Best places to go salmon fishing

Best Places to Salmon Fish

This is a highly debated topic, but there are a few hotspots that stand out. We’ve all heard of the incredible fishing in Alaska and Canada, but besides those two obvious choices, here are the best places to salmon fish.

The Best Places to Salmon Fish in the World

Salmon fishing on the Goodnews River
It’s hard to beat Alaska or British Columbia…But there are some other salmon fishing hotspots around the world that not many people know about.
  1. Everybody knows that Alaska and Canada are among the best places to go salmon fishing, but we’ll start the list off with them anyway.
  2. Russia has some amazing fishing and very little pressure, for King salmon, Chums and Silver salmon depending on the time of year. The Kamchatka Peninsula is probably the most popular fishing destination in Russia.
  3. Iceland is a great place to sight fishing in gin clear water, with hundreds of rivers to choose from.
  4. Norway is definitely one of the best places to go salmon fishing. Every year, a huge run of approximately 600,000 Atlantic salmon travel the fjords and rivers of Norway.
  5. Salmon are in the rivers of Scotland almost year round, with the peak of the season falling in the middle of January.
  6. The East Coast of the United States has some incredible fishing. One great spot is the Merrymeeting River in New Hampshire, which has a great run of Atlantic salmon that peaks in May.
  7. New Zealand has good fishing on the South Island, although their chinook salmon don’t grow as large as they do in North America.
  8. Sweden is another little known salmon fishing hotspot in Europe. It is one of the best places to go salmon fishing in the world.
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