Fish Species - Dream Drifter Adventures

While there are a variety of fish at our destinations, at Dream Drifter Adventures we like to catch big fish and our main focus is on chasing large steelhead and salmon.

Our steelhead season kicks off in mid November with the hatchery origin steelies that will run through mid January followed by the much anticipated native-wild steelhead. The native fish average 12 to 18 lbs. with some fish exceeding the 20 lb. mark.

As the season progresses waters begin to warm from spring temperatures and flows begin to decrease with fewer storms, these large wild fish push their way up the rivers

and fishing becomes excellent mid February through April. Low clear water gives an extra advantage to target these fish on the fly. As for keeping fish we have no problem with you harvesting your limit of hatchery steelhead, which in most waters are 2-3 fish per day. We do encourage catch and release of all native-wild steelhead as their numbers are getting smaller every year, we're trying to do our part to preserve this species. With a good camera, tape measure, and scale you can capture the essence of your trophy fish for a taxidermist to replicate for you.

After catching steelhead all spring it's time to move on and start fishing for salmon and we like to do that in Alaska, where millions of salmon return each year to spawn. Alaska offers five types of salmon: King/Chinook who can weigh up to 120 lbs, Coho, also known as Silvers due to their bright chrome color who average 15-20 lbs, Chum, aggresive 10-15 lb. fish that are

sure to put up a great battle at the end of your line, Sockeye, a streamlined fish averaging 7 lbs, and Pink who weigh up to 5 lbs. and are very plentiful. With this kind of variety and bounty no wonder fishermen travel to Alaska from all over the world to catch trophy size salmon. Get one of these on the end of your line and you'll be hooked for life! There's nothing like fighting a big fish on a fly rod.

Back on the Olympic Peninsula, fall marks the beginning of the Silver Salmon run, hard fighting fish averaging 10-12 lbs. that offer excellent fishing throughout the month of October. Kings up to 40 lbs. also run during October and on through November, making fall an exciting season.

Fishing Seasons

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Steelhead Fly Fishing

Coho/Silver

Kings

Chum

Sockeye

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