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…
DetailsFishing 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…
DetailsAn 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…
DetailsFamily-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…
DetailsOnly 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
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…
DetailsI 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…
DetailsAngling 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…
DetailsWe’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…
DetailsThe 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 –…
DetailsOn 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…
DetailsLots 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsWe 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…
DetailsCaptains 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…
DetailsCaptain’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…
DetailsThe 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…
Details“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…
DetailsIf 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…
DetailsMost 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…
DetailsFishing 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…
DetailsNot 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsLong 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…
DetailsDoug 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…
DetailsFriday 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…
DetailsWhere 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,…
DetailsSilvers 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. All of the AU fleet caught king limits and released others. There is no explaining…
DetailsFishing lit up well for the AU fleet in the past three days with kings (yes, still kings in mid-August), lots of silvers and some great halibut catches. Limits and near limits of silvers were landed by Congressman Norm Dicks’ group on Thursday and Friday. Jim Nall boated a 44 pound king on Friday. Norm…
DetailsQuick 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 of silvers, kings, and halibut. Monday produced a different story with silvers. While most of…
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