On Wednesday, Rusty Lyons from Waitsburg, Washington landed the biggest king of the Angling Unlimited season – a whopping 47 pounds. He made multiple trips around the boat before bringing his big smiley to the net. The rest of the group on board landed king limits before heading offshore for halibut limits – which was…
Fishing is about patterns. But, what can you when a pattern fails to appers and things go random? Which seems the case in the last few days. Monday and Tuesday were marked by high winds that kept us away from some of the grounds that have been most productive lately. We eventually found fish in a protected…
The cool gray pattern ceased for a few days and temperatures on shore reached the mid-70’s under bluebird skies. The on-the-water experience was quited different as a brisk northwest wind blew down the outer coast making it chilly and a bit foggy with sloppy tight seas. The fishing amidst the slop was good as the fleet sat…
If anyone can locate summer, please send it to Southeast Alaska. The unusually cold and overcast weather continues but the seas are generally calm. We a blow last Saturday along with some tough fishing. Results improved on Sunday improved for kings and the ocean settled down some. Most boats enjoyed king and halibut limits Sunday and…
Yesterday produced all kinds of marine mammal sightings ranging from the usual sea lions, which aren’t appreciated due to their tendency to harass hooked fish. A large pod of orcas came down the west side of Kruzof yesterday and seemed to have one positive result – the sea lions sort of disappeared. Thankfully, the orcas…
Fishing has ranged from fair to good for kings. Limits have been attained on most days, but it would be hard to call things as good as normal for mid-June when king fishing is a slam dunk. Oddly, we’re finding more consistent king fishing in the afternoon. The routine for our boats is to give…
Bright sun and t-shirt weather visited Sitka last week as clean-up and set-up got underway for AU. Captains Tom and Chuck went to work on boats including an installation of the latest electronics in Ouzel (Captain Tom’s boat) – a Simrad system that features the highly touted CHIRP sounding technology that is rumored to be the next…
We’ve recieved final word on the 2012 king salmon regulations. These regulations are driven by the chinook (king) salmon abundance index for Southeast Alaska which came in at 1.52, just slightly lower than 2011. The nonresident bag limit is one king salmon 28 inches or greater in length; except during May 2012 when the bag…
Halibut regulations are much improved over 2011 for the coming season. Limit will be one per day with a “reverse slot limit” meaning you can keep halibut that are under 45 inches or over 68 inches. For more details, read the press release from the Southeast Alaska Guides Organization (SEAGO) below. SEAGO continues to fight…
I visited Sitka on the way to the International Pacific Halibut Commission meeting in Anchorage. It was a bit snowy making it hard to get up and down the hill to my house. On one trip up the hill I got part way, the car ran out of traction, and started back down despite my…