Salmon Frenzy
Each July, red salmon return by the thousands to the Kenai River’s mouth in downtown Kenai to finish their migration upstream to spawn. And with the salmon, come hungry Alaskans, also by the thousands, their minds set on using a dipnet to fill their freezers and canning jars with the tasty flesh of the prized fish.
The act of collecting the salmon is one part subsistence, one part carnival as beginners and seasoned pros mix their families and techniques in a fishery seen few other places.
