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Ever wondered what it looks like underwater when a king salmon bites a glob of roe? Wonder no more! Here’s another round of pix I shot in Alaska this summer…
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Here’s a a really interesting sequence of underwater photos I took of a small king attacking a glob of roe…and then passing on it. Sorry for the fuzziness of these shots, but this fish was moving so quickly I couldn’t get him into focus!
He’s a nice cluster of red eggs and a chartreuse Corkie drifting along…
Suddenly, a king comes out of nowhere…
At this point, a hookup looks like a strong possibility…or does he really see which way the hook is facing and attacks from the opposite side?
Check out that cloud of sweet milky goodness…how the heck could he resist? Maybe he’s just circling around for another pass…
Or not! What the heck happened here? And how often does it happen per day?? Inquiring minds want to know!
More cool underwater stuff from my travels in Alaska in July: Here’s a king salmon attacking a Yarnie or Glo Bug (no eggs or scent). Though I clipped off the hook point while filming, it’s interesting to see how he would never have been hooked anyway — because the fish bites away from the hook!
Yarn and eggs…yum!
Yep, I gotta eat that! (Although notice how he bites the yarn ball but completely misses the hook!)
No change for a hook-up here…the hook is still outside his mouth. In a nano-second he spit it out (off camera) but look at that other little Chinook in the background moving in for a bite!
Prepare for cardiac arrest! This pike comes out of nowhere to attack a topwater frog in Southwest Alaska and scared the heck outta me! I’m just happy I didn’t drop the camera! :)
I just returned from a month guiding in Alaska, where the fishing was amazing! I shot a ton of stuff with my cameras, so over the next couple weeks, stay tuned for lots of cool pix and underwater video…here’s a quick sample: Check out this king munching a gob of sulfite roe…I think he wants it!
