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Aug32018

Sitka Fishing Report: The Silver Lining

The strong action for silvers continued the past three days. The boats headed southward to Biorka have generally gotten limits or near limits. Those headed north brought back at least half limits or a little more. What then go north? One reason is the recent northwest winds made for rougher water to the south, plus we never…

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August 3, 2018Leave a commentCaptain Tom's Fishing ReportBy Angling Unlimited
Jul302018

Sitka Fishing Report: July 27, 2018

Thursday this week delivered the best salmon actions we’ve seen yet in 2018. The our boats that ran north found fast action on silvers with limits landed by mid-morning along with a few kings thrown in to spice the action. Those of us that went south found slim pickings at the Cape, but ran north…

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July 30, 2018Leave a commentCaptain Tom's Fishing ReportBy Angling Unlimited
Jul302018

The Sights and Sounds of Fishing

A splashing noise in the distance accompanied the sight of a jumping fishing 30 yards off the stern. It caught the attention of one of the anglers on my boat. Thrilled by the sight, said angler told the rest of us to look as she watched the fish jump repeatedly. My deckhand Tyler soon figured…

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July 30, 2018Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Angling Unlimited
Jul302018

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The Unsung Chum

Chum salmon have a public relations problem. The common names for this fish – chum or dog salmon – don’t conjure an appealing image. A while back, chums were marketed as “silver brites” which for some reason didn’t work out. Now they are sold as “Keta” – the taxonomic species name for the fish. Most…

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July 30, 20181 CommentThe Captain's BlogBy Angling Unlimited
Jul242018

Sitka Fishing Report: July 23, 2018

Silvers Settling In The fishing for silver salmon (coho) has been steadily improving again for the past three or four days with some boats getting pretty close to limit catches. It still seems a bit more hit or miss than we’re accustomed to, but today (Monday) a number of boats got 20 or more silvers.…

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July 24, 2018Leave a commentCaptain Tom's Fishing ReportBy Angling Unlimited
Jul182018

Sitka Fishing Report: July 17, 2018

Hiccup? As last reported, the silver run appeared to be building. We had decent numbers of silvers and they came in from a number of different areas. Though limit catches weren’t happening, we liked what we were seeing. Then we had a rain and wind event on Sunday and the catches dropped, partially because it was hard…

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July 18, 2018Leave a commentCaptain Tom's Fishing ReportBy Angling Unlimited
Jul132018

Sitka Fishing Report: July 13, 2018

Perhaps Yes! In the last report we wondered whether, perhaps, we were seeing the vanguard of the silver run. The answer appears to be yes. Last Monday we saw catches of up to 20 silvers on our boats, with most boats bringing in decent numbers. We had a patch of rough weather on Tuesday that drove boats…

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Sitka Fishing Report: Early July 2018

Are The Silvers Here Yet? Perhaps! Most of the past week continued the pattern we’ve seen all spring. Very challenging salmon fishing, good fishing for rockfish and halibut. The ocean remained wonderfully calm, as it has much of the season, but the king salmon were evasive. We haven’t seen many coho, which isn’t super unusual. They typically…

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July 9, 2018Leave a commentCaptain Tom's Fishing ReportBy Angling Unlimited
Jul32018

Sitka Fishing Report: End of June 2018

  June ended pretty much as it began with mostly calm weather, not much rain, excellent fishing for rockfish and halibut but slow, spotty king fishing. The component of luck in the king formula remains exceptionally high with a few boats doing okay amidst others that don’t get a bite. This reflects the ongoing low abundance of…

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Jun222018

Sitka Fishing Report: I Think We’ll Need a Bigger Net

Monday afternoon, June 18, Captain Ryan Refshaw and the Ravalin party fishing on Skute made one more stop before heading home. Captain Ryan metered the area with the depth sounder and found a big mass of baitfish. He stopped and the lines went in. Not long afterward, Matt Ravalin hooked into a king and thus began…

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June 22, 2018Leave a commentCaptain Tom's Fishing ReportBy Angling Unlimited
Jun132018

Sitka Fishing Report: June 13, 2018

I’m temporarily suspending one of my favorite sayings: “Good luck is a bad fisherman’s estimation of a good fisherman’s work”. Hard work and fishing skills, the hallmarks of all our captains, currently require an usually large portion of luck right now.   To the point, the kings remain in short supply despite good signs of bait,…

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Jun12018

Sitka Fishing Report: End of May 2018

I’ve often wondered when spin, as in political, advertising, or in this case fishing, becomes lying. We like to remain positive and there’s much to be said for fishing in Southeast Alaska and Sitka that goes beyond the catching. Also, salmon aren’t the only fish in the sea. But, to cut to the chase, the…

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June 1, 20182 CommentsCaptain Tom's Fishing ReportBy Angling Unlimited
May312018

Hook It and Cook It 2018

We opened the season with Hook It and Cook It featuring chef Ludger Szmania and his son chef Lucas Szmania who flew all the way from Munich, Germany. Lucas was a deckhand at AU back in 2012 and has been training in Germany in recent years. We had a full house for the event which…

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May 31, 2018Leave a commentNewsBy Angling Unlimited
May312018

Hooking Halibut: Reeling Into Resistance

We usually fish for halibut every day after salmon fishing or as a break between periods of salmon fishing. The switch requires a change in mindset and reaction. With salmon you’re looking for a subtle bite, waiting to confirm it, then reeling as fast as you can. With halibut, you’re looking for an obvious pulling…

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May 31, 2018Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Angling Unlimited
May12018

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Everett Potter Interviews Captain Tom for Forbes.com

Our own Captain Tom was recently interviewed and profiled by prominent travel writer Everett Potter for Forbes.com! Here’s an excerpt: “The sport fishing season in Alaska is upon us and there’s no one better to discuss it with than Captain Tom Ohaus, the founder and co-owner of Angling Unlimited. The Sitka-based outift was started by Ohaus some…

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May12018

Prep for the Upcoming Season

Question (often asked): “What do you do in the offseason?” Answer: We prepare for the next season.   Over the course of the winter our boats make trips to the mechanic to fix anything that concerns us and to replace parts we know, based on experience and keeping a good hour log, have the potential…

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May 1, 2018Leave a commentNews, The Captain's BlogBy Angling Unlimited

2018 Southeast Alaska King Salmon Regulations

Alaska Department of Fish and Game released King Salmon Regulations for 2018.  King Salmon Sport Fishing Regulations For Southeast Alaska including Sitka include;  Daily Bag Limit: One king salmon greater than 28 inches Annual harvest limits: April 5 through June 30, the annual limit is three king salmon 28 inches or greater in length; From July 1…

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Apr42018

The Fishing in 2018

Does low king abundance equate to bad fishing for kings? In a word – no. We’ve said this before and we’ll say it again, the predictions of abundance are the best thing we have for properly regulating the catch, but they don’t always predict the quality of the fishing. We’ve seen great action in years…

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April 4, 20181 CommentNewsBy Angling Unlimited
Apr42018

Good News/Bad News Perspective on King Salmon 2018

High Altitude View   Bad News: A two to three-year episode of warm water and low ocean productivity has resulted in lower numbers of chinook (king) salmon coastwide. Southeast Alaska’s king salmon annual limit is derived in most years by the Abundance Index (AI). The AI is a complex calculation that uses all kinds of…

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Mar22018

What Should I Wear Fishing in Alaska?

Observations on Clothes and Climate on the North Pacific: Packing for your fishing trip to Sitka and wondering what to bring? Here are a few observations and suggestions based on 30 years of guiding on the North Pacific. The temperature tells only part of the story. Yes, 58 or 60 degrees doesn’t sound that cold,…

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March 2, 20181 CommentThe Captain's BlogBy Angling Unlimited
Mar12018

Looking Forward to May

For all of us at Angling Unlimited, May can’t come soon enough. Long bright spring days replace long dark winter nights. The fishing shifts into gear with an exciting combination of king salmon, halibut, lingcod, and rockfish. The captains and crew are fresh and eager to do what we love doing – taking our guests…

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Mar12018

What is Barotrauma?

Greek word baros which means pressure. Trauma is the Greek word for “wound”. In our fishing in Alaska, the principle group of fish that barotrauma applies to are rockfish which have a gas filled swim bladder. This gases in the swim bladder are slowly extracted from the blood stream. The purpose of the swim bladder is…

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March 1, 2018Leave a commentThe Captain's BlogBy Angling Unlimited
Feb52018

The Blob

  In 2013 we enjoyed an unprecedented stretch of warm sunny days during mid-summer in Southeast Alaska. Fishing in t-shirts at 8 AM is not common on the North Pacific, but it was in 2013. We also had a spectacular summer of fishing. The initial meteorological description was the “ridiculously resilient ridge” (RRR), a large…

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February 5, 20183 CommentsNews, The Captain's BlogBy Angling Unlimited

2018 Halibut Regulations Update

The Halibut regulations for 2018 are set: Daily Limit: One per angler Size: Under 38 inches or over 80 inches No annual limit Halibut fishing has been on a steady upswing for nearly a decade off Sitka. That’s why the recommendation to significantly decrease the harvest for 2018 from the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC)…

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Dec42017

Black Rockfish – Bass Bonanza

Can a fish make a person laugh? Yes. I’ve seen it countless times, whether it’s casting streamer flies or dropping jigs next to a kelp bed. The laughter breaks out as dozens of black rockfish blast out from their cover, sometimes all the way to the surface, to attack lures or flies. As more and…

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December 4, 20172 CommentsFish of the MonthBy Angling Unlimited
Dec12017

8 Reasons to Book Early Season

1.Airfare – Book it early and get a shot at some of the best airfare packages of the year. Some great airline deals that are currently running for May 2018 (prices as of Dec 1st): from MPLS on Delta  $674 from New York on Delta $633 from Portland on Delta $380 from Los Angeles on…

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Dec12017

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Steelhead Adventure: A Trip to the Promise land

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Nov32017

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Introduction of AU’s Newest Captains

We know how much the captain means to our anglers. We’re careful about everyone we hire, but we’re most careful about captains for a lot of reasons – safety, quality of the experience, fish production, and care of our equipment. For 2018, we’ll have two new captains and Captain Sarah who will be moving to…

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Nov32017

Captain James Teal - Sitka charter fishing - AU

New Staff Announcement: Captain James Teal

  James Teal was born in 1991 to Doris and Tom Teal. He grew up in Breckenridge, Colorado, with the outdoors being ingrained in him throughout his childhood. He learned to ski at age 3 and received his first dirt bike on his 6th birthday; those two activities have dominated his free time ever since.…

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Nov32017

Captain Jack Barnick, Sitka fishing captain at AU

New Staff Annoucement: Captain Jack Barnick

Jack was born in Roseville, MN to Kurt and Anna Barnick. He caught his first fish, a bluegill, at age 4 and claims he hasn’t really put a rod down since. Jack became interested in Alaska after seeing pictures of the wildlife, the scenery, and, of course, the fishing. Jack claims that venturing to Sitka…

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