Homer, Alaska fishing hole

[billd2]

Here is a panorama of a man made fishing hole in Homer Alaska. An ideal spot for easy salmon fishing when they arrive.


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[Cmcburnett]

Wow, beautiful photo. I love the mountains in the background.

[Byron Gale]

Bill,

I suppose nobody ever gets their lines tangled... do they? :D

Byron

[Chuck S.]

I just wonder how they get the salmon into that blind canyon....:)

[Ellen]

Great photo!
Chuck - I think they just Wrangell them.

[mrod]

Hey, I've been to Homer! Some friends and I went fishing for halibut one summer day back in the early 90's. That halibut fed me well into the winter that year...ah, the memories...

Nice pano. Great job of stitching it all together.

Mike

[billd2]

First of all, thanks to everyone for the kind words. Byron when the fish and tourist fisher people arrive at the same time, hooks and lines are flying in every direction and yes lines do get tangled. I've seen it elbow to elbow all around the fishing hole but supriseingly they do catch fish. Chuck, fingerlings of Silver and King salmon are planted every year in the fishing hole. There is an outlet or inlet, depending on the tide, at the far end of the fishing hole and after a few years at sea they return fat and ready for the frying pan. It's always been a mystery to me that fish always return to the place where they hatched from eggs even though they travel many miles out to sea and stay away as long as four years. And yet my wife has a sense of direction of an egg beater. (hope she doesn't read this) They do not spawn when they return and the planting of the fingerlings on a yearly basis provides adult fish somewhere down the line.
Ellen, nice play on words. I wonder how many readers caught that.
Mike, yes, the Homer is known as the Halibut capital of the world. One fish can weigh 400 lbs and feed you through many winters.