I've been to Alaska a couple of times, and did some salmon fishing up there. The first time the captain let us "mooch" for them, and that was a lot of fun.
The second time the guy had no bait, and only wanted to troll for them. So you sit and wait for a rod to go off, take rotation, and whoever is "next" grabs the next rod that goes off. "Tourist fishing." Half the thrill is feeling them start to bite and setting the hook. I'd make sure before I ever went again the captian I would be fishing with was willing to mooch for salmon, instead of just troll for them...
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