The 2013 season got off to a windy and productive start. The annual Hook It and Cook It event began with some cool temperatures and moderate southerly winds, yet we did well with a combination of king salmon and halibut. The kings were mainly 18 to 22 pounds but Carl Malone managed a 28 pounder.…
So, what’s to like so much about this photo from the summer of 2012? For a fishing guide hoping to provide wild salmon action to his clients, the answering is everything. Those slashes running diagonally across the screen of our Furuno fish finder are king salmon – lots of them from 180 to 100 feet.…
Since we are quickly approaching the 2013 season, you can imagine we are anxious to get back to Sitka. We know that many of you will be returning to Sitka as well, and what gets everyone excited about their visit more that stories and pictures? Every Friday leading up to our season, we will post…
Halibut The North Pacific Fishery Management Council and the International Pacific Halibut Commission have finalized the halibut regulations for 2013. Limit is one halibut per day that is either under 45 inches or over 68 inches. There is no annual limit. This halibut regulation worked well for our customers in 2012 and we expect more exciting halibut…
2012 Season Review: 20 Years In May of 1993, a 19 year old kid from a farm in Minnesota named Chuck McNamee stepped on my boat as a deckhand. He’d never seen the ocean. I’d say he was a bit green, but he worked so damned hard and learned so fast that it didn’t show.…
May 2012 will go down as one of the wettest, coldest Mays we can recall. Thankfully June is off to a totally different start. Dave Maddock and Doug Moll fished aboard my boat on May 31 amidst high winds, 8 foot waves, and an endless parade of white caps. We struggled early on anchor but…
Good king fishing has continued to be good. It’s all about getting into the right place at the right time, which on some days takes persistence and patience. On Monday aboard my boat with the Jim Smith party, we didn’t have a king in the boat at 9:30 and by 10:30 we’d brought in 9.…
The ocean went from a dead calm Friday to a breezy bouncy Saturday. Despite the seas kicked up a bit with the wind, the salmon fishing was good for all. On my boat, fishing with Pete, Ryan, and Brent Supplee along with friend Jim Cordell, we had a long and unlucky morning sliding around on…
Following a slower than normal Thursday, fishing for kings bounced back nicely on Friday. Captain David’s crew brought 8 kings to the boat by about 9 AM, then headed offshore for a good catch of halibut. Similar results occurred for our other boats and the kings were found in good numbers in four different locations…
King fishing has been generally good the past few days with the exception of yesterday (Thursday) when it was a bit scratchy for the three boats out. The fish don’t seem to be very settled – showing up in different places every day making this very much about being in the right place at the right time.…