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frayed

I really want to take a trip up there. Here are a few pics. One of the sons from a gal in my office made a recent run up there.

If anyone has tips on when/where to go, and who to use as a guide, lemme know!

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robul · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2677

Im pretty sure crab n fisher lives up there and his brother runs a charter.. maybe you guys can hook up? Iv been to alaska once on a cruise and it was pretty nice in the summer.. I woudlnt want to be there in winter time only 4-6 hours of daylight..

frayed · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:14 am Post subject:

Definitely summer. Halibut season appears to run right through the summer. Would love to get up there in the middle of August to escape the desert by the sea.
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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Do a search for Trash Heap's adventures. I think he is going again next year.

frayed · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:57 am Post subject:

OK, cool. I'll do some digging.
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ironmanstan · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:24 am Post subject:

Hey frayed you need to talk to my neighbor, he just got back from alaska, he works up there every summer and comes home for the winter. He is a sportsman. He also has a plane up there , so i'm sure he has all the info you will need. He will be at the shop on the 17th. Very Happy

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ltorna1 · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 3240

Going up there in July next summer, also looking for lodges/guides. I hear Homer is a cool place with tremendous Halibut fishing.
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The Trash Heap · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject:

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Chef Lefty · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject:

Being a recent run, and we are in early October, I would like to make the trip to enjoy the cooler weather. Very nice pictures.
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larry meinert · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject:

Hate to piss on your thread here but for those that have read my posts, it is what I do so well. Those boys look like they had great fun. But that is a picture of a halibut at least 20 pounds over what one would ever harvest to eat. I will guess that it is 65 - 70 lbs. Anything over 50 lbs will have so many worms that it would only be only be good for cat food. It is like pulling a piece of plywood up from the bottom until you get it near the surface then you have to shoot it as many times as you have bullets in your pistol 'till you hit it in the brain. If you gaffed that fish into your boat before shooting it, it would tear up your boat. There is no CPR on a fish like that. Please someone correct me if it has changed in the last 25 years but I spent 4 years (82-86) in Puget Sound and when we bottom fished and caught an oversized halibut, it was somewhat like catching a large sting ray. Everyone ought to catch at least one. Cut her loose and let her keep the hook. L

The Trash Heap · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:38 am Post subject:

brando09 · Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 6

I'm from Anchorage, and we spent every summer going down and camping on the Homer spit. There are literally hundreds of guides set up there for halibut. Fishing is fun there, the runs out arn't too bad, and the boats are usually pretty good sized.

If your a real fly fisherman, and you want a challenge you can hit up the Kenai River for Kings, Reds, Silvers, and Pinks(Tourist trash salmon). Or hire a guide that will take you up and down the river to all their honey holes.

But for something truly unique, I would recommend going Dip-Netting on the copper river. Tie yourself to a rock, lean over the edge, put your 8-10 ft net in the river and wait. When you feel something trying to pull you in...lift it up. 20-50lb kings are pretty regular early in the summer when the Kings are in.

Even more fun can be fly in trips. I am partial to these because most of my salmon and trout fishing that wasn't on the Kenai was by fly in. Rusts flying service is the best, Ketchum was great too, but they recently went out of business. You meet at Lake Hood right next to the Anchorage International Airport which is the busiest float plane lake in the world, and you board a Beaver on floats. The pilot will fly 30min to an hr into lakes and rivers that most tourists dont get to visit. Here you will be alone all day to fish as you please. Sometimes you get there and a big run of fish will come, and other days you catch a few trout and thats all. But is is THE way to see the real Alaska. These trips can be guided as well.

One thing to remember is that the Salmon runs correspond with what month it is. Kings are first but the bigger ones come in whats called the second run. First run is May-junish...and the second run can be as late as mid July. These fish (on the Kenai) can be in the 70-90lb range.

Reds are a lot of fun as well, and they taste great! They are smaller, ranging from 10-20lbs and run from june till the beginning of August.

Silvers are the most fun in my opinion. They fight like no other, and are a BLAST to catch! They love to jump and strip line. They run much later in the summer...Aug-Sept.

Pinks are trash. They taste like trash, and look like trash. They are the red-headed step child of the salmon family. They only come in on even numbered years, and they are to be avioded at all costs. BUT if you like a fight, and arn't worried about eating them, you can catch 10 or 20 a day. And on a fly rod or a light spinning reel they are fun!

If I can answer any specific questions, please let me know.

Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3974

thanks for the tips brando, good stuff there. could you attach a few general prices to those activities to get a feel for how much spending cash to bring? Shocked

oh, and welcome to the board.
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