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Magnificent and Majestic King Salmon are
yours in the waters around Sitka. These are big 20-70 pound
saltwater fish that are still feeding and very much in their
prime unlike salmon caught in rivers. The waters around Sitka
are natural feeding grounds for these big Chinooks as they
migrate south along the coast. In early summer wide-open
feeding frenzies with double and triple hook-ups are frequent.
Our top quality gear for kings consists of Shimano or Penn
level wind reels with 9' medium action mooching rods and
25lb test line. We fish for kings by either downrigger trolling
artificial lures and bait or drift/slow trolling with light
weights and plug cut herring or small jigs. |
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Scenic boat rides are never enough
for us: great catches are what we strive for and have built our
reputation on. |
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The
Silver Salmon arrive
during and after the king salmon run. They average smaller
(8-14 lb.) than the kings, but fight just as well pound for
pound. The action is often fast and furious with silver salmon
with hook-ups coming as fast as you can get your bait back
in the water. The daily limit of silvers is more generous
than king salmon, so a limit of silvers usually yields more
weight than a limit of kings. The gear and techniques we
use for silvers are similar to those used for king fishing. |
| Combination
fishing means
more productive action for you. A big advantage to Alaska
Salmon fishing with Kingfisher Charters is that we fish for all
available species on the same day. With us, unless you request differently,
you’ll fish for salmon, halibut, lingcod and yelloweye
in the same day and usually catch a limit of two or three
species of fish each day. On our typical ten hour fishing
day, plan on a spectacular one hour run to the fishing grounds,
several hours fishing salmon, several hours fishing halibut
and an hour or two fishing lingcod and rockfish. Of course
if your group would rather devote a day to only one or two
types of fishing, just let your captain know. |
2008 Fishing Report and Limits :
We've been running since May 10, and the fishing has been
good so far. The halibut fishing has been strong in terms
of quality fish. The king fishing has been good, with boat
limits attainable most days. We look forward to a good run
on the silvers later in the summer. The weather has been
nice, with plenty of sunshine and mostly calm seas.
 1
halibut per day
any size, unlimited per year
King
salmon:
May 1 – June 30: 1 per
day, 3 per year
July 1 – July 15:
1 per day, 2 per year
July 16 – Sept. 30: catch and release,
except a trophy
allowance of one king over 48”
6
silver salmon per day,
unlimited per year
Lingcod:
1 per year, 30” to 35” slot size limit,
catch and release June 16 – August
15.
Yelloweye
rockfish:
1 per day, 2 per year
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