Salmon Fishing with Grizzlies | America’s National Parks

grizzly bears are now in what’s called
hyperphagia desperately overfeeding to
fatten up for the coming winter
the Bears usually steer clear of each
other
maintaining around 20 square miles of
elbow room but now they’re in each
other’s faces here the salmon don’t leap
into a bears mouth so they have to work
at it the most skilled bears can catch
fish after fish but this guy’s just
learning and he’s got competition a
female and she’s an old hand at salmon
fishing
her technique is impeccable a
combination of aerial survey
she’s almost 6 feet tall standing up
then a good snorkel under the water
she’s pregnant and needs those calories
badly
now the pursuit
the pounce
and the prize that’s a 12-pounder and
she catches more before the day is over
but time is short above the Arctic
Circle summer is fleeting