Fish Creek Wildlife Observation Site, Alaska, United States
4.5 (141 reviews) Spent More than 3 hours Ranking #2 in Hyder Nature & Wildlife Areas
We saw bear fishing for salmon!
My husband and I have visited Stewart and Hyder many times over the years. We watched this viewpoint go from just people standing along the creek to seeing the whole viewing platforms and boardwalks being built. We often spoke with the bear man famous for the books he's written about the bears of Stewart and Hyder. On one occasion, when my friend from Taiwan was with us, we saw bear fishing for salmon. First we saw black bear, then the grizzley appeared, jumped in the creek, totally missed his salmon, settled for one already dead along the bank of the creek, and made off with his meal through the bushes. Magnificent! In all our return trips, we've never seen anything close to that.
Address
Nfd 88, Hyder, AK 99923
Website
http://www.stewartcassiarhighway.com/attractions/fish-creek-wildlife-observation-site
Current local date and time now
Saturday, May 11, 2024, 7:48
User Ratings
4.5 based on (141 reviews)
Reviews
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5Yvon D 5:00 PM Jan 15, 2020
Loved this Fishing Bear spot
In Hyder you can go to Fish Creek Wildlive observation site. This is a place where bears come to fish for salmon and you can watch the bears from a platform. Be prepared that you are not going to be the only one that is wanting to see the bears. Photographers will be there early in the morning till late in the evening and in June and August the amount of tourists here can get up to 200, In September there were not a lot of people here. It was a nice place to hang around and meet other people, and I did see bears come up to find salmon. Once in a while, around sunset a wolf will show up at the creek. If you’re lucky you might see it laying around at the creek. Take your time here, and remember seeing wildlife is never a guarantee. If you want to come here to see bears you have to be patient. Best time is early in the morning. Don't forget to also watch for the bears along the river next to the parking lot, they might hang out there and you might not notice because you keep stayin at the platform. But be careful because next to the parking lot is no platform.
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4gin 5:00 PM Sep 15, 2022
Nice place to view bears safely
This was our first visit and we were fortunate enough to see a bear as soon as we arrived. We watched it for about 30 minutes when it went elsewhere. Then a volunteer arrived and asked to see our pass. We had not purchased a pass because the website said after Sept 15 you didn’t need one, and we were visiting on Sept 16. Unfortunately she said they were requiring passes until Sept 19, so we left .
