I fished the Karluk in Sept 2000,, Flew in on a Helicopter and stayed a week in a tent camp... There were so many fish you were sick of catching them by the 3rd day... We were there to catch Steelhead probably only caught 15 or so the whole trip... But it was non stop catching Char and Sockeye.. Very aggressive Sockeye in there,, they actually look like a cross between Sockeye and Chum... The Silvers were just starting to come in,, big Silvers that are orange like a pumpkin and covered in sea lice... I actually did not land any Silvers but I had some on,,, they just would bust you off,, over 20 pounds is common... Using a 7 weight with a floating line/split shot bouncing egg patterns with a tinny nymph dropper so essentially drift fishing... Its a shallow river bout the size of the Dungeness,, too shallow and slow for drift fishing,, probably could fish spinners and spoons a little...

It was unreal,, never saw anything like it regarding the volume of fish...