Daily limit: 1 per person per day either under 40″ or over 80″
Annual limit: None
Timing: Expect fast halibut action all season. We have great success catching halibut up to the 40-inch maximum from May thru September. We do catch the very occasional halibut over the 80-inch mark – especially in May and June.
Size: 10-450 pounds. We see halibut of all sizes in Sitka. Best fishing is on the ocean, so as long as weather permits, we’ll get them!
Nonresident King Limits for 2022
Daily limit: 6 per person
Annual limit: none
Timing: Late June/early July – mid September
Size: Average size 6-10 pounds in June through late July, 8-12 pounds August and September. Silvers gain weight rapidly throughout the summer. By mid-August silvers of 12- 15 pounds are fairly common and the elusive 20 pound hooknose is possible.
Daily limit: 1 per day; 30–40 inches or 55 inches and longer, annual limit of 2 fish, one of which is 30–40 inches in length, and one that is 55 inches or greater in length, harvest record required
Annual limit: 2 – one must be between 30-40″ and the other must be over 55″.
Timing: May 16 through November 30
Size: 30-40 inches or 55 inches and longer.
Daily limit: 3 per day, no size limit
Annual limit: None
Timing: All season
Size: 3-8 pounds
Slope rockfish include: Blackgill, Blackspotted, Bocaccio, Brown, Chilipepper, Darkblotched, Greenstriped, Harlequin, Northern, Pacific Ocean Perch, Puget Sound, Pygmy, Redstripe, Redbanded, Rougheye, Sharpchin, Shortbelly, Shortraker, Silvergray, Splitnose, Stripetail, Vermilion, and Yellowmouth.
No size limit: 1 per day, no size limit
Daily limit: 4 per person
Annual limit: 8 per person
Timing: Available in deep water – in excess of 600 feet all season long.
Size: Most are 5-10 pounds, occasionally up to 25 pounds.
Daily limit: 1 per person
Annual limit: 2 per person
Timing: Tend to show up mostly in July through September.
Size: Range from 60 – 300 pounds.
We seldom target Salmon Sharks and their presence in our waters seems highly variable, ranging from seeing them on an off to not seeing them at all.
