Alaska Fishing Pictures

[Dan in Alaska]

More Alaska photos, this time with some fish in them.....

Up here we catch a lot of halibut. My buddy, Bill, with an 80-pounder:

My brother with a 115-pounder:

Of course the scenery doesn't suck much.

Ling cod season opens July 1st, and we catch a bunch of these toothy buggers.

A lot of times, they'll hit the rockfish on the way up:

My brother-in-law with a decent linger:

My dad with a nice one:

My buddy, Dave, with a dandy! If I remember correctly, it was 58" long.

Here's the biggest one I remember catching, personally. It was 60-pounds or better.

A nice catch of ling cod. Of the five, three were over 50 and the other two were over 40 pounds.

Silver salmon (coho) show up later in the summer, and Valdez is an awesome place to hook 'em.

We get some shellfish up here, too. Here are a few spot prawns:

A friend's Dad even managed to catch a king crab. Unfortunately, we had to release it. I have a BBQ grill on the boat now, so things might be a little different.

We fish the fresh water sometimes, as well. Here's the Kenai River, dressed in the fall colors.

A buddy with a fat Kenai rainbow:

My dad and I, a little earlier in the season, with a limit of sockeyes:

A little further upstream, off the Russian River, a couple of buddies with a limit of sockeyes:

A friend's daughter releasing a king. In the background you can see the "combat fishing" and you soon realize why I don't do much freshwater fishing anymore. It gets pretty crazy in the "combat" zones.

[Trollnheel]

Found it! Some awesome fish up there. The crab I expected, but the size of the shrimp was amazing!

[rchanner]

Man, I love Alaska! A good friend of mine has a little floating bunkhouse cabin near Ketchikan...he started running a 6-pack charter out of there last year. I really need to get back up there and see him!

[riznfall]

Thanks for the pics. Man that looks awsome. My buddy and his brothers make a a trip yearly for fishing they love it

[Soundbounder]

Nice!!!!

Looks like you had a great time.

Did you see Russia from the galley?

[triumphrick]

Great pics. Thanks!! Makes Gulf fishing look a little lame.....the ling remind me of when the 'cuda show up and snag a bonita or two!

[ScarabChris]

It would have been real hard for me to throw the crab back. Its possibly my vavorite seafood.

[north coast]

Dayum man!

Fishin'is darn good where I am,but You got it goin' on up there. I could really get serious about those Halibut. Nice, One of these days.

Did you ever decide on,or get a new finder?

[Dan in Alaska]

We ended up getting the 620 with the Airmar P66 transducer. I know there are better options out there, especially concerning the transducer, but this is what we could afford right now. The unit should be pretty spectacular, compared to the Garmin 160 Blue it will be replacing, so I'm sure we'll be happy with it.

The new unit arrived last Thursday, and we're hoping to get the boat on the water this weekend to try it out.

[reelfishin]

Awesome fishing up there. Shoot our halibut here could be used as bait for those fish. We used to have them pretty good size until the commercial fisherman took all of them.

Anyway great pictures and great fishing.