Whether you're bank fishing or trolling, these are the best salmon lures for silver, pink, Chinook, and coho, including spinners and jerkbait.

Alaska fishing 'best bets' for May. By Jim Lavrakas. Published: May 13, 2011. Here are my picks for the best bet fishing ... stream in the Anchorage area currently open to king salmon fishing.

I’ve been salmon fishing in Alaska before, and I’ve fished at some renowned luxury lodges and resorts around the world, but by any of these standards, Salmon Falls blew me away.

With gleaming office towers filling the skyline behind him, Iutisone Iaulualo stood on the muddy banks of Ship Creek telling friends a fish story.

Leggett: Salmon gotta do what salmon gotta do, and Alaska is the best place to catch them. ... The fishing was great all week, especially for the sockeyes and sausage-shaped rainbows.

Halibut that can top 300 pounds, lingcod, ... Alaska fishing trips for halibut and salmon. ... we worry about seagulls stealing our bait, but in Alaska you play keep-away with bald eagles ...

Fortunately, there are plenty of great fishing lures. for salmon to choose from, which, to be honest, might prove to some a catch-22. ... How We Picked the Best Salmon Lures ...