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Grandparents/Grandkids Special

  Take you grandchildren fishing on Angling Unlimited’s grandparents special. The time is August 24-28 – prime for peak silver action – and action is what gets kids going. Spice that fun that with some late season kings, halibut, rockfish, and lingcod and you’ve got the perfect time of year to keep those with shorter…

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June 27, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Chuck McNamee

Silver Solstice

The first day of summer brought the fish of summer with a terrific silver bite that came on the heels of a wide open king bite. Long time AU friend Greg Pepin, plus Val Jensen, Rusty Lyon, and Rusty’s daughter Kelly Lyon, fished with Captain Greg and started the day with by hooking and releasing about a dozen kings while landing the limit of four.…

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June 22, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

Bigger and Better

The king run this year has been good for numbers and now the size seems to be building, too. On Sunday the Kent Thomazin brought in a 36 pound king and the rest of his party – Don Gillis, Rick Rekdal, and Randy Rundhaug – landed fish up to to 30 pounds. Monday delivered a…

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June 20, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

Calm Seas Continue

Among other things, the first month of our 2011 season be remembered unbelievably calm seas. Day in and day out the ocean is nearly flat. Today we saw a very widely spaced ground swell, but otherwise it was glass. The AU fleet worked a little harder than usual to locate kings, but the efforts paid with limits all…

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June 17, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

Calm and Shallow

Fishing lit up in for all the AU boats on Monday with limits of kings quickly followed by limits of halibut. One of the king locations was protected, calm, shallow and particularly beautiful. The Wong party – Ed, Gary, and Brad Wong plus Jim Kraft had a spectucular day of catching and releasing kings using circle hooks…

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June 15, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

June Grandslam

An explosive krill bloom in the waters off Sitka has brought an unusual mix of salmon for the second week of June. On June 11, Captain David Gross fishing with Doyne Bohannon, John Austin, Jeff Fossum, and Walt Seymour brought in a catch more common in mid-July: a limit of kings, halibut, and rockfish along with…

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June 13, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

Sitka named Top 10 fishing destination in US

Family-Outdoors, a fishing, hunting and camping blog out of the Missouri Ozarks, recently named Sitka (home of Angling Unlimited) a top ten fishing destination in the United States. “Most people believe that the world’s best salmon, halibut, and trout fishing is found in Alaska,” they wrote. “And Sitka is the epicenter for the best action.” Also…

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June 11, 2011Leave a commentNews, Sitka, The Captain's BlogBy Angling Unlimited

Guest Post: Salmon and Halibut

Only one boat out today, Captain Chuck, and a good was had by all five guests. Each got a nice King and several more released.

A quick trip to the halibut grounds yielded five halis in a hurry.

More boats will be out tomorrow!

Guest post from AU guest Earl “of Sinitsin” Tanner

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June 8, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Chuck McNamee

Hard Work Pays Off

King fishing in the first week of June has not been easy. It has been work to find the fish and get on the schools, but the work has paid off each day and limits have been the rule. Thankfully the sea lions seem to be getting less agressive. Also, there have been some spectaular whale breaching shows…

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June 6, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

The Best Salt Water King Fishing on the Planet

I know a guy who owned a megayacht and cruised all over British Columbia and Southeast Alaska exploring the best fishing spots. He could fish the most remote locations, far the coastal towns and villages. He fished them all, kept detailed data on 40 or more years of salt water chinook fishing. About 15 years…

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June 1, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

The Mammals of May

Angling Unlimited had a first on May 30. Captain David Gross, fishing with Carl Hauser, Jeff Hauser, Dave Goshorn, and Ed Barnes got into a wide open king bite yesterday afternoon. After hooking and landing some nice kings they were greeted by a site we’ve never scene at AU – a pod of killer whales…

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May 31, 20114 CommentsThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

Calm Seas and Kings

We’ve enjoyed light winds, calm seas, and good fishing for the past 10 days. King results have ranged from spectacular to good. The Flint group brought 20 kings to the boat in the first two hours of the morning on May 25. Since then, the fishing has been a bit harder work, but most groups…

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May 29, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

Mid-June in Mid-May

The 2011 seaon got underway with Captain DJ Gross taking American service men fishing along with other boats in the Sitka fleet. It’s Angling Unlimited’s and the charter industry’s way of thanking them for their service. The king fishing has been spectacular with large schools of fish, limits, and plenty for catch and release –…

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May 17, 2011Leave a commentCaptain Tom's Fishing Report, The Captain's BlogBy Captain Chuck McNamee

Free Trip Winner = Steve Slater

On April 15th, we randomly selected a winner from the list of 1757 people that are signed up to receive our monthly E-news.  With the help of Random.org, Steve Slater became our lucky winner.  Here’s a few details about Steve. Steve Slater (from Wisconsin) moved to Minnesota 29 years ago to lure and catch his college sweetheart Ellen…

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April 22, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Chuck McNamee

Halibut Conundrum

Lots of fish refusing to grow up  It might be easier to explain quantum physics in a paragraph than clarify the halibut situation. First, halibut are currently at record abundance in the North Pacific – more individual fish and more pounds (1.8 billion) than ever. Sounds great until we drill down and discover that the…

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April 13, 2011Leave a commentCaptain Tom's Fishing ReportBy Captain Chuck McNamee
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2011 King Salmon regulations!

The King salmon regulations have been set for the 2011 season.  They are as follows:  Non-residents annual limit is 5.  2/day in May, and 1/day for the rest of the season.  Resident limit = 3/day The forcast is for excellent King salmon fishing in Southeast, Alaska this summer.  Last year the limits were 1/day and…

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April 4, 20111 CommentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Chuck McNamee

79th Annual Northwest SPORTSHOW

We are looking forward to the big show in Minneapolis, MN  – March 30 – April 3.  Several captains and other AU crew will be in booth 808 to talk about the upcoming season in Sitka, AK.  If your in the area, stop by, we would love to see you.  Also, get signed up to…

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March 25, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Chuck McNamee

Thank you Chicago!

Captains Chuck, DJ, and Greg attended the American Outdoor show last week in Rosemont, IL, which is near Chicago.  We met lots of great people during the five days, and we would like to thank all of you that stopped by to visit and learn more about Sitka, Alaska and Angling Unlimited.  Best of luck…

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February 1, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Angling Unlimited
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Chicago Fishing and Hunting Show

Captain’s Chuck McNamee, Greg Mohs and DJ will be in Chicago this week at the 32nd Annual America’s Outdoor Fishing and Hunting Show.  The show is being held in the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.  We will be in booth #244.  If you are in the area, please stop in.  We will be having a guess…

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January 24, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Chuck McNamee
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AU has a Curling Team?

The First Annual Pinehurst outdoor bon spiel (Curling tournament) was held this past week in Naytahwaush, MN.  Pinehurst Resort is owned by Captain Ben’s in-laws.  64 teams were registered, and for most of them, it would be their first curling experience, as it was for Team Angling Unlimited.  Several of the Angling Unlimited employees were…

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January 17, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Chuck McNamee
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Boulder Lake Fire and Ice Fest!

 “So what are you going to do over Christmas break?” our friend Missy asked my son Jack.  “I don’t know”, Jack said.  “We should build an igloo on the lake” Missy suggested.  The rest is history.  It didn’t take long before the ideas and plans were flying around here like snowflakes in a blizzard.  Ice tonges…

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January 4, 2011Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Chuck McNamee

Ocean Indicators

If you’re looking for a crystal ball into king salmon fishing in Southeast Alaska for the upcoming season, ocean productivity in the waters off the Northwest and British Columbia is a good place to start. Cool water regimes prove much better for survival of juvenile salmon and, thankfully, that’s where the north Pacific appears headed again. All indications are…

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October 3, 2010Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

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 20 pounds, and a limit of halibut including a 155 pounder on September 2. They…

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September 3, 20101 CommentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

As Good as It Gets

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 coho that run line, jump wildly and really put on a show.  Added to the…

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August 30, 2010Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy 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 salmon fishing has taken place offshore in deeper water where a krill bloom of enormous…

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August 29, 2010Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

Big Silver

The morning of August 27 dawned sunny and flat calm morning on Cape Edgecumbe.  There was a decent bite going on for big silvers with the odd king mixed in. Captain Ryan Refshaw’s boat “Skute” was participating in the action and went  over a school of salmon. They got four bites and two stayed on. Captain Ryan thought both fish were kings until Jenny Olson’s came to…

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August 27, 2010Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

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 season king. Jack Martin, fishing with Captain Ryan Refshaw, added a 32 pound king to…

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August 25, 20101 CommentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

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 got a hit and the next thing he knew the fish ripped 325 feet of…

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August 23, 2010Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

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 limits weren’t quite the rule aboard all the boats, everyone landed a good number of…

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August 21, 2010Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Captain Tom Ohaus

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 make for good action if you’re in the right place at the right time. Also,…

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August 20, 2010Leave a commentNews, The Captain's BlogBy Angling Unlimited
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