Went on a 5000mile, 18day road trip, Seattle to "Alaska". One of the major highlights was Grizzlies feeding on chum and pink salmon at Fish Creek, Hyder AK.

Grizzlies eating Salmon

Seattle-AK Full Trip Vid, long, lol.

Nice one ! A dream shoot location for me. Hopefully get to see it one day 🙌

It's not Katmai with a dozen massive bears just sitting there all day. We saw 4-5 individual bears that returned over the 4 days we were there. Fortunately the stream was full of chum and pink salmon. Typically there would only be one bear in the creek at a time. They would be there for a hour or so, grabbing 3-4 salmon, disappearing into the bushes to eat and then wade back in. The boardwalk is open 6am to 10pm and the bears know the schedule. A bear would typically be there right at opening, gone during midday and back right at 9pm. Mornings had the fewest people there, 12 or so, but builds to 40-50 throughout the day. It can get a little crazy trying to keep ahead of the bears as they move upstream. People are all trying to get on the railing to see them. The stream GoPro footage was shot in another stream a mile north of the Fish Creek. Small stream, tall bushes along the banks, we had to be really loud and careful, bear spray at the ready, lol.

Edited September 22Sep 22 by aquabluedreams

Very cool images and video. I especially liked the UW sequences of the salmon, it adds so much to this story. Thanks for sharing!

Alaska is epic. I did a similar trip a few years ago. Anyone thinking of going - just do it!

Hey @aquabluedreams

Thanks so much for posting this. Love the images and footage. It brought back some incredible memories for me when I was at Katmai, it's such a special feeling to be in their presence watching them feed.

Great to see so many salmon too.

Have a great rest of the day.

Cheers,

Maria