Post by trent on Jul 27, 2009 9:04:05 GMT -5
ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/08/kamchatka-salmon/quammen-text
Just got the latest National Geographic in the mail. There is an interesting article about the salmon runs and fishing industry/poaching in Kamchatka. I think I recall coming across a reference in the past to that region, probably in a fly fishing advertisement, that "Kamchatka today is what Alaska used to be" (or something like that). Anyway, I'm not 100% sure I know the exact meaning of that statement, but I'm guessing it refers to the large numbers of fish and the relatively few people fishing for them (at least fly fishing).
The link to the online version of the article is above. So far, I haven't become a "destination fisherman" since time and resources don't really allow it. This would be an awesome place to go fish someday assuming they don't hose it up completely between now and then.
Just got the latest National Geographic in the mail. There is an interesting article about the salmon runs and fishing industry/poaching in Kamchatka. I think I recall coming across a reference in the past to that region, probably in a fly fishing advertisement, that "Kamchatka today is what Alaska used to be" (or something like that). Anyway, I'm not 100% sure I know the exact meaning of that statement, but I'm guessing it refers to the large numbers of fish and the relatively few people fishing for them (at least fly fishing).
The link to the online version of the article is above. So far, I haven't become a "destination fisherman" since time and resources don't really allow it. This would be an awesome place to go fish someday assuming they don't hose it up completely between now and then.
