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KING SALMON
 King Salmon are the largest and most prized of all salmon. Our King Salmon fishery is the largest and most prolific in the state of Alaska. Sitka Sound and surrounding water contains an enormous supply of bait (herring, needle fish, and krill). This brings salmon here in large numbers and keeps them here throughout the summer. Although we do catch kings here in the winter months things don't really began to heat up until mid April. Our captains and staff, during their annul preseason shake down trips, commonly limit on kings. Our fishery contains huge schools of flawlessly bright ravenous kings averaging 25-35 lbs. The persistent angler, using catch and release, can catch larger kings (40+ lbs). Daily limits of Kings in May and June are almost a foregone conclusion. King Salmon opens to commercial trolling on July 1. This can put a real damper on the king salmon fishing for the rest of the summer. The King salmon fishing in the early part of July will be good and taper off throughout the month. For Kings our captains utilize the techniques of mooching, jigging, and trolling. We prefer to mooch and jig because they are hands-on techniques, where anglers create and feel the bite; however, we are not too proud to troll if necessary or at the bequest of our anglers.
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ADF&G rates Sitka as the largest halibut fishery in our region. Daily limits of halibut in the 25-50 lb range are the rule. Trophy fish (over 100 lbs) are a real probability especially for patient anglers. We are close to the continental shelf and the halibut spawning grounds. Our coastline is bathed in a nutrient rich ocean current with little or no tidal effect so we rarely use more then 1 lb of weight to fish, and we have the option of fishing anytime of the day or all day if desired. Anticipate strong runs May - November. We usually anchor and fish bait for halibut. The halibut are attracted to the scent and come to us. At times (usually September) we will jig for them using a 6oz Point Wilson Dart.