It’s mid-August and the king run of 2011 seems a long way from running out of gas. Magdalena Lee fishing with Captain Ben Baumann landed a 38 pounder on Saturday afternoon. A number of fish over 30 pounds were caught on …
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Kings, Kings, and More Kings
As is typical for Sitka, silver fishing ranges from good to excellent this mid-August with limit or near limit catches on a daily basis. The average size silver isn’t quite as large as normal but we have seen some big fishing including an 18 pounder landed by …
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The Beat Goes On
Fishing remains absolutely spectacular with great catches of kings, silvers, halibut, lingcod and rockfish. Yesterday, Dale Hutson, fishing with Captain Chuck, landed a 40 pound king. Today (Friday) the Dan Hayes group fishing with Captain Chuck and yours truly had …
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As Good as it Gets
For the past week we’ve seen spectacular fishing with limits of silvers many days and kings at levels of abundance normally reserved for mid-June. The comments from the our anglers say it all. Dick Glassburn, who has fished with AU …
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Big Kings Arrive
Larry Kauzlarich, fishing with Captain Ryan Refshaw, landed a 48 pound chinook while motor mooching close to shore early on a beutiful calm, sunny Saturday (yesterday) morning. This is the current big king of the year for AU. King fishing continued to be …
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Two Days of Everything
First, sorry for the lapse in blogs. The long season catches up with your aging captain/blogger.
The second week of July presented a surprise – after a nice buildup in numbers, the silvers virtually disappeared for three or four days. Boats …
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Limits of Everthing
July got off to a rough start weatherwise and a hot start fishingwise. Despite dealing with a bit of wind, rain and waves, the Otto party -
Tony, Ryan, and Marty – celebrated July 4 with “limits of everything” – …
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July Starts Hot
The weather wasn’t hot for the first day of July – a bit of cool rain came with an east wind that smoothed out the ocean. We found kings again on the inside waters with limits for the Dan Brock …
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Inside/Outside
The calmest June we’ve ever seen ended on a rough note. A nasty south wind kicked up on Thursday making the ocean a confused washboard. The rough conditions brought out the best in Sitka options when a number of our …
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Stormy Weather
The summer of calm came to an abrupt end during the last week. A series of fronts brought rain, wind, and rough seas. This doesn’t make the fishing easier, but stormy weather brings out another positive aspect of fishing Sitka - we have a …