Fishing on Sunday produced limits and near limits of the biggest silvers of the year. Average size was well over 10 pounds and a number of coho between 15 and 17 pounds hit the dock. These a big, full bodied…
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Author Archives: Captain Tom Ohaus
The Beat Goes On
Not much about the second half of season 2010 has been “normal”. The silvers have come and gone more than a few times. The needlefish seem to have disappeared from many of their usual haunts and a lot of our…
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Big Halibut
Long time AU angler Roy Tuschhoff, fishing with Captain Chuck McNamee, hooked a big one on this Tuesday and after a long battle a 255 pound halibut hit the deck. His party also landed 15 silvers and a nice late…
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Big King
Doug Charles, son-in-law of long time AU angler Roy Reed, got a big surprise on Sunday. After his party landed three kings and a bunch of silvers, they decided to anchor up for rockfish. Doug’s bait hit the bottom, he…
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Return to Normal?
Friday saw salmon fishing begin a return to near normal for late August. Amanda Vey and her sister Kelli Conley, fishing with Captain Chuck McNamee, brought in a limit of silvers up to 17 pounds and kings in the mid-20’s. While…
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Missing Silver
Where did the silvers go? That’s the current mystery. After excellent fishing last week, the run seems to have nearly disappeared. Recent silver scores have been very low with the only saving grace that kings still show up enough to…
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King Season Part II?
Silvers made themselves somewhat scarce yesterday with most boats catching between 6 and 10. This isn’t normal for mid-August when silvers are typically very abundant. The abnormal quality of the season is added to by the number of kings around.…
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Fickle Silvers
Quick limits of silvers were the rule on Sunday with the entire AU fleet getting limits by mid-morning. Brian Lemmon, fishing with Captain David Gross also landed a 140 pound halibut as their group went for a tri-fecta of limits…
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Big Halibut
Mike Vincent from Salt Lake City landed a 250 pound halibut on Saturday fishing with Captain Greg Mohs. Mike has fished all over Alaska and this fish fulfilled a decades long quest for a barn door. Fishing otherwise for the…
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Home Stretch Sprint
Most charter services are already done for the season. The fishing grounds are delightfully vacant of boats and wonderfully fishy. The Earl Parrish group fishing with Captain Chuck McNamee landed 22 silvers up to 16 pounds, two kings in over…