Salmon run

The crowd at Pullen creek,
Skagway, Alaska taking a
close look at the scores of
salmon rushing in from
ocean back to the river

The salmon run is the time when salmons swim back to the rivers where they were born. It is the spawning season for the salmon. Salmon dies after spawning.

These photos were taken at the Pullen creek which is situated between the harbour and downtown Skagway. These salmons swam back to the rivers from the Pacific ocean. They died after spawning.

The salmon run is an active season for the fishing sports enthusiasts and an occasion of sumptuous feast for the grizzly bears too.

Pacific salmon

A solitary salmon at the
edge of the river

It is the time of salmon run
when salmon swim back to the river
where they were born to spawn

Scores of salmon swimming
upstream against the swift
flow in Pullen creek

Salmon which swam back to
the river died after spawning