We fished for five days in Alaska June 2011. Three days for halibut in Cooks inlet out of Homer, One day fly out for sockeye salmon at wolverine creek and one day drift boat fishing king salmon.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
What to do is find the charter companies that use smaller boats for 6 people, also check the pictures they post daily and you can figure out the best. I’ve been on the big boats and caught a 145 lber, and been on the smaller boats which I recommend and got a 100 lb fish. The smaller boats were designed just for going our fast to the good spots. Anywhere you go your gonna catch fish. I’ve never seen a boat not limit out.
i love that there all in the tail.
Nice!
Well done video, I spend a week in Ninilchik and shared much of the same times. Like your choice of music also. Can tell you put some time in this video. check out “codymatman”
amazing video, one of my dream fishing spots
Lingcod. They are good eating but the season was closed.
What type of fish is at 2:35
Nice fish
I see. So if it’s not homer next time, what’s the plan? I know many people who went up and chased fish across the state, usually in a race to get all 5 species of salmon, but i suppose you could do it for anything. Salmon is definitely about timing, but halibut success can be affected by timing also, for example, in PWS. Generally, it’s easier to get a lot of butts earlier in the season when they all funnel in and more concentrated, later they start spreading out inside the sound
Yes we did. It was great seeing all the wildlife.
We used three different boats and captains but we were stuck with the same charter outfit. We fished for big halibut in shallow waters in the morning and then moved to the chicken patch to get our limits at the end of the day. The captains and deck hands were great guys. We threw back a lot of little ones.
CA
it’s not homer that’s the problem, there are plenty of big fish there. the problem is the boat you went with wasn’t willing to run out to bigger fish. It’s the worst when people go on a boat where the policy is anything caught stays onboard so you coudl very easily end up with 15lbs of halibut fillets and they say you’re done. on the up side, it gives you a good reason to make the trip up again.
Great Video!!!! Hope ya’ll had the time of your life!
@ NCUWHdiverdave Homer is actually a excellent place for Halibut however many charter companies dont want to take you after the big ones…they rather you limit out with your 2 halibut. Next time you go to Alaska try Deep Creek or Ninilchik. Homer is a big tourist trap for Halibut fishing that they do not care to ensure you get quality fish.
Great video! I really enjoyed it!!