Great Deals on Flights to Sitka in 2020
Fishing in Alaska is a faraway bucket-list dream to many people in the lower 48. A mere 2-hour non-stop flight from Seattle, AU and Sitka deliver that dream without the faraway. Alaska Airlines continues to add non-stops to Seattle from more and more cities across the country, making a trip to Sitka more affordable and…
New Decade
Hard to imagine we’re about to hit the 2020s. Our outlook for the coming summer is positive for king salmon. The kings were more abundant and bigger in 2019. The commercial trollers had a good fall of king fishing off Sitka which is about the best predictor for abundance in the following year. We see…
The New Boat – Season One Review
We christened Petrel, the first outboard powered AU boat, in the spring of 2019. Shiny and new, she drew a lot of attention at the dock. For many of our curious customers the main question was “why outboards?” Here’s the short answer and a quick review of the new boat after one season: Why: Refining…
7 Reasons to Fish Early Season in 2020
Unique benefits to fishing mid-May through June 10th, 2020 in Sitka, Alaska. Kings only – If catching chinook is your thing, this is the time to focus on them. Catch rates are high and hopes of the tyee (over 30 pounds) are ever present. Inshore – In the early season we find kings in classic…
2019: The Year in Review
Grades for 2019 Coming up with grades for a season that runs from mid-May thru mid-September presents a challenge. We see ups and downs every year, but 2019 seemed particularly prone to peaks and valleys. Grading the season is an exercise in averaging 110 days of fishing into a single score that will look low…
Abundance Based Management
Our guests often wonder how in the world our regulations get set, so we’ll start with step one. Abundance based management is a means of establishing harvest levels based on the current abundance of each species. The abundance of stocks of fish, particularly salmon, can vary significantly from year to year. So, when stocks are…
Evolution of the Revolution
In the spring of 1999 “Shearwater” arrived at our dock. It was a custom walkaround cabin Almar that we designed, and she pretty much revolutionized the Sitka charter fleet. Within a few years there were at least a dozen Almar walkaround cabin models in the local fleet along with another dozen or more similar designs…