which is only an hour out of town. We took the Glen Highway Northeast along the Matanuska River Valley on our route to Glenallen, the Copper River, and Chitina.
Needless to say, we ate a lot on this trip. There is nothing quite like taking the salmon right out of the river and throwing it onto the grill immediately. There is just nothing like it.
The fishing wheel runs all day. The best time to catch fish though seems to be at night. So, when we would get up in the morning there was a lot of work to do. It was time to fillet the fish and sample them of course. The only fish running this time of year are red sockeye, which locals consider the best eating.
The four and a half hour drive from Wasilla to the Copper River is absolutely jaw dropping. Below is the Matanuska glacier which is only an hour out of town. We took the Glen Highway Northeast along the Matanuska River Valley on our route to Glenallen, the Copper River, and Chitina.
Needless to say, we ate a lot on this trip. There is nothing quite like taking the salmon right out of the river and throwing it onto the grill immediately. There is just nothing like it.
The fishing wheel runs all day. The best time to catch fish though seems to be at night. So, when we would get up in the morning there was a lot of work to do. It was time to fillet the fish and sample them of course. The only fish running this time of year are red sockeye, which locals consider the best eating.
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