Calm Seas, lots of silvers, easy halibut, and a bit more struggle than normal for kings. The pattern of the first half of July continues. How long the extreme calm can last? Who knows, but not forever. It appears the silver run will just keep racing along. The kings remain easy one day, hard the…
I look at times of the salmon season by which species is the cake and which is the icing. June through at least mid-July, kings are typically the main event – the cake. Silvers are the bonus fish – the icing. The first two weeks of July this year, we’ve had a sort of upside…
The last 10 days of June have been marked by excellent numbers of silvers and mostly good catches of kings. The king run continues to present the occasional hiccup which seldom lasts more than a day. Even on those days, kings are landed, we just work harder at it. The silvers numbers have been building…
A guy I know has been fishing king salmon from Washington, through British Columbia and all over Southeast Alaska for over 40 years. Until the early 90’s he cruised the coast in a live-aboard yacht fishing anywhere he wanted. He keeps meticulous records of every fish they catch and his catch rates. After careful…
There are signs to watch for. Some show up on our sounders – big schools of baitfish, layers of krill, and marks that are clearly salmon. Some are quite visible without electronics – whales, birds, and well-defined rip lines in the water. After an unusually challenging week in early June, all the signs came together…
1. Pacific salmon are different: They don’t behave like most fish and it has to do with how they drive through their feed. Most fish drive into baitfish, grab and turn away. Salmon just keep swimming straight ahead, looking for more. They react to something not being right with what they ate by swimming…
We at Angling Unlimited were honored to have six veterans join us for a fishing trip on June 1-4. It was jointly sponsored by the Brady Oberg Legacy Foundation, whose mission is “to promote a happy and healthy life for combat victims who suffer from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).” The event was not only…
Awesome, incredible, and outstanding are some of the words that I would use to describe our entire experience at the 2017 “Hook It & Cook It” event at Angling Unlimited in Sitka, Alaska. It’s 4 great days of fishing and 4 great evenings of three-course gourmet dishes, all consisting of local fish, prepared and cooked…
Our season is underway! A full house of guests enjoyed night number one of Hook It and Cook It with chef Ludger Szmania. They are out on the water today. The AU staff has been working hard for the past three weeks, getting all the parts of our well-oiled machine running smoothly. We are ready. The…
