The first day of Keenan Gallagher’s Sitka fishing trip will probably be one he’ll never forget. Captain Phil went to Point Mary, where the king fishing has been very reliable lately, picked a spot and dropped the anchor in between two other AU boats. Keenan decided he’d break the ice after a slow morning and…
The Weathers party wrapped up three days of fishing yesterday with Captains Phil, James, and Ryan. Since our last report, silver and king fishing production declined at The Cape, which pushed the fleet north. We’ve found decent salmon bites at Point Mary, The Parking Lot, Point Amelia, and The Bowl. With a ripping current, we’ve…
During the past week, fishing was very reliable and productive at The Cape. The entire fleet was at The Cape today; doing drifts outside the troll line. There isn’t much structure, just large schools of silvers feeding high in deep water. Kings are mixed in, but not as common. Captain Phil and the Willard party spent the…
As of midnight last night, ADFG announced the closure of the first commercial troll season for king salmon in 2014. ADFG anticipated the goal of 171,300 kings would be met by this time. Captain Tom reflected on the commercial opener’s effect on the fishing last week. Without much pressure in our reliable fishing spots and with…
The commercial king salmon opener for trollers began on July 1. Historically, this has caused some trepidation that our king fishing would get pounded into the ground. But, for the past five seasons, we’ve seen precious little impact. The areas we fish and the areas they fish seem to overlap less and less. July 1…
May – June 2014 Our Sitka fishing season opened May 15 like 2013 never ended. The seas were calm, the sky clear, and we ran into a good king bite at Cape Edgecumbe. After that, it was offshore for halibut then back in to finish the 2 kings per person limit and for an hour…
The end of June marks the final day our clients can retain two kings per day. Starting tomorrow, it moves to one per day with six kings annually remaining the same. The June king run produced many multiple fish days for our clients and most brought home their annual limits. Some days were white-hot with many catch and release opportunities.…
The Jim Messenger party fishing aboard Story Teller with Captain James Baumann brought in the first silver salmon limit on June 23. After a morning of excellent king action, they’d gone offshore and gotten a limit of halibut. Upon returning to the salmon grounds, they came upon a big school of silvers and landed six…
We’re beginning to see huge schools of kings on a regular basis. Anglers have many opportunities for catch and release throughout the day and it’s not uncommon for everyone on the boat to have a king on at once! Captain DJ just wrapped up a three day trip with the Burns party. They experienced a mix of…
Captain Tom wrapped up fishing with the Thompson party today after three days of excellent production. During the first two days of the trip, the ocean was flat, which allowed them to explore the western coast of Kruzof for kings. The consistent theme: find a location with bait and you’ll find kings. The fish are hungry and just need a…