Port Protection fishing.

[Skillet]

Navionics has all the mapping you need.  The "eye opener" is pretty crazy, there are several shelves there that must be absolutely loaded with fish.  There is a red marker showing where they are.

Several nice spots around protection head by White Bluff if you have accurate gps and good sonar and know what to look for.  Never been there but I would love to poke around and get on some good lings and cabs.

Navionics takes the data from the C-Maps and averages it.  The problem with that is that in SE AK, most areas are poorly mapped - so the average slope that it shows in a some areas is very far off from the reality.  Where there is actually an abrupt edge or pinnacle between two data points, the Navionics will instead show a gradual slope between the points.   You can see that in AP's map above - those slopes to the west of the well-defined area just out side of Port Protection don't look like that at all.  It is a sharp ridge over there.  The more frequently fished an area is, the better it is usually mapped - but in the areas just a little out of the way the Navionics is almost dangerous to use, imho.

[Angry Perch]

Navionics has all the mapping you need.  The "eye opener" is pretty crazy, there are several shelves there that must be absolutely loaded with fish.  There is a red marker showing where they are.

Several nice spots around protection head by White Bluff if you have accurate gps and good sonar and know what to look for.  Never been there but I would love to poke around and get on some good lings and cabs.

Navionics takes the data from the C-Maps and averages it.  The problem with that is that in SE AK, most areas are poorly mapped - so the average slope that it shows in a some areas is very far off from the reality.  Where there is actually an abrupt edge or pinnacle between two data points, the Navionics will instead show a gradual slope between the points.   You can see that in AP's map above - those slopes to the west of the well-defined area just out side of Port Protection don't look like that at all.  It is a sharp ridge over there.  The more frequently fished an area is, the better it is usually mapped - but in the areas just a little out of the way the Navionics is almost dangerous to use, imho.

That's really interesting to know. Not that I plan to put myself in uncharted territory any time soon, but something to keep in mind when looking for the next spot.

[Stein]

Makes sense, I only fish Puget Sound and can say it has been mapped rather well by now.  It still isn't 100% accurate (and won't likely ever be), but pretty dang close for the places I have been.  I'm probably at 90% for finding a place and having it look like it did on the map and hold the fish I'm looking for.  Every once in a while something is just not right or the current is such that it never slacks enough to fish effectively.

[jimmyt]

How was the fishing

[Snakeriver]

Fishing was really good. Halibut and bass. We mixed it up and spent time drifting out in the strait and anchoring back in the bays. Looking forward to going back.