Author Topic: Another Alaska trip is in the books! (Read 3472 times)

dvolmer · « **on:** July 28, 2024, 09:43:19 PM »

Spent a great week on the tip of Prince of Whales Island with my 24 year old son and my three fishing and hunting buddies. Lots of big halibut and got into some good ling's. My one buddy is an alaskan resident. Salmon are late this year so we didn't focus on them. Will do Salmon when I go back the last week of August. And yes, the big yellow-eye went back down after the picture. Nothing like Alaska!!! One of my many happy places.

dvolmer · « **Reply #1 on:** July 28, 2024, 09:47:23 PM »

dvolmer · « **Reply #2 on:** July 28, 2024, 09:50:18 PM »

A few more….

Taco280AI · « **Reply #3 on:** July 28, 2024, 09:52:18 PM »

Looks like a great trip with some good meals ahead

Boss .300 winmag · « **Reply #4 on:** July 28, 2024, 10:03:52 PM »

Nicely done.👍

Limhangerslayer · « **Reply #5 on:** July 28, 2024, 10:13:26 PM »

POW is amazing! What port did you fish out of? We fish with Wayne out of whale pass and had a great time!

bear · « **Reply #6 on:** July 29, 2024, 07:24:33 AM »

My wife and I just got back as well. We were in Craig. Silvers are definitely late this year. On our third day of fishing I convinced my friend to bring us further North to try and find silvers. It worked out well.

jstone · « **Reply #7 on:** July 29, 2024, 07:27:24 AM »

Those Ling Cods are so ugly BUT so good.!!

3boys · « **Reply #8 on:** July 29, 2024, 08:23:20 AM »

Nice haul!

MADMAX · « **Reply #9 on:** July 29, 2024, 10:11:45 AM »

Very cool
Congrats

Snakeriver · « **Reply #10 on:** July 29, 2024, 12:52:25 PM »

I'm headed up to do my annual trip to POW next week. I am also curious to what port you were out of?

OutHouse · « **Reply #11 on:** July 29, 2024, 03:22:39 PM »

Looks like a blast and great outfit Volmer!!

dvolmer · « **Reply #12 on:** July 29, 2024, 03:47:27 PM »

Port Protection/Point Baker area.

Snakeriver · « **Reply #13 on:** July 29, 2024, 06:28:31 PM »

Were you guys specifically targeting Lings, or did you pick them up drifting for Halibut?

Gentrys · « **Reply #14 on:** July 29, 2024, 07:08:07 PM »

Looks like a great trip Zonk!

Mfowl · « **Reply #15 on:** July 29, 2024, 07:16:53 PM »

Great haul!

Angus · « **Reply #16 on:** July 29, 2024, 07:25:32 PM »

Nice, I spent 22 years guiding for a resort on the westside of POW near Craig, brings back memories.

dvolmer · « **Reply #17 on:** July 31, 2024, 11:36:42 AM »

Quote from: Snakeriver on July 29, 2024, 06:28:31 PM

Were you guys specifically targeting Lings, or did you pick them up drifting for Halibut?

we just randomly catch one or two a day while jigging for halibut with big 12 oz skirted jigs with chunks of bait on them. We also catch them on our lighter 5 oz seabass jigs too. Pretty much randomly.

dvolmer · « **Reply #18 on:** July 31, 2024, 11:42:16 AM »

We had 5 guys on the boat. Some were Alaska residents. They can keep one ling a day any size. They have really clamped down on non-residents. Two years ago the slot limit Wa 30-45 inches. Last year it went to 30-40 inches. This year they shrunk it down to 30-35 inches. Makes it hard to get a legal ling now for non-residents. Plus you can only keep one a year as non-resident.

TeacherMan · « **Reply #19 on:** July 31, 2024, 03:30:19 PM »

Looks like an epic week!

bearhunter99 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 31, 2024, 04:04:50 PM »

Nice haul! We are leaving for Valdez on Tuesday - trophy halibut and salmon. Was hoping to visit our buddy in Ketchikan too this year but just can't get the time away. Alaska is amazing!

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