Jet Boats

[TunaHead]

It's an odd mix of fisherman on the rivers here. The Klamath river flows the Yurok and Hupa indian tribal lands. Their "subsistence" fishing (imagine my fingers in the air for the quotation marks) involves stretching gill nets partially across the river for salmon. Except for the lower stretches of the river most of the area covered by the tour boats is inaccessible as there are no near by roads of the dirt roads that exist pass through land owned by logging companies and is gated. Most of the fishing on the river is done via small privately owned jet boats. In all fairness the tour boats slow to a crawl as they pass the other boats. They sort of have to cuz many of the other boats are operated by guides who live in the same community and drink in the same bars as the tour drivers (all in all a fairly crusty group of folks).

Hit the river at the right time and it's magic. 2 years ago my brother in law and 2 friends hooked up with a guide and released 23 king salmon in one day as well as keeping a couple for the table.